行遍天下
The Yaeyama Islands are nearly 1,000 kilometers away from the main islands of Japan. You can’t get any further away from Tokyo and still be in Japan. Even though the Yaeyama Islands belong to Japan, they are much closer to Taiwan. In the past, there was even a ferry from Taiwan to Ishigaki City, the island group’s biggest city.
The 23 Yaeyama Islands belong to a larger group called the Ryukyu Islands, which were formed by volcanoes. The biggest island of the Ryukyus is Okinawa, while the second and third largest are both in the Yaeyama Islands. The Chinese and Japanese have acknowledged the existence of the Yaeyama Islands for over 1,000 years. Native people lived there for hundreds of years before the islands joined Japan in 1879.
Today, the Yaeyama Islands are attracting a growing number of tourists. Most reach Ishigaki Island by plane from Tokyo or Okinawa, but there are also occasional flights from Taipei and Hong Kong. Visitors can enjoy the island’s white-sand beaches and water activities as well as explore other islands nearby. Ishigaki is also famous for Ishigaki beef, which is high in fat and extremely delicious.
No gas station can be found in such a remote town.
在如此偏遠的小鎮,一間加油站都找不到。
Aunt Susan is a remote relative of mine.
蘇珊姑媽是我的遠親。
There’s not even a remote chance that Porter will pass the driving test. He’s color-blind.
波特要考到駕照根本是機會渺茫。他是個色盲。
The team used a remote system to control the machine.
團隊使用遠端系統來控制那臺機器。
David acknowledged that his mistake had led to the failure of the mission.
大衛承認他的疏失導致這次任務的失敗。
Mozart was acknowledged as a musical prodigy in his early childhood.
莫札特在很小的時候就被公認為音樂神童。
Cassie was happy that the teacher acknowledged her improvement in math.
凱西很高興老師認可她在數學上的進步。
John owns five restaurants as well as a movie theater.
約翰擁有五家餐廳以及一家戲院。