英语听力：自然百科 大堡礁 珊瑚礁至雨林(7)

And even the spines¹ of sea urchin² will do the trick.

即使海胆的刺也有利用价值。

A surprising refuge is this highly venomous Stoke’s sea snake.

意想不到的避难所是这条毒性很强的棘鳞海蛇。

It's picked out some hitchhikers, baby trevally, and become a mobile nursery.

幼年鯵搭了顺风车。海蛇成了移动的幼儿园。

Wherever it goes, they go.

无论它去哪里，幼年鯵也会前往。

With hiding places at a premium³, fish will go to incredible length to hide down here.

由于庇护所千金难觅，这里的鱼会使劲一切手段寻求躲藏。

And none more do than this.

这一条尤其如此。

A pearlfish is vulnerable out in the open, so when it's not feeding, it must conceal⁵ itself.

在开阔水域，珍珠鱼非常容易受到攻击，所以不到觅食的时间它们不会出现。

But it has a peculiar⁶ taste in hiding places.

但他对庇护所十分挑剔。

This is a sea cucumber.Its body is basically a tube.

这是一只海参。它的身体是一个管子。

It sucks in sand of one end, extracts anything edible⁴ and passes waste out of the other.

它从一端吸入沙子，吸收营养后将残渣从另一端排出。

Just what the pearlfish has been looking for.

这正是珍珠鱼要找的。

But not the mouth end.

不过不是嘴这一端。

It is attracted to the odor of the other end.

它被气味吸引到另一端。

1 spines   

n.脊柱( spine的名词复数 )；脊椎；（动植物的）刺；书脊

参考例句：

• Porcupines use their spines to protect themselves. 豪猪用身上的刺毛来自卫。
• The cactus has spines. 仙人掌有刺。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 urchin   

n.顽童；海胆

参考例句：

• You should sheer off the urchin.你应该躲避这顽童。
• He is a most wicked urchin.他是个非常调皮的顽童。

3 premium   

n.加付款；赠品；adj.高级的；售价高的

参考例句：

• You have to pay a premium for express delivery.寄快递你得付额外费用。
• Fresh water was at a premium after the reservoir was contaminated.在水库被污染之后，清水便因稀而贵了。

4 edible   

n.食品，食物；adj.可食用的

参考例句：

• Edible wild herbs kept us from dying of starvation.我们靠着野菜才没被饿死。
• This kind of mushroom is edible,but that kind is not.这种蘑菇吃得，那种吃不得。

5 conceal   

v.隐藏，隐瞒，隐蔽

参考例句：

• He had to conceal his identity to escape the police.为了躲避警方，他只好隐瞒身份。
• He could hardly conceal his joy at his departure.他几乎掩饰不住临行时的喜悦。

6 peculiar   

adj.古怪的，异常的；特殊的，特有的

参考例句：

• He walks in a peculiar fashion.他走路的样子很奇特。
• He looked at me with a very peculiar expression.他用一种很奇怪的表情看着我。