英语听力：自然百科 大堡礁 堡礁内外(14)

Here the mottled hues¹ of the shallow reef meet the dark blue of the deep sea.

在这里浅水礁石的斑驳色彩与大海的深蓝交汇在一起。

The reef wall plunges² down vertically³ down to the ocean floor, 1000 meters below.

礁壁垂直向下插入水下1000米处的海床。

It's here that reef life and creatures of the deep co-existed.

在这里，礁石生物与深海动物共存。

For migration⁴ to the reef is not only from across the ocean, it's also up from the depths.

珊瑚礁的访客不仅仅来自其他海域，还有的来自海洋深处。

As a diver I can explore the first 100 metres or so.

身为潜水员，我能潜到100米左右的深处。

It's a very contrasting face.

那里是迥然不同的另一番景象。

To the gloriously kaleidoscopic⁵ world of the upper reef and the dark,cold, echoing world of deeper water.

与上部礁石万花筒般的绚烂形成鲜明对比，幽暗，寒冷，回声构成了深海世界。

So to see what's living down there, we need a remotely operated vehicle, an ROV.

为了一探究竟生活在那里的生物，我们需要一台遥控操作的潜水机器人。

It enters an alien world, pitch black with crushing water pressures.

像是进入了异世界般，漆黑一片，而且潜水机器人承受着巨大的水压。

1 hues   

色彩( hue的名词复数 )； 色调； 信仰； 观点

参考例句：

• When the sun rose a hundred prismatic hues were reflected from it. 太阳一出，更把它映得千变万化、异彩缤纷。
• Where maple trees grow, the leaves are often several brilliant hues of red. 在枫树生长的地方，枫叶常常呈现出数种光彩夺目的红色。

2 plunges   

n.跳进，投入vt.使投入，使插入，使陷入vi.投入，跳进，陷入v.颠簸( plunge的第三人称单数 )；暴跌；骤降；突降

参考例句：

• Even before he plunges into his program, he has his audience in his pocket. 他的节目甚至还没有出场，就已控制住了观众。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• 'Monseigneur, he precipitated himself over the hill-side, head first, as a person plunges into the river.' “大人，他头冲下跳下山坡去了，像往河里跳一样。” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记

3 vertically   

adv.垂直地

参考例句：

• Line the pages for the graph both horizontally and vertically.在这几页上同时画上横线和竖线，以便制作图表。
• The human brain is divided vertically down the middle into two hemispheres.人脑从中央垂直地分为两半球。

4 migration   

n.迁移，移居，（鸟类等的）迁徙

参考例句：

• Swallows begin their migration south in autumn.燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移。
• He described the vernal migration of birds in detail.他详细地描述了鸟的春季移居。

5 kaleidoscopic   

adj.千变万化的

参考例句：

• London is a kaleidoscopic world.伦敦是个天花筒般的世界。
• The transfer of administrative personnel in that colony was so frequent as to create kaleidoscopic effect.在那个殖民地，官员调动频繁，就象走马灯似的。