And so I have been looking at floating islands.

日本人对建造漂浮的岛屿很感兴趣。

Suddenly I was glad to be leaving this floating island with its dreamy mathematicians.

突然我很高兴离开这个漂浮的岛屿和上面的恍惚的数学家们。

The government is even considered moving its people onto artificial floating islands, futuristic visions and exorbitantly expensive designs by international architects.

政府甚至考虑把它的居民转移到人工浮动岛屿，这是未来的愿景和国际建筑师昂贵的设计成果。

On one of those floating islands?

在其中一个漂浮的岛屿上？

" But Lottie always makes a floating island, don't you, Lottie" ?

“但是 Lottie 总是造一个浮岛，不是吗，Lottie”？

" Spider Monkey Island is a floating island."

“蜘蛛猴岛是一座漂浮的岛屿。”

Apparently, the harpooner replied. And yet for the three hours I've lived on this floating island, it hasn't shown a sign of life.

我说。当然有，鱼叉手答，不过，我上这浮动小岛已三小时了，它还没有一点动静。

" Spider Monkey Island is a floating island! " replied the doctor.

“蜘蛛猴岛是浮岛！”医生回答。

In contrast, the U.S. is buying those new destroyers we talked about and also owns those floating islands we call supercarriers.

相比之下， 美国正在购买我们谈到的那些新驱逐舰，还拥有那些我们称之为超级航母的浮岛。

The word, which I interpret the flying or floating island, is in the original Laputa, whereof I could never learn the true etymology.

我解释为飞岛或浮岛的词是在原版的 Laputa 中，我永远无法了解真正的词源。

The flying or floating island is exactly circular, its diameter 7837 yards, or about four miles and a half, and consequently contains ten thousand acres.

飞岛或漂浮岛完全是圆形的，其直径为 7837 码，约合四英里半，因此占地一万英亩。

But, during the past few years, a new sensation had been added to the life of the transatlantic traveler. The little floating island is now attached to the world from which it was once quite free.

但是，在过去的几年中，跨大西洋旅行者的生活增添了新的感觉。这个漂浮的小岛现在依附于它曾经完全自由的世界。

We have a chance to build the next generation of sustainable cities, ones that are perhaps not floating paradise islands for the rich, but ones that can save as many people as possible from all over the world.

我们有机会建设下一代可持续发展的城市，这些城市也许不是富人的漂浮天堂岛，而是可以拯救世界各地尽可能多的人的城市。