纪录片《南太平洋》 第55期 四海为家（23）（在线收听）

There is one set of islands, however, that is so remote that even the coconut couldn't reach it.

有一组群岛由于太过偏远，连椰果都无法抵达

North of the equator, 2,500 miles from the nearest landmass of North America,

在赤道以北，距离北美洲4000公里处

lies the most isolated chain of islands in the world - Hawaii.

坐落着世上最偏远的岛屿--夏威夷群岛

The longest archipelago in the Pacific,

作为太平洋中最长的群岛

Hawaii consists of over 100 ancient volcanic islands, stretching for 2,000 miles.

夏威夷由100多个古老火山岛屿组成，连绵3000公里

Yet it is so remote that less than 500 kinds of animal settled here in 30 million years.

由于过于偏僻，3000万年来只有500多种动物定居夏威夷

But for those who did make it to this lush and fertile land, the world was their oyster.

然而，它们却使这里成为茂盛富饶之地，成为海洋中的天堂。

Here, coconut palms have been replaced by giant tree ferns standing over seven metres tall.

这里没有椰树，却长有7米多高的桫椤树。