英语听力：自然百科 大堡礁 自然奇迹(8)

Beyond them, silver belly¹ fish never let down their guard.

除了它们以外，银钓饵鱼也从不放松警惕。

They shimmer² like a thousand tiny mirrors, swilling³ as one of more to confuse any attackers.

它们就像许多面小镜子一样闪闪发光，像一团无形云雾一样形成旋涡，迷惑袭击者。

It's their only defense⁴ against this, a shark macro.

这是它们唯一的，抵御鲭鲨的方式。

These are the great hands of the ocean.

鲭鲨是海洋中的猎犬。

They need all their speed and agility⁵ against these ghostly spook that is here one moment and gone the next.

它们需要速度与灵活并存来应对这幽灵般的族群。前一秒还在此，下一秒便无影无踪。

Despite the dangers, small fish have to risk leaving the protection of reef to feed.

尽管危险，小鱼还是要离开礁石去觅食。

And perhaps none is bothered than this little rass.

但是没有比这小濑鱼更胆大的了。

This gigantic grouper is many thousands of times of her size and an aggressive territorial⁶ predator⁷, with one of the largest mouthes on the reef.

这条巨大的石斑鱼是它体积的数千倍，是一种守株待兔的凶猛掠食者。带着一张超级大嘴。

1 belly   

n.肚子，腹部；(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分，膛

参考例句：

• The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
• His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。

2 shimmer   

v./n.发微光，发闪光；微光

参考例句：

• The room was dark,but there was a shimmer of moonlight at the window.屋子里很黑，但靠近窗户的地方有点微光。
• Nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage.没有什么比新叶的微光更纯洁无瑕了。

3 swilling   

v.冲洗( swill的现在分词 )；猛喝；大口喝；（使）液体流动

参考例句：

• They sat there swilling champagne. 他们坐在那里大喝香槟酒。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They were swilling down gin. 他们正在大喝杜松子酒。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

5 agility   

n.敏捷，活泼

参考例句：

• The boy came upstairs with agility.那男孩敏捷地走上楼来。
• His intellect and mental agility have never been in doubt.他的才智和机敏从未受到怀疑。

6 territorial   

adj.领土的，领地的

参考例句：

• The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
• They were not allowed to fish in our territorial waters.不允许他们在我国领海捕鱼。

7 predator   

n.捕食其它动物的动物；捕食者

参考例句：

• The final part of this chapter was devoted to a brief summary of predator species.本章最后部分简要总结了食肉动物。
• Komodo dragon is the largest living lizard and a fearsome predator.科摩多龙是目前存在的最大蜥蜴，它是一种令人恐惧的捕食性动物。