英语听力：自然百科 大堡礁 珊瑚礁至雨林(16)

Bats are agile¹ flyers, but the eagle's powerful claws give it the edge.

蝙蝠是敏捷的飞行者，但鹰强有力的爪将此终结。

The continental² islands are magnets for wildlife, providing shelter, lookout³ points and hunting grounds.

对于野生动物而言，陆边岛如磁铁般吸引着我们，为它们提供庇护所，瞭望塔和狩猎场。

They are oases⁴ for life, but they are not the only ones.

它们是生命的绿洲，但并不是唯一的。

Below the surface of the lagoon⁵ is an island of a very different kind, a shipwreck⁶.

在环礁湖底有另一种完全不同的岛，沉船。

This is the SS Youngal.

这是SS杨加拉号。

She sank during a cyclone⁷ in 1911, and now sits on the seabed at a depth of 30 meters.

它在1911年的一场飓风中沉没，现在安眠在水下30米的海床上。

122 people lost their lives.

122人罹难。

But out of this human tragedy has comes an opportunity.

但这场人间惨剧却带来了机遇。

100 years under water has created something very, very special.

在水下的100年创造了奇迹。

1 agile   

adj.敏捷的，灵活的

参考例句：

• She is such an agile dancer!她跳起舞来是那么灵巧！
• An acrobat has to be agile.杂技演员必须身手敏捷。

2 continental   

adj.大陆的，大陆性的，欧洲大陆的

参考例句：

• A continental climate is different from an insular one.大陆性气候不同于岛屿气候。
• The most ancient parts of the continental crust are 4000 million years old.大陆地壳最古老的部分有40亿年历史。

3 lookout   

n.注意，前途，瞭望台

参考例句：

• You can see everything around from the lookout.从了望台上你可以看清周围的一切。
• It's a bad lookout for the company if interest rates don't come down.如果利率降不下来，公司的前景可就不妙了。

4 oases   

n.（沙漠中的）绿洲( oasis的名词复数 )；（困苦中）令人快慰的地方（或时刻）；乐土；乐事

参考例句：

• There was a hundred miles between the two oases. 这两片绿洲间有一百英里。 来自辞典例句
• Where underground water comes to the surface, there are oases. 地下水流到地表的地方，就成为了绿洲。 来自互联网

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 shipwreck   

n.船舶失事，海难

参考例句：

• He walked away from the shipwreck.他船难中平安地脱险了。
• The shipwreck was a harrowing experience.那次船难是一个惨痛的经历。

7 cyclone   

n.旋风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
• The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。