Seahorse hotels had to be built first. The bony fish(硬骨鱼) off Western Australia’s coasts are bad swimmers, spending most of their lives with their tails hooked around bits of rock, or human artefacts(人造物品) like piers and docks. So when the Royal Australian Navy began to upgrade HMAS Stirling naval base to host nuclear-powered submarines, divers were sent to relocate 263 of the creatures to grids of rebar nearby.(因此，当澳大利亚皇家海军开始升级斯特灵海军基地以容纳核动力潜艇时，潜水员被派去将263只海马迁移到附近的钢筋网格上。)
必须先建好“海马酒店”。澳大利亚西海岸附近的硬骨鱼游泳能力很差，一生大部分时间都用尾巴钩住岩石或码头、船坞等人造物体。因此，当澳大利亚皇家海军开始升级斯特灵海军基地以容纳核动力潜艇时，潜水员被派去将263只海马迁移到附近的钢筋网格上。
No detail is too small(任何细节都不容忽视) as Australia readies(使准备好) Stirling to host American nuclear-powered attack submarines from next year. That will make it the first American submarine base to be established abroad in half a century, turning it into a port that will project American power deep into Asia. Its site offers a big advantage over America’s existing bases: unlike its one at Guam, it is out of range of all but the most advanced conventional land-based Chinese missiles, but closer to Asian waters than other American submarine bases.(其选址比美国现有基地具有很大优势：与关岛基地不同，它不在中国除最先进常规陆基导弹外的所有导弹射程之内，但比其他美国潜艇基地更靠近亚洲水域。)
澳大利亚正为斯特灵基地明年起接纳美国核动力攻击潜艇做准备，任何细节都不容忽视。这将使其成为半个世纪以来美国在海外设立的首个潜艇基地，将其变成一个向亚洲纵深投射美国力量的港口。其选址比美国现有基地具有很大优势：与关岛基地不同，它不在中国除最先进常规陆基导弹外的所有导弹射程之内，但比其他美国潜艇基地更靠近亚洲水域。
It is also the first big milestone for AUKUS, a deal that was announced five years ago by America, Australia and Britain to jointly design and build nuclear-powered submarines.(这也是奥库斯协议的首个重大里程碑。该协议由美、澳、英三国五年前宣布，旨在共同设计和建造核动力潜艇。) The American presence at Stirling is part of the first phase, enabling Australian sailors to learn how to sail America’s Virginia-class(弗吉尼亚级) attack submarines. They will deploy on the boats and maintain them at Stirling. One, USS Colorado, has just arrived at the base for a workover by the Australians, and will return for good(永久地) at the end of 2027.
这也是奥库斯协议的首个重大里程碑。该协议由美、澳、英三国五年前宣布，旨在共同设计和建造核动力潜艇。美国在斯特灵的存在是第一阶段的组成部分，使澳大利亚水兵能够学习如何驾驶美国弗吉尼亚级攻击潜艇。他们将在艇上部署并在斯特灵进行维护。其中一艘“科罗拉多号”刚刚抵达基地，由澳大利亚人进行检修，并将于2027年底永久返回。
