a group of over 100 islands in the southern Atlantic off the coast of Argentina; a British crown colony

desire petroleum plc soared 20 percent to 127.5 pence as the u.k. explorer focused on the falkland islands said its rachel north well discovered oil.

英国迪塞尔石油公司（desirepetroleum）股价上涨20%，至127.5便士，在福克兰群岛（即马尔维纳斯群岛）进行勘探的迪塞尔石油公司宣布，在rachelnorth油井发现了石油。

british exploration company says it has discovered oil off the falkland islands in the south atlantic - the second such find this year.

一家英国勘探公司称，在南大西洋福克兰群岛海域发现油田——这是本年度发现的第二个油田。

the warship, which was decommissioned in 2005, played a key role in the 1982 falkland islands conflict between argentina and britain, and saw action in the gulf and the balkans.

这艘于2005 年退役的战舰在1982 年阿根廷和英国之间的福兰克群岛沖突中起到了重要作用，而且在海湾战争和巴尔干半岛战争中都出现过它的身影。

this was in response to the start of drilling for oil off the falklands, within the exclusive economic zone claimed by the falkland islands government, with the support of the uk.

这是对于福克兰群岛开始在其外围开采原油的回应，福克兰群岛政府在英国的支持下声称对该专属经济区拥有主权。

argentina had seized the falkland islands from britain. margaret thatcher risked a war to make the islands british once again.

阿根廷已经从英国手中夺取了福克兰群岛，而玛格丽特。撒切尔冒着打仗的风险也要把福克兰群岛夺回来。

genetic analysis of the now-extinct falkland islands wolf has answered a biological riddle that caught the attention of a young charles darwin, and helped shape his understanding of evolution.

福克兰群岛狼在人类的大肆捕杀下未能活到二十世纪。 然而，倒霉的福克兰群岛狼却在有生之年为年轻的达尔文揭开了一个生物学谜团，并帮助达尔文最终形成了他的进化论。

on a tour of latin america, hillary clinton, the american secretary of state, urged britain and argentina to begin talks over the falkland islands .

美国务卿希拉里出访拉丁美洲时，敦促英国和阿根廷双方就福克兰群岛的主权问题展开对话。

transportation was sorely missed: parliament pondered new penal colonies in the falkland islands and even antarctica, amid public panic at the idea of ex-prisoners roaming english streets.

英国人对流放政策可是念念不忘；前科犯可以在大街小巷任意活动，民众对此感到恐慌，于是议会考虑将新的刑事殖民地设在福克兰群岛甚至南极洲。

british company says it's discovered oil off the falkland islands in the south atlantic, the second such find this year.

一家英国公司表示，他们在南大西洋的福克兰群岛发现了石油。这是今年第二次类似的发现。

it means undergraduates at universities in england from places including the falkland islands and bermuda will be treated as if they live in the uk.

这意味着，从福克兰群岛与百慕 达等地来英格兰大学就读的大学生，将与英国本土的大学生获得一样的待遇。

among other things, that would, they say, leave the falkland islands (and their valuable oilfields) vulnerable to attack.

他们说，如此一来，像福克兰群岛一类的地方（以及这些地方珍贵的油田）就很容易受到攻击。