英语翻译The Pacific island nation of Nauru used to be a beautifu

英语翻译
The Pacific island nation of Nauru used to be a beautiful place.Now it is an ecological disaster area.Nauru’s heartbreaking story could have one good consequence — other countries might learn from its mistakes.
For thousands of years,Polynesian people lived the remote island of Nauru,far from western civilization.The first European to arrive was John Fearn in 1798.He was the British captain of the Hunter,a whaling ship.He called the island Pleasant Island.
However,because it was very remote,Nauru had little communication with Europeans at first.The whaling ships and other traders began to visit,bringing guns and alcohol.These elements destroyed the social balance of the twelve family groups on the island.A ten-year civil war started,which reduced the population from 1,400 to 900.
Nauru’s real troubles began in 1899 when a British mining company discovered phosphate (磷酸盐)on the island.In fact,it found that the island of Nauru was nearly all phosphate,which a very important fertilizer for farming.The company began mining the phosphate.
A phosphate mine is not a hole in the ground; it is a strip mine.When a company strip-mines,it removes the top layer of soil.Then it takes away the material it wants.Strip mining totally destroys the land.Gradually,the lovely island of Nauru started to look like the moon.
In 1968,Nauru became one of the richest countries in the world.Every year the government received millions and millions of dollars for its phosphate.
Unfortunately,the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollars.In addition,they used millions more dollars for personal expenses.Soon people realized that they had a terrible problem — their phosphate was running out.Ninety percent of their island was destroyed and they had nothing.By 2000,Nauru was financially ruined.Experts say that it would take approximately $433,600,000 and more than 20 years to repair the island.This will probably never happen.

太平洋岛国瑙鲁曾经是一个美丽的地方,现在,这里是一个生态灾难.瑙鲁令人伤心的故事只可能有一个好的后果,那就是其他国家可以不会重蹈覆辙.

几千年来,波利尼西亚人生活在这个远离西方文明的遥远的瑙鲁岛上.1798年,这里才来了第一个欧洲人,约翰 费恩.他是猎手号 -- 一艘捕鲸船 -- 的英国船长.他把这个岛称作快乐岛.

然而,由于它（这个岛）太遥远了,开始时瑙鲁和欧洲人的沟通/交流非常少.捕鲸船和其他商人访问该岛,带来了枪支和酒.这些东西（元素）破坏了岛上12个家族的社会平衡,十年内战开始了,这使（岛上的）人口从1400减少到了900.

瑙鲁的真正麻烦开始于1899年,那时一家英国的矿业公司在岛上发现了磷酸盐.事实上,它发现瑙鲁岛上几乎到处都是磷酸盐,这是一种非常重的农业肥料.该公司开始开采磷酸盐.

磷酸盐矿不是在地里打洞开采,它是露天矿.当一个公司露天开采时,它要移除地面最上层的土壤.然后取走它想要的材料.露天开采彻底毁坏了土地,渐渐低,可爱的海岛瑙鲁开始看起来月球了.

1968年,瑙鲁变成了世界上最富有的国家之一.每年政府都从磷酸盐上得到千百万美元的（收入）

不幸的是,领导人的投资很不明智并损失了几百万美元.另外,他们花费了数百万美元用于个人消费.很快,人们认识到了他们有了一个很糟的问题,就是,他们的磷酸盐矿开采光了.海岛90%的面积已被毁坏并且寸草未留.到2000年,瑙鲁财政坍塌.专家们说,修复该岛需要花费4亿3千3百六十万美元和二十年的时间.这可能永远都不会发生.