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      Majuro (马朱罗，马绍尔群岛共和国首都), a 30-mile-long atoll（环状珊瑚岛、环礁）, is the captial
      and main urban center of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Almost half
      the Marshall Islands' present population of around 60,000 live in Majuro.
      Along with administrative offices and tourist amenities, the city's
      attractions include a relatively pristine stretch of beach called Laura.
      The atoll has 57 small islets（小岛）, the largest of which are connected by a
      single 55 kilometre stretch of paved road, making Majuro appear to be one
      long, narrow island. Robert Louis Stevenson called the atoll the 'Pearl of
      the Pacific' when he visited in 1889, but it's a far less pristine Majuro
      that one sees today.
      　
      Races held by Americans on Kwajalein
      Majuro is the most Westernized（西化、欧化）of the Marshall Islands, but there's
      still a lot that can be learned about life in the islands from a visit.
      You can grasp what it's like to live on a ribbon of land so narrow that as
      often as not you can see the ocean on both sides. By visiting Laura
      Village, at the westernmost end (最西端)of the mainland, you can find a rural
      lifestyle somewhat similar to that of the outer islands. While there, make
      use of the islands' best beach and Majuro Peace Park, a memorial built by
      the Japanese and dedicated to those who died in the East Pacific during
      WWII.
      Named for an 18th century British sea captain, the Marshall Islands
      consist of 29 atolls and five coral islands（珊瑚岛） that are equal to
      Washington, D.C., in terms of land area, yet scattered over 780,000 square
      miles of the Central Pacific Ocean. U.S. forces wrested control of the
      Marshall Islands from Japan toward the end of World War II, and
      subsequently conducted nuclear weapons tests on the Enewetak and Bikini
      atolls. The Kwajalein atoll still hosts a US ballistic missile（弹道导弹）test
      range.
      　
      Marshallese Crafts
      The Marshall Islands economy is based on farming, fishing (especially
      tuna（金枪鱼） for sushi（寿司）), and tourism. Coconut products account for 90
      percent of the nation's export volume.
      Marshallese society has always been stratified（阶层分明）, and despite
      increasing Westernization and the introduction of a moneyed economy（金钱经济）,
      social status still comes as much from one's kinship（血统关系） as it does from
      one's own achievements. Chiefs continue to wield a great deal of authority
      over land ownership and usage.
      Food cultivation on the islands has always been catch as catch
      can（千方百计，用尽一切办法）. Fish and seafood provide the bulk of the nonvegetable
      dishes, with tuna a staple of the catch. On land, breadfruit, coconut,
      arrowroot, yams, taro and pumpkins are the traditional mealtime mainstays.
      With the increasing Westernization of the Pacific, North American junk
      food（垃圾食品、无营养食品）has been increasingly dominating more traditional staples;
      on the rise too are the related health problems of obesity, diabetes, high
      blood-pressure and alcoholism.
      One craft once common in the Marshall Islands (but growing less so) is
      canoe building. The walap canoes of old could reach a length of 100ft
      (30m) and carry up to 40 people, with supplies for open-sea voyages that
      could last more than a month. The smaller and faster tipnol was used
      mainly for fishing inside the lagoons, while the korkor, a small outrigger
      sometimes fitted with a sail, was also used within the lagoons.
      Marshallese and English are both official languages of the islands and are
      commonly spoken throughout the country. Indicative of islanders' general
      amicability, their traditional greeting, Yokwe yuk, means 'Love to you.'