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There has long been a debate on whether the Turks and Caicos and other micro-states in the region are viable as self-governing entities. For most of the imperial period the islands were run from Jamaica or the Bahamas. As Britain's Caribbean colonies were heading towards independence in the 1950s, there was a short-lived attempt to unite them all in a West Indies Federation, to be run from Trinidad (which has recently talked to some neighbours about a possible union). There have also been various suggestions down the years to unite the Turks and Caicos with distant Canada. Returning them to the mercies of chaotic Jamaica would offer few benefits. But the Bahamas, having made great strides in overcoming its own corruption and drugs problems of the 1980s, would seem a good candidate to take the islands back under its wing one day.

A. 어휘
debate 토론. the Turks and Caicos 카리브海 의 영국령 섬.
viable 생존력이 있는. self-governing 자치의. entity 實體(실체).
imperial period 帝國(제국)의 통치기간. run 운영하다. colony 식민지.
West Indies Federation 西 印度諸島聯邦(서인도제도연방).
Trinidad 서인도 제도에 있는 영연방 공화국. mercy 자비.
to the mercies of ...이 하는 대로 내맡기는. chaotic 혼돈의.
stride 큰 걸음걸이. make great strides 큰 발전을 이루다.
corruption 부패. drugs 마약. candidate 후보.
take the islands back under its wing 그 섬들을 보호하다(감싸다).

B. 구문
- to be run →which would be run
- Returning them to the mercies of . . . offer few benefits.
[정치적으로 불안한 Jamaica의 손에 그 섬들을 맡기는 것은 혜택을 주지 못할 것이다.]