英语听力：自然百科 大堡礁 珊瑚礁至雨林(17)

The Yongala is regarded by many as the greatest wildlife wreck¹ on earth.

杨加拉号被认为是世界上最大的生物沉船。

And looking around me, it's very hard to disagree.

看看我周围，你就不会再有疑虑。

The wreck provides shelter on the featureless plain for more than 120 fish species.

沉船为一马平川的海底平原上120多种鱼类提供了庇护所。

This concentration of live is sustained by food swept in by the exceptionally strong currents.

强洋流带来的食物为生物的聚集提供了支持。

The living's so good, many of the young fish stay here for their entire lives,rather than move to the Outer Reef when they grow up.

这里的生活真不错，许多幼鱼选择在这里度过一生，而不是长大后游到外堡礁去。

There are sea turtles down here, too.

这里也有海龟。

This one is a loggerhead.

这是红海龟。

And the wrecks² are favorite hangout for another species.

而沉船还是另一位来客的最爱。

This is the hawksbill turtle, and it's here to feed on the soft coral that coats the wreck.

这是玳瑁，它是被长在沉船残骸上的软珊瑚吸引而来。

The soft corals are one of the main reasons that all these life is attracted to the Yongala.

软珊瑚是这里生机勃勃的主要原因，也是沉船的魅力所在。

Almost every available space on its once smooth hull³ is covered with them.

几乎整个船体表面都布满了软体珊瑚。

1 wreck   

n.失事，遇难；沉船；vt.(船等)失事，遇难

参考例句：

• Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
• No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。

2 wrecks   

n.沉船( wreck的名词复数 )；（事故中）遭严重毁坏的汽车（或飞机等）；（身体或精神上）受到严重损伤的人；状况非常糟糕的车辆（或建筑物等）v.毁坏[毁灭]某物( wreck的第三人称单数 )；使（船舶）失事，使遇难，使下沉

参考例句：

• The shores are strewn with wrecks. 海岸上满布失事船只的残骸。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• My next care was to get together the wrecks of my fortune. 第二件我所关心的事就是集聚破产后的余财。 来自辞典例句

3 hull   

n.船身；(果、实等的)外壳；vt.去(谷物等)壳

参考例句：

• The outer surface of ship's hull is very hard.船体的外表面非常坚硬。
• The boat's hull has been staved in by the tremendous seas.小船壳让巨浪打穿了。