英语听力：自然百科 大堡礁 珊瑚礁至雨林(26)

This creature is much more than a passive drifter.

这种生物可不是随波逐流的流浪汉。

It can move as fast as an Olympic swimmer, and it has 24 eyes, each complete with a lens that can form a detailed¹ image.

它可以游得像奥运运动员一样快，它有24只眼，每一个都有晶体，能清晰的成像。

It uses its tentacles² like a trawl net, when a fish makes contact, thousands of microscopic³ stinging capsules explode into the prey's body, flooding it with a paralysing venom⁴.

它使用触手形成的拖网，当鱼碰到触手，数千微小的刺丝囊爆开。刺入猎物的身体，注入麻痹毒素。

The fish is killed quickly, and then hauled into the mouth on the underside of the bell.

鱼很快就被毒死了，然后被拖进水母钟形下方的口器中。

All of the habitats we have seen so far have an obvious connection to the lagoon⁵, but there is one place that couldn't be more different from the underwater world that's critically important to the vigor⁶ of the Great Barrier Reef ecosystem⁷.

到目前为止，我们已见到的栖息地都与环礁湖有明显衔接，但是有一个地方和前面提到的水下世界相比极为不同。但对大堡礁生态系统的活力起着极为重要的作用。

It's the tropical rain forest.

这就是热带雨林。

The Queensland rainforest is the oldest in the world, it's older than the Congo and even the Amazon.

昆士兰的热带雨林是世界上最为古老的，甚至比刚果和亚马逊的热带雨林还古老。

And this is one of the most impressive trees in it.

这棵树是其中最惊人的一棵。

this giant fig⁸ has strangled its original host and now dominates its immediate⁹ environment

这棵巨树的无花果扼杀了其原有的寄主，现在它占据了主导地位。

It's an ecosystem in its own right.

这是一个自得其利的生态系统。

but you might be asking yourself what has this tree got in common with the reef?

但你可能会问自己，这些树和珊瑚礁有什么关系吗？

But in fact it's directly linked.

事实上，它们是直接相连的。

The rain forest all around me and indeed swamps and mangroves are critical for the health of the reef.

我周遭的热带雨林，以及沼泽，红树林都是珊瑚礁保持健康的关键。

1 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

2 tentacles   

n.触手( tentacle的名词复数 )；触角；触须；触毛

参考例句：

• Tentacles of fear closed around her body. 恐惧的阴影笼罩着她。
• Many molluscs have tentacles. 很多软体动物有触角。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 microscopic   

adj.微小的，细微的，极小的，显微的

参考例句：

• It's impossible to read his microscopic handwriting.不可能看清他那极小的书写字迹。
• A plant's lungs are the microscopic pores in its leaves.植物的肺就是其叶片上微细的气孔。

4 venom   

n.毒液，恶毒，痛恨

参考例句：

• The snake injects the venom immediately after biting its prey.毒蛇咬住猎物之后马上注入毒液。
• In fact,some components of the venom may benefit human health.事实上，毒液的某些成分可能有益于人类健康。

5 lagoon   

n.泻湖，咸水湖

参考例句：

• The lagoon was pullulated with tropical fish.那个咸水湖聚满了热带鱼。
• This area isolates a restricted lagoon environment.将这一地区隔离起来使形成一个封闭的泻湖环境。

6 vigor   

n.活力，精力，元气

参考例句：

• The choir sang the words out with great vigor.合唱团以极大的热情唱出了歌词。
• She didn't want to be reminded of her beauty or her former vigor.现在，她不愿人们提起她昔日的美丽和以前的精力充沛。

7 ecosystem   

n.生态系统

参考例句：

• This destroyed the ecosystem of the island.这样破坏了岛上的生态系统。
• We all have an interest in maintaining the integrity of the ecosystem.维持生态系统的完整是我们共同的利益。

8 fig   

n.无花果(树)

参考例句：

• The doctor finished the fig he had been eating and selected another.这位医生吃完了嘴里的无花果，又挑了一个。
• You can't find a person who doesn't know fig in the United States.你找不到任何一个在美国的人不知道无花果的。

9 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。