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These seas
- thousands of miles from nearest land
- are the most on our planet.
These are marine deserts.
But here live the and the most
powerful of all ocean hunters
Simply finding them
is an immense challenge
but we are about to follow them
as they search for their food
in this little known part of the seas
- the open ocean.
- predators...
that can grow to three metres long.
They hunt mainly
searching the tropical oceans from close
to the surface down to depths of
a hundred metres or so.
Normally the fish they feed on
are widely
but sometimes their prey gathers
in dense , like these .
This may last for over an hour,
time enough for other hunters
to reach the scene.
join in the feeding .
The noise attracts a giant - a .
lt's fourteen metres long
and twenty tonnes in weight
- and has an to match.
Soon the only sign that the
ever existed are scales
sinking down into .
Such don't last long.
Within a few short days,
waters that once ...
with food will have been cleaned out.
The hunters must move elsewhere
and once again
start their search of the
seemingly open ocean.
A - immense - five metres
知识点
重点词汇
appetite [ˈæpɪtaɪt] n. 食欲；嗜好 {gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :5205}
juvenile [ˈdʒu:vənaɪl] adj. 青少年的；幼稚的 n. 青少年；少年读物 {ky toefl ielts gre :5261}
daylight [ˈdeɪlaɪt] n. 白天；日光；黎明；公开 {gk cet4 ky :5270}
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}
feasts [fi:sts] n. 盛会( feast的名词复数 ); 宴会; 宗教节日; 使人欢快的事物（或活动） { :5626}
swiftest [swɪf'test] adj. 迅速的( swift的最高级 ); 敏捷的; 立即作出的; 突然发生的 { :5978}
dispersed [dɪ'spɜ:st] v. 分散；传播（disperse的过去分词） adj. 散布的；被分散的；被驱散的 { :5981}
tuna [ˈtju:nə] n. 金枪鱼，鲔鱼 n. (Tuna)人名；(葡、匈、捷、土、塞)图纳 {cet6 :5993}
striped [straɪpt] adj. 有条纹的；有斑纹的 v. 被剥去（strip的过去分词） { :6292}
frenzy [ˈfrenzi] n. 狂暴；狂怒；暴怒 vt. 使发狂；使狂怒 {toefl gre :7279}
swarmed [swɔ:md] vi. 挤满；成群浮游；云集 n. 蜂群；一大群 vt. 挤满；爬 { :8983}
sterile [ˈsteraɪl] adj. 不育的；无菌的；贫瘠的；不毛的；枯燥乏味的 {toefl gre :9354}
难点词汇
abyss [əˈbɪs] n. 深渊；深邃，无底洞，地狱 {toefl :11847}
shoals [ʃəʊlz] n. [地理] 浅滩（shoal的复数形式）；[水文] 沙洲 v. 变浅；使驶进浅水区（shoal的第三人称单数） n. (Shoals)人名；(英)肖尔斯 { :12753}
sardines [sɑ:ˈdi:nz] n. 沙丁鱼（sardine的复数形式）；沙丁油鱼 { :15458}
voracious [vəˈreɪʃəs] adj. 贪婪的；贪吃的；狼吞虎咽的 {toefl gre :16557}
marlin [ˈmɑ:lɪn] n. 枪鱼，青枪鱼；四鳃旗鱼 { :17367}
featureless [ˈfi:tʃələs] adj. 无特色的 { :19136}
manta [ˈmæntə] n. 外套；女用披巾 n. (Manta)人名；(日)满太 (名)；(日)满田(姓)；(意、罗、葡)曼塔 { :30225}
sei [seɪ] n. 鰛鲸，大须鲸 { :47029}
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}
词组
feeding frenzy [ ] n. （鲨鱼等鱼群的）疯狂捕食；（对某物的）集体狂热追求 [网络] 吞食鱼；大鱼吃小鱼；海底世界
in daylight [ ] [网络] 光天化日之下；在阳光中
manta ray [ˈmæntə rei] [网络] 蝠魟；蝠鲼；魔鬼魟
sei whale [sei hweil] [网络] 塞鲸；鳁鲸；鳕鲸
striped marlin [straɪpt ˈmɑ:lin] 箕作枪鱼
the abyss [ ] [网络] 深渊；无底洞；海底深渊
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