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Part of the answer to that becomes clear
at the following morning
The day shift of predators are arriving
for their first meals
have learnt
that the returning tide
can wash laid eggs out of the sand
The risk of eggs being exposed by the
may be part of the reason
why arribadas
tend to occur around the last
or first quarter of the moon
lt's on such days as this,
when the moon is neither full nor new,
that the tides are weakest and
the sea is likely to be calmer
So at these times,
it easier for the female
to make their way through the
and there less chance of their eggs
being washed out of the sand
and being taken by the
The moon monthly cycle
and its influence on the tides triggers
many events in the ocean,
from the of the
on
to the breeding cycles of fish
But there an even longer rhythm
that has the most profound effect of all
- the annual cycle of the sun
The sun position relative
to the earth changes
through the year and
it this that produces the seasons
the north, spring comes as the sun
begins to rise higher in the sky
Off the coast of North West America,
the seas are transformed by the increasing
strength of the sunshine
Here in the turn
green with a sudden of
that have spent
the winter far out to sea,
time their return to the
to this
They come in vast numbers and initiate
one of the most productive
food chains in all the oceans
are at the top
of that food chain
They have spent the winter breeding
in the warmer tropical waters off
But there was little food for them there
This provides the vast
majority of their food for the year
and sea lions
also return from the open ocean
each year to off the
The themselves,
however, have not come here for food
They are about to breed
Nothing them as they head
for even
Now the waters
are so shallow that
- winged are able live fish
from just below the surface
these attacks and losses,
the swim on until
they reach the that the females
need if they are to lay
Each female produces
around twenty thousand eggs
- and they every
The males arrive soon after the females
have and release their
in vast clouds
Soon the excesses
of the herrings' sexual
creates a thick, white on the surface
Through the season of
the shores for hundreds of miles,
知识点
重点词汇
snatch [snætʃ] n. 抢夺；抓举；小量 vt. 夺得；抽空做；及时救助 vi. 抢走；很快接受 {gk cet6 ky ielts gre :5049}
freshly [ˈfreʃli] adv. 新近；精神饱满地 {toefl :5346}
feast [fi:st] n. 筵席，宴会；节日 vt. 享受；款待，宴请 vi. 享受；参加宴会 {gk cet4 cet6 ky ielts :5626}
corals [ˈkɔrəlz] n. 珊瑚( coral的名词复数 ); 珊瑚虫 { :5793}
