英语听力：自然百科 海洋天堂大堡礁:堡礁内外—14

 And extremely cold, at 4 degrees, it's the same temperature as the sea in the Antarctic, the ROV reaches a depth of 800 meters, not quite at the bottom, but not far off, a pilot of coral sand at the base of the reef wall slopes gently into the abyss, and here we find signs of real deep sea creatures, some like the sea anemone¹ are familiar, others are less well known, like this chamber² nautilus, it's an ancient relative of octopus³ and squid, a living fossil, a last survivor⁴ of a group of animals that dominated the world's oceans 500 million years ago, it moves around by jet propulsion, squirting water backwards⁵ in order to go forwards. At night it's the nautilus' turn to migrate, it swims up towards the surface to feed on shrimps⁶ beside the reef wall, returning back down during the day. This is a baby nautilus, the first time one has been filmed in the wild, it's no bigger than a two pound coin, yet it makes the same daily up and down journey as its plate sized parents.

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1 anemone   

n.海葵

参考例句：

• Do you want this anemone to sting you?你想让这个海葵刺疼你吗？
• The bodies of the hydra and sea anemone can produce buds.水螅和海葵的身体能产生芽。

2 chamber   

n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所

参考例句：

• For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
• The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。

3 octopus   

n.章鱼

参考例句：

• He experienced nausea after eating octopus.吃了章鱼后他感到恶心。
• One octopus has eight tentacles.一条章鱼有八根触角。

4 survivor   

n.生存者，残存者，幸存者

参考例句：

• The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
• There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。

5 backwards   

adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地

参考例句：

• He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
• All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。

6 shrimps   

n.虾，小虾( shrimp的名词复数 )；矮小的人

参考例句：

• Shrimps are a popular type of seafood. 小虾是比较普遍的一种海味。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I'm going to have shrimps for my tea. 傍晚的便餐我要吃点虾。 来自辞典例句