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████ 重点词汇
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████ 生僻词
████ 词组 & 惯用语
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Over sixty of our planet
is covered by ocean more than a mile deep.
That, the deep sea is by far
the largest habitat on earth
and it's largely unknown.
Join us on a journey
to the very bottom of the deep sea,
to an alien world never revealed before.
lt's home to some of the
strangest animals on earth.
Fish the darkness ...
... new species are discovered
on almost every .
More people have travelled into space
than have ventured this deep.
Come on a journey into .
A takes a breath,
its last for over an hour.
is about to leave the warm,
well-lit surface waters and
far down into the cold,
dark depths of the deep ocean.
At the surface it took in air
at the same pressure as we breath it.
But it's going to look for food
at more than a thousand metres down,
where pressure is a hundred times
that on the surface,
crushing the whale's lungs
to just one of their volume.
For us to follow the whale,
we need the very latest .
A reinforced ,
with walls 12 thick,
protects a pilot and our
from the enormous pressure below
and allows the to
just over nine hundred metres.
With every passing metre,
pressure increases and sunlight diminishes
''One thousand feet ...
By three hundred metres
it's already very dark
and the temperature of the water
is dropping fast.
We are entering ...
a weird world of , where many animals
have become completely .
this ,
an animal needs to see and
yet as far as possible
must avoid being seen.
A giant , 12 long
and almost perfectly .
head is completely filled
by two huge eyes,
with which it strains to detect its prey.
Another monster, Phronima,
the inspiration for the'Alien' movies.
She and her developing pink live
like in the stolen body
of a .
This impressive
and its huge eyes
make Phronima a powerful predator.
Even really complex animals have
become in .
are among the most
advanced of ,
but this one never meets a hard surface
in its entire life,
so its body need not be as
as that of its cousins.
There's a rich variety of that
live nowhere else but in the deep sea.
Thousands of tiny them
through a world without walls.
lnvisible ,
they for their prey.
let out long nets
to catch passing .
But the most extensive
is set by .
This bell is the head of
a colonial ,
that can be forty metres long.
Millions of tiny ,
the sea.
Five hundred metres down
知识点
重点词汇
dive [daɪv] n. 潜水；跳水；俯冲；扑 vi. 潜水；跳水；俯冲；急剧下降 n. (Dive)人名；(法)迪夫 {gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl :5121}
gloom [glu:m] n. 昏暗；阴暗 {toefl gre :5722}
offspring [ˈɒfsprɪŋ] n. 后代，子孙；产物 {cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :5729}
transparent [trænsˈpærənt] adj. 透明的；显然的；坦率的；易懂的 {gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :5884}
