英语听力：自然百科 大堡礁 堡礁内外(13)

For the young unlucky few, this is the last journey they'll ever make.

对不幸的少数来说，这次旅途将是他们的最后一次旅行。

Every turtle that lives in the sanctuary¹ of the ocean is taking a gamble, and it's real knife edge whether they'll live or die.

每只离开了海洋这片保护地的海龟都在进行一场赌博，这是一场事关生死的博弈。

And obviously for this turtle that gamble didn't pay off.

显然这只海龟没能赢得这场赌局。

There is a number of factors that can be kill them, can be exhaustion,it could be over heating, or it could be being buried,which may have happened in this case by other turtles laying their eggs.

有太多种情况会使它们丧生，可以让它们劳累过度，可以让温度过高，也可能是被活埋，像这只海龟就是这种情况，被其它海龟产卵时挖出的沙子埋了。

If turtles trapped by the rock wall can make it to a pool, they might survive.

如果被岩墙困住的海龟能找到一处小水洼，它们或许就能活下来。

The seawater cools their bodies.

海水能让它们的身体保持凉爽。

All they have to do is wait for the incoming tide and whatever that will bring.

它们所能做的就是等待潮汐的到来，不管潮水会带来什么。

Raine Island is a part of the outer barrier reef, so it's right next to the open ocean.

雷恩岛是外堡礁的一部分，比邻着外海。

1 sanctuary   

n.圣所，圣堂，寺庙；禁猎区，保护区

参考例句：

• There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital.医院后面有一个政治难民的避难所。
• Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。