英语听力：自然百科 大堡礁：珊瑚礁到雨林—2

 This habitat into connect under all of vital to the well being of the Great Barrier Reef. This is the little known story of one of the most complex and spectacular Eco-systems on earth. 

 

The Great Barrier Reef is over 2,000 kilometers long which means the lagoon¹ that lies between the out reef and Australian mainland is vast. An area one and a half times the size of the British Isles². 

 

Pick a spot anywhere in the lagoon and you'll probably find sand. As about two thirds of the sea floor here is a shifting under water desert. It looks barren, but there is life here. It's just you don't often see it. Gardenings and none-likely alliance, fish and shrimp³ that share a bone. In a world when most food is out of site, it takes a predator⁴ with special talents to find it. And this is that predator, the ray. The ray's special skill is to find living things under the sand and the largest species to do this here is the sting ray.

1 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。

2 isles   

岛( isle的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• the geology of the British Isles 不列颠群岛的地质
• The boat left for the isles. 小船驶向那些小岛。

3 shrimp   

n.虾，小虾；矮小的人

参考例句：

• When the shrimp farm is built it will block the stream.一旦养虾场建起来，将会截断这条河流。
• When it comes to seafood,I like shrimp the best.说到海鲜，我最喜欢虾。

4 predator   

n.捕食其它动物的动物；捕食者

参考例句：

• The final part of this chapter was devoted to a brief summary of predator species.本章最后部分简要总结了食肉动物。
• Komodo dragon is the largest living lizard and a fearsome predator.科摩多龙是目前存在的最大蜥蜴，它是一种令人恐惧的捕食性动物。