1:Relations on Hispaniola have been tense ever sinceHaitioccupied the DR in 1821-44, but this time the world took notice.||2:Pressure groups and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights condemned the ruling.||3:Caricom, a group ofCaribbeancountries, suspended the DR's membership application.

1:海地1821年侵占多米尼加，直到1844年多米尼加才独立，两国关系自此剑拔弩张，但这一次世界终于开始关注这里的紧张局势，利益集团和美洲人权委员会都谴责了海地对多米尼加的统治，加勒比国家集团——加勒比共同体搁置了多米尼加的加入申请，与此同时，海地总统米歇尔·马尔泰利因为引用一位多米尼加记者的话，称该决定是“种族灭绝”而引起混乱，这将多米尼加新上任一个月的总统达尼洛·麦迪纳置于尴尬处境，多米尼加固然不能承担孤立无援的代价，但举手投降未免也显得自己是把软骨头,对海地示好更是暗含成为多米尼加政客众矢之的风险，毕竟此举此前就一直受其含沙射影的攻击。||2:强硬派所罗拉·巴拉格曾断断续续统治了多米尼加30年，他曾警告说海地移民会形成“和平侵略”势力。||3:麦迪纳的继任者莱昂内尔·费尔南德斯嫁给了麦迪纳在任时的副总统，在对这位黑皮肤，海地裔的总统一番指手画脚称其企图再次联合两国后，他在1996年赢得大选。

Columbus and his crew arrived in October 1492 on an island they called San Salvador, in today's Bahamas. They explored that island and nearby islands now known as Cuba and Hispaniola .

哥伦布和他的船员于1492年10月抵达了当时他们所称的圣萨尔瓦多岛，今天这里被称之为巴哈马。他们在该岛和现在被称之为古巴和伊斯帕尼奥拉岛的邻近岛屿进行探险。

BBC News website readers in the Dominican Republic, whichborders Haiti on the island of Hispaniola , said they had also felt the quake.

与伊斯帕尼奥拉岛上的海地接壤的多米尼加共和国的BBC新闻网读者说他们也感觉到了震动。

Columbus also explored nearby Cuba and Hispaniola before returning to Spain.

在返回西班牙之前，哥伦布还去过古巴和海地。

During this voyage Columbus also explored the northeast coast of Cuba and the northern coast of Hispaniola .

在这段航程中，哥伦布还到过古巴东北海岸和伊斯帕尼奥拉岛北部海岸。

This endangered species lives in Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic and on Beata Island off the southern coast of Hispaniola .

这一濒危物种生活在多米尼加共和国的雅拉瓜国家公园，位于海地岛南部的贝娅塔岛。

Finally these pirates were chased out of the Mediterranean Sea by the French and went to live in the Caribbean on the island of Hispaniola .

最终这些海盗被法国追捕，只好前往加勒比海在伊斯帕尼奥拉岛上生活。