However, his return to Roanoke Island was delayed (or happened later than the people had expected).

然而，他返回罗阿诺克岛的日期被推迟了（或在人们的意料之外发生的事情）。

John wasn't able to go back to Roanoke Island until 1590, three years after he had left.

约翰直到1590年才回到罗阿诺克岛，也是就是他离开后的第三年。

In 1587, another group was left on Roanoke Island and the leader, John White, went back to England for supplies.

1587年，又有一群人在罗阿诺克岛留了下来，他们的领导约翰·怀特因为补给而回到英国。

A, Native people killed the colonists on Roanoke Island.

A， 原住民杀死了罗阿诺克岛上的殖民者。

We can guess that the colonists were not killed on Roanoke Island.

我们可以猜测，殖民者并没有在罗阿诺克岛上被杀。

We don't know what happened to the colonists on Roanoke Island.

我们不知道罗阿诺克岛上的殖民者发生了什么。

It's one of the great mysteries of early American history about what happened to the people on Roanoke Island.

这是美国早期历史上关于罗阿诺克岛人民遭遇的重大谜团之一。

In 1587, a group of 100 men, women, and children were led to the New World by john white and finally settled in roanoke island in North Carolina.

在1587年，约翰白带领一群100左右的男女和孩子开拓新的殖民地，最终定居在北卡罗来纳州的洛亚诺克岛。

An Englishman named Walter Raleigh wanted to establish (or create) the first English colony in North America on Roanoke Island, which is now part of North Carolina.

一位名叫沃尔特·雷利的英国人想要在北美洲的罗阿诺克岛上建立（或创立）第一个英国殖民地，该岛现在属于北卡罗来纳州。

In 1587, an even larger group of 117 men, women, and children tried again to make a go at settling Roanoke Island.

1587 年，由 117 名男女老少组成的更大群体再次尝试在罗阿诺克岛定居。

But there's none as strange as the one that unfolded here, just inside North Carolina's outer banks at a place called Roanoke Island.

但没有什么比这里展开的更奇怪了，就在北卡罗来纳州外岸的一个名为罗阿诺克岛的地方。

In fact, the colony would probably have gone the way of the earlier ill-fated Roanoke Island settlement attempt of 1584 were it not for the help of an American native called Squanto, who had learned English from English sailors.

事实上，如果不是在一位名叫 Squanto 的美国本地人的帮助下，该殖民地可能会走上 1584 年不幸的罗阿诺克岛定居尝试的道路，他从英国水手那里学会了英语。