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在波涛汹涌的南太平洋西部,距赤道53公里处,静卧着一个人口只有1.3万人(2006年统计),面积只有20多平方公里的小岛,恰似块椭圆形宝石,镶嵌在一望无际的海面上。正像它国旗显示的那样,底色蔚蓝,如同浩瀚大海,贯穿中间的一条黄丝带,象征赤道,而左下方缀着的那颗12角银星,表示早期聚居在这里的12个部落。翻开历史,瑙鲁也是多灾多难的,先后被英国、德国、澳大利亚、新西兰统治达170年之久,第二次世界大战期间,又被日本占领。但不屈不挠的瑙鲁人团结一
In the raging western South Pacific, at an angle of 53 kilometers from the equator, there is a population of only 13,000 (2006 statistics), lying on an island of just over 20 square kilometers, just like a piece of oval gemstone, embedded in the endless sea surface . As the national flag shows, the background is blue, as vast as the sea, with a yellow ribbon in the middle, symbolizing the equator, and the 12-pointed silver star on the lower left, representing 12 tribes that settled here early. History of Nauru was also troublesome. It was successively ruled by Britain, Germany, Australia and New Zealand for 170 years. It was also occupied by Japan during the Second World War. But the indomitable Nauru people are united