vegetation [ˌvedʒəˈteɪʃn] n. 植被；植物，草木；呆板单调的生活 {cet6 ky toefl ielts :5829}
deters [dɪˈtɜ:z] v. 阻止，制止( deter的第三人称单数 ) { :5976}
sticky [ˈstɪki] adj. 粘的；粘性的 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl :6040}
reef [ri:f] n. 暗礁；[地质] 矿脉；收帆 vt. 收帆；缩帆 vi. 缩帆；收帆 {cet6 toefl :6352}
spawning ['spɔ:nɪŋ] n. 产卵；增殖 v. 播种，产卵；大量生成（spawn的现在分词） { :6476}
spawned [s'pɔ:nd] v. 引起（spawn的过去分词）；孵出 { :6476}
turtle [ˈtɜ:tl] n. 龟，甲鱼；海龟 n. (Turtle)人名；(英)特特尔 {cet6 toefl :6490}
turtles ['tɜːtlz] n. 乌龟（turtle的复数） { :6490}
bloom [blu:m] n. 花；青春；旺盛 vt. 使开花；使茂盛 vi. 开花；茂盛 n. (Bloom)人名；(瑞典、西)布洛姆；(英)布卢姆 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts :6582}
sperm [spɜ:m] n. 精子；精液；鲸蜡油 { :6966}
milky [ˈmɪlki] adj. 乳白色的；牛奶的；乳状的；柔和的；混浊不清的 n. (Milky)人名；(巴基)米尔基 {cet6 :7173}
surf [sɜ:f] vi. 作冲浪运动 vt. 在…冲浪 n. 海浪，拍岸浪 n. (Surf)人名；(英)瑟夫 { :7750}
stellar [ˈstelə(r)] adj. 星的；星球的；主要的；一流的 {toefl gre :7902}
scum [skʌm] n. 浮渣；泡沫；糟粕 vi. 产生泡沫；被浮渣覆盖 vt. 将浮渣去除掉 {ielts :8207}
gulls ['ɡʌlz] n. [鸟] 鸥；气球假目标雷达反射器；笨人；易受骗之人（gull的复数形式） v. 诈欺，骗（gull的第三人称单数形式） { :9078}
clog [klɒg] n. 障碍；木底鞋 v. 阻塞；障碍 {toefl gre :9458}
herring [ˈherɪŋ] n. 鲱 n. (Herring)人名；(英)赫林 { :9934}
难点词汇
spree [spri:] n. 狂欢；无节制的狂热行为；欢闹 vi. 狂欢；狂饮 n. (Spree)人名；(德)施普雷 { :11222}
Californian [.kæli'fɒ:njәn] n. 加利福尼亚州人 adj. 加州的；加利福尼亚的 { :11488}
vultures [ˈvʌltʃəz] n. 秃鹫( vulture的名词复数 ); 压榨别人的人，贪心汉 { :12004}
Hawaii [hә'waii:] n. 夏威夷（美国州名）；夏威夷岛 { :12375}
Alaska [əˈlæskə] n. 阿拉斯加州 {ielts :12468}
bonanza [bəˈnænzə] n. 富矿带；带来好运之事；幸运 {toefl :13031}
curds ['kɜ:dz] n. 凝乳( curd的名词复数 ) { :17569}
humpback [ˈhʌmpbæk] n. 驼背；座头鲸 { :21537}
phytoplankton [faɪtəʊ'plæŋktən] n. [植] 浮游植物（群落） { :21785}
ln [ ] abbr. 自然对数（Napierian Logarithm）；液态氮（Liquid Nitrogen） { :28828}
glaucous ['glɔ:kəs] adj. 蓝绿色的；绿灰色的；[园艺] 表面起白霜的 { :40139}
词组
at dawn [ ] na. 天一亮 [网络] 在黎明；破晓时分；拂晓时
barrier reef [ˈbæriə ri:f] n. 堡礁（近海岸的珊瑚礁） [网络] 堤礁；障壁礁；珊瑚群
coastal water [ ] un. 沿岸水域 [网络] 近岸海域；近岸水体；沿海
coastal waters [ ] un. 近海；沿海水域；沿海水城；近岸水域 [网络] 海岸水域；沿岸水域；近岸水体
coincide with [ ] v. 与…一致 [网络] 与……相符；不谋而合；符合
dawn on [dɔ:n ɔn] （白昼）来临于（某处）; 给（某处）以光明; 逐渐（被人）知晓; 明白
Great Barrier Reef [ ] n. 【地,旅】大堡礁 [网络] 澳大利亚的大堡礁；大栅栏礁；澳大利亚大堡礁
humpback (whale) [ ] 大鳍鲸
humpback whale [ˈhʌmpbæk hweil] n. 【动】座头鲸 [网络] 驼背鲸；大翅鲸；驼背鲸鱼
humpback whales [ ] n. 【动】座头鲸 [网络] 驼背鲸；头驼背鲸；鲸鱼
shallow water [ ] un. 浅水 [网络] 浅水区；浅水区域；浅水湿地
shallow waters [ ] [水文] 浅水；浅海，浅水域；浅滩
spite of [ ] conj.不管,无视
the great barrier reef [ ] [网络] 大堡礁；澳大利亚；去大堡礁
to snatch [ ] [网络] 抢夺；掠夺；夺走
tropical waters [ ] [网络] 在热带水；暖水区域
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