sticky [ˈstɪki] adj. 粘的；粘性的 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl :6040}
robust [rəʊˈbʌst] adj. 强健的；健康的；粗野的；粗鲁的 {cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :6419}
submarine [ˌsʌbməˈri:n] n. 潜水艇；海底生物 adj. 海底的；水下的 vt. 用潜水艇攻击 vi. 在下疾行；在下滑动 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts :6579}
propel [prəˈpel] vt. 推进；驱使；激励；驱策 {cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :6618}
twilight [ˈtwaɪlaɪt] adj. 黎明，黄昏；薄暮；衰退期；朦胧状态 n. 黄昏；薄暮；衰退期；朦胧状态 {cet6 ielts :6896}
sperm [spɜ:m] n. 精子；精液；鲸蜡油 { :6966}
parasites ['pærəsaɪts] n. [基医] 寄生虫；[生物] 寄生生物（parasite的复数） { :7277}
comb [kəʊm] n. 梳子；蜂巢；鸡冠 vt. 梳头发；梳毛 vi. （浪）涌起 {gk cet4 cet6 ky :7329}
jellies ['dʒelɪz] n. 果胶；凝胶剂（jelly复数） { :8007}
jelly [ˈdʒeli] n. 果冻；胶状物 vi. 成胶状 vt. 使结冻 n. (Jelly)人名；(英)杰利；(俄)叶利 {cet6 toefl :8007}
centimetres [ˈsentiˌmi:təz] n. 厘米( centimetre的名词复数 ) { :8893}
Lt [ ] abbr. 书信电报（letter message）；数据处理（Language Translation） { :9242}
cent [sent] n. 分；一分的硬币；森特（等于半音程的百分之一） n. (Cent)人名；(法)桑 {zk gk cet4 cet6 ky :10111}
grope [grəʊp] n. 摸索；触摸 vt. 摸索 vi. 摸索；探索 n. (Grope)人名；(德)格罗佩 {cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :10123}
cameraman [ˈkæmrəmæn] n. 摄影师；照相师；摄影记者 { :10976}
squids [skwɪdz] n. 乌贼，墨鱼( squid的名词复数 ); 鱿鱼 { :11582}
abyss [əˈbɪs] n. 深渊；深邃，无底洞，地狱 {toefl :11847}
cutlery [ˈkʌtləri] n. 餐具；刀剑制造业 {gre :12080}
stinging ['stɪŋɪŋ] adj. 激烈的；刺人的；刺一样的 { :12086}
blindly [ˈblaɪndli] adv. 盲目地；轻率地；摸索地 { :12187}
acrylic [əˈkrɪlɪk] adj. 丙烯酸的 { :12775}
难点词汇
invertebrates [ɪn'vɜ:təbreɪts] n. 无脊椎动物( invertebrate的名词复数 ) { :17362}
pulsating [pʌl'seɪtɪŋ] adj. 脉动的；脉冲的；搏动的 v. 颤动；有规律地跳动（pulsate的现在分词） { :19837}
submersible [səbˈmɜ:səbl] adj. 能潜水的；能沉入水中的 { :20782}
ln [ ] abbr. 自然对数（Napierian Logarithm）；液态氮（Liquid Nitrogen） { :28828}
copepods [kəʊp'pɒdz] 桡足类 { :37069}
cilia ['sɪlɪə] n. 纤毛；睫毛 n. (Cilia)人名；(葡)西利亚；(意)奇利亚 { :41323}
siphonophores [ ] n. 【动】管水母目 动物 [网络] 管水母类 { :46579}
复习词汇
metres [ˈmi:təz] n. 米( metre的名词复数 ); （诗的）格律; 用于竞赛名称 metres { :2099}
生僻词
amphipod [æm'faɪpəd] n. 片脚类动物
LTS [ ] abbr. lights （供食用的）家畜的肺脏; long-term store 长期存储
词组
acrylic sphere [ ] 《英汉医学词典》acrylic sphere 亚克力球,聚丙烯球
comb jellies [ ] [网络] 栉水母；梳子胶；梳果冻
comb jelly [ ] [网络] 栉水母；透明的栉水母；会发光的栉水母
cutlery set [ ] [网络] 餐具套装；餐具包；不锈钢餐具
death trap [deθ træp] [网络] 死亡陷阱；危险场所；逃生计划
dive to [ ] [网络] 跳到
drift through [ ] 漂过…
flash in [ ] 将底片成正片再曝光以改变其(清晰度或色调)
in the gloom [ ] na. 在幽暗中 [网络] 在黑暗中
per cent [pə: sent] adj. 每一百中 n. 百分之… [网络] 百分数；百分率；百分比
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
sperm (whale) [ ] 抹香鲸
sperm whale [spɜ:m hweil] 巨头鲸；[脊椎] 抹香鲸（等于Physeter catodon）
stinging cell [ˈstiŋiŋ sel] [网络] 带刺的细胞；刺细胞
the abyss [ ] [网络] 深渊；无底洞；海底深渊
the gloom [ ] [网络] 阴暗；黑暗
the twilight zone [ ] [网络] 阴阳魔界；暮光领域；迷离境界
twilight zone [ˈtwailait zəun] na. 【无线】半阴影区 [网络] 阴阳魔界；微明区；新阴阳魔界
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