Even though pumping from these depths is expensive, it is still cheaper than desalinating the ocean water in the large coastal state.

尽管从这种深度抽水很昂贵，但仍然比在这个沿海大州进行海水脱盐来得便宜。

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However, some reports on computer game websites state that Sal9000 had earlier married his digital bride at a chapel on the Pacific Ocean holiday island of Guam, where wedding laws are less strict.

然而，一些电脑游戏网站上有报道称，Sal 9000早些时候在关岛的太平洋假日岛上的一个小教堂里与自己的电子新娘结了婚，那里的婚姻法较为宽松。

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It could continue as a virtual state even though it is a rock under the ocean and its people no longer live on that piece of land.

它可能作为一个虚拟的国家继续存在，尽管它已是海里面的一块石头，并且它的子民已经不再生活在那里。

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I'm Steve Ember. Today,Mary Tillotson and I welcome you to a group of islands that extends into the Atlantic Ocean from the southern state of Florida.

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