Radio Kiribati reported that many parts of tarawa were flooded and causeways linking the islets were covered with seawater.

基里巴斯电台报道说，塔拉瓦岛多处遭遇洪水，连接各小岛的堤道也被海水淹没。

Causeways and other structures linking islands can boost growth by trapping sediment that would otherwise get lost to the ocean.

连接岛屿的堤道和其他组织结构能够通过沉降物质来促进这种增长，否则这些物质就会在大洋中消失。

Hangzhou is based around the West Lake, a vast body of water surrounded by green hills and filled with historic man-made islets and causeways.

杭州城环绕西湖而建。西湖湖面宽阔，四周被绿色群山环抱，湖上有年代久远的人工岛屿和堤道。

You will first cruise across the West Lake to view unforgettable sceneries such as the Three Pools Mirroring the Moon, the Bai and Su causeways, and Solitary Hill.

首先是畅游西湖，可以欣赏到令人难忘的景色，如三潭映月、白堤、苏堤和孤山。

Generation after generation, the people here built and reinforced causeways across the lake, put up pavilions and stone Bridges, and planted drooping willows and flowers.

一代又一代的人民在这里修了横跨西湖的堤，建了亭阁和石桥，种了垂柳和花卉。

The islanders commuted to shore in canoes, or they built causeways just beneath the surface to conceal them from the crannog-looting scoundrels that roamed the countryside.

岛上的人乘独木舟与岸上交通往来，或者建造低于水面堤道。因为乡野之所流氓猖獗，将堤道隐藏在水下可以防止小岛被打劫。