The Marshall Islands have been described as a glittering necklace dropped onto the blue velvet of the Pacific by a heavenly hand. Looking from the air at the two island chains which make up this country, the swathes of deep green coconut palms swaying in the sun-drenched wind really do make them look for all the world like fiery emeralds.
有人形容馬紹爾群島是天神遺落在太平洋藍絨上的璀璨項圈，事實上，從空中俯瞰這個由兩個鍊狀群島組成的國家，島上湛綠椰林在充滿陽光的風中搖曳，也的確像極綻放著光芒的綠寶石。