英语听力：自然百科 大堡礁 堡礁内外(30)（在线收听）

The clutch of turtle eggs has been incubating under the sand for two months.

海龟的一窝蛋在已经孵化了，它们在沙滩下已经两个月了。

At the right moment, the hatchlings all emerge together.

与此同时，所有小海龟已经聚集到一起。

They must reach the water in the shortest possible time.

它们必须以尽可能短的时间到达水里。

Baby turtles are food for baby herons,so the heron parents have timed the peak of their nesting to coincide with this mass emergence.

小海龟是小苍鹭的食物，所以苍鹭把筑巢的高峰，与海龟孵化的高峰保持一致。

Even ripples in the sand slow the hatchling's headlong rush to the sea.

甚至沙滩上的起伏，也会减慢它们前往大海里的速度。

It could mean the difference between life and death.

这意味着生与死的区别。