英语听力：自然百科 大堡礁 珊瑚礁至雨林(29)

These footprints belong to one of the biggest land animals in Australia.

这些脚印属于澳大利亚最大的陆地动物之一。

The cassowary, a flightless bird that's almost as tall as a person.

食火鸟，一种不会飞的有一人高的鸟。

Its claws wouldn't look put of place on a dinosaur¹.

它的爪子和恐龙很像。

And its kick is so violent that the cassowary is said to be the world's most dangerous bird.

它的腿上功夫极为了得，以致于食火鸟被认为是世界上最危险的鸟类。

A parent is particularly dangerous when rearing a chick.

育雏时期的父母尤其可怕。

In fact, the cassowary is shy and is rarely seen in the wild, but it's a key animal here.

事实上，食火鸟很害羞，很难在野外发现它们，但它是这里的关键物种。

It feeds on the fruits of rain forest trees and shrubs².

它以雨林的树木和灌木的果实为食。

It's one of the few animals that spread their seeds.

是少数几种传播植物种子的动物之一。

The seeds of many forest trees can't germinate³ without the animal's life, the cassowary.

许多树木的种子不能自己发芽,需要像食火鸡这样的动物帮忙。

As the forest is directly link to the reef by regulating sediments⁴ entering the lagoon⁵, the cassowary contributes to the health of the reef itself.

雨林通过调节进入环礁湖的沉积物，使森林和礁石直接相连，食火鸡也为礁石的健康做出了贡献。

1 dinosaur   

n.恐龙

参考例句：

• Are you trying to tell me that David was attacked by a dinosaur?你是想要告诉我大卫被一支恐龙所攻击？
• He stared at the faithful miniature of the dinosaur.他凝视著精确的恐龙缩小模型。

2 shrubs   

灌木( shrub的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The gardener spent a complete morning in trimming those two shrubs. 园丁花了整个上午的时间修剪那两处灌木林。
• These shrubs will need more light to produce flowering shoots. 这些灌木需要更多的光照才能抽出开花的新枝。

3 germinate   

v.发芽；发生；发展

参考例句：

• Seeds will not germinate without water.没有水，种子是不会发芽的。
• Can thin and hollow seeds germinate?瘦瘪的种子能够发芽吗？

4 sediments   

沉淀物( sediment的名词复数 )； 沉积物

参考例句：

• When deposited, 70-80% of the volume of muddy sediments may be water. 泥质沉积物沉积后，体积的70-80％是水。
• Oligocene erosion had truncated the sediments draped over the dome. 覆盖于穹丘上的沉积岩为渐新世侵蚀所截削。

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。