Philippine Islands

In the Philippine Islands , rice was used as money for a long time .

在菲律宾群岛，稻谷在很长一段时间里都充当货币；

Last night , Japanese forces attacked the Philippine Islands .

昨夜日本部队袭击了菲律宾群岛。

Left the path of destruction as it moved across the Philippine Islands .

在肆虐菲律宾群岛后它造成了无法挽救的损害。

In 1935 , President Roosevelt proclaimed the Philippine Islands a free commonwealth .

1935年的这一天，罗斯福总统宣布菲律宾群岛独立成为联邦共和国。

The " Manila " part of the name makes sense , because Manila hemp is produced chiefly in the Philippine Islands and ,

这名字中的“马尼拉”倒是说得过去，因为马尼拉麻主要产于菲律宾群岛，

In the sixteenth century hunters in the Philippine Islands tied wooden disks together with a long piece of rope or twine .

16世纪菲律宾群岛的猎人们把木质圆片捆在一根长长的绳或线上。

The family who owned it decided to ship the pearl to Palawan in the Philippine Islands and hide it inside a giant clam .

家庭谁拥有决定船舶的珍珠在菲律宾巴拉望群岛和隐藏在一个巨蚌它。

Even today , some groups of people such as those in the Philippine Islands and along the Amazon Rover in South America still live in houses built over the waters of lakes .

湖上居民生活在水上，能够更多地耕种湖泊周围的肥沃土地。甚至可以不离家门捕鱼！

The " Manila " part of the name makes sense , because Manila hemp is produced chiefly in the Philippine Islands and , of course , the capital city of the Philippines is Manila .

这名字中的“马尼拉”倒是说得过去，因为马尼拉麻主要产于菲律宾群岛，当然，菲律宾的首都是马尼拉。

On 9 October , the United States Secretary of State replied that , " These islands [ ... ] lie at a considerable distance outside the limits of the Philippine Islands which were acquired from Spain in 1898 . "

1933年10月9日，美国国务卿复信称，“这些岛屿……远在1898年从西班牙获得的菲律宾群岛的界限之外”。

To its north are the mainland and Taiwan Dao of China , to its south Kalimantan Island and Sumatra Island , to its east the Philippine Islands , and to its west the Indo-China Peninsula and the Malay Peninsula .

南海北靠中国大陆和台湾岛，南接加里曼丹岛和苏门答腊岛，东临菲律宾群岛，西接中南半岛和马来半岛。

The death toll in the typhoon-ravaged Philippine islands stands at more than 900 , but authorities fear it could climb to 10000 or more . Bodies lay uncollected and uncounted in the streets and survivors plead for food , water , and medicine .

台风肆虐菲律宾群岛后，当地死亡人数已达900余人，政府担忧死亡人数将激增到10000人甚至更多。菲律宾如今横尸遍野，幸存者乞求食物，水源和药品。

In the end the Japanese came to the conclusion that the Europeans were an intolerable nuisance , and that Catholic Christianity in particular was a mere cloak for the political dreams of the Pope and the Spanish monarchy & already in possession of the Philippine islands ;

最后，日本人得出这样一个结论：欧洲人令人讨厌，难以容忍，尤其天主教只不过是教皇和西班牙君主政体实现政治梦想的幌子，因为此时的西班牙已经占有菲律宾群岛。