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There are some seas where
fish swarm in millions...

and plankton blossoms
in vast clouds

The sheer quantity of life here
is unmatched anywhere in the oceans

These are the most productive
seas on earth

They are the Seasonal Seas

The Seasonal Seas border the
Temperate parts of the world,

where conditions change
through the year

The seasons also affect
the underwater world

The power of the sun
is constantly changing

ln the far north during the Summer
there are long hours of sunlight,

but in Winter that dwindles and
eventually there can be weeks of darkness

The summers are warm and gentle,
the winters racked by savage storms

ln conditions like this life of
any sort has to struggle to survive

January on Sable lsland off the
coast of Nova Scotia in North America

Grey Seals have managed to get ashore
through the crashing breakers

Gales here can blow for days on end

Sable lsland has the world's largest
colony of grey seals

1 00,000 come here to breed each year,
just when the weather is at its worst

To add insult to injury, the pups,

having suckled for only 1 8 days
are then abandoned

Their mothers must return to the
sea to find food for themselves

As yet unable to dive,
the pups are marooned

and sustained by nothing
except their fatty blubber

lt will be five weeks before
they are strong enough to swim,

but by then it will be early spring
and the ocean will be teeming with food

By May, Spring has reached
the coasts of Scotland

Underwater it arrived rather earlier

During March, the seas had warmed enough
to trigger a magical transformation

These are Phytoplankton,
tiny floating algae,

each much smaller than a pinhead

And they multiply with amazing speed
to produce more annual growth

than all the plants on land put together
- 6 billion tonnes of it

This immense bloom spreads across
the face of the ocean

and within a couple of months turns
vast areas of it a dense green


知识点

重点词汇
multiply [ˈmʌltɪplaɪ] vt. 乘；使增加；使繁殖；使相乘 vi. 乘；繁殖；增加 adv. 多样地；复合地 adj. 多层的；多样的 {gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :5028}

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}

magical [ˈmædʒɪkl] adj. 魔术的；有魔力的 {toefl :5584}

seasonal [ˈsi:zənl] adj. 季节的；周期性的；依照季节的 {toefl :6141}

blossoms [ˈblɔsəmz] [植] 开花 { :6437}

insult [ɪnˈsʌlt] n. 侮辱；凌辱；无礼 vt. 侮辱；辱骂；损害 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts :6568}

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}

savage [ˈsævɪdʒ] n. 未开化的人；粗鲁的人；残暴成性的人 adj. 野蛮的；残酷的；狂怒的；荒凉的 vt. 乱咬；粗暴的对待 n. (Savage)人名；(西)萨瓦赫；(英、德)萨维奇 {gk cet6 ky ielts gre :7623}

ashore [əˈʃɔ:(r)] adj. 在岸上的；在陆上的 adv. 在岸上；向岸 {cet6 ky :7699}

algae [ˈældʒi:] n. [植] 藻类；[植] 海藻 {toefl :8285}

gales [ɡeilz] n. 大风( gale的名词复数 ); （突发的）一阵 { :8689}

swarm [swɔ:m] n. 蜂群；一大群 vi. 挤满；成群浮游；云集 vt. 挤满；爬 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :8983}

underwater [ˌʌndəˈwɔ:tə(r)] n. 水下 adj. 在水中的；水面下的 adv. 在水下 {toefl :9111}

fatty [ˈfæti] n. 胖子 adj. 脂肪的；肥胖的；多脂肪的；脂肪过多的 { :9161}

Lt [ ] abbr. 书信电报（letter message）；数据处理（Language Translation） { :9242}

pups [pʌps] abbr. puppies 小狗，幼犬，自负的青年 n. 小狗( pup的名词复数 ); 自负的傻小子; （小狐，小海豹等）幼小的动物; 卖给/买到伪劣货 { :9257}

dwindles [ˈdwindlz] v. 逐渐变少或变小( dwindle的第三人称单数 ) { :10733}

temperate [ˈtempərət] adj. 温和的；适度的；有节制的 {toefl ielts :10791}

breakers ['breɪkəz] n. 碎浪花( breaker的名词复数 ); 断路器 { :11781}

teeming [ˈti:mɪŋ] v. 充满（teem的现在分词） adj. 多产的，丰富的；热闹的 { :13784}


难点词汇
marooned [mə'ruːnd] adj. 陷于孤立无援困境的 { :14650}

nova [ˈnəʊvə] n. [天] 新星 n. (Nova)人名；(意、西、塞、葡)诺娃(女名)，诺瓦；(英)诺瓦 {gre :14796}

unmatched [ˌʌnˈmætʃt] adj. 无与伦比的；不相配的；无匹敌的 {toefl :17076}

plankton [ˈplæŋktən] n. 浮游生物（总称） {ielts gre :19300}

scotia ['skəʊʃə] n. 凹形边饰 { :20646}

pinhead [ˈpɪnhed] n. 针头；微不足道的东西 {toefl :20666}

suckled [ˈsʌkld] v. 给…喂奶( suckle的过去式和过去分词 ) { :21460}

phytoplankton [faɪtəʊ'plæŋktən] n. [植] 浮游植物（群落） { :21785}

sable [ˈseɪbl] n. [脊椎] 黑貂；黑貂皮；丧服 n. (Sable)人名；(英)塞布尔 adj. 黑的；黑貂皮的；昏暗的 { :22400}

blubber [ˈblʌbə(r)] n. 鲸脂；哭泣 vi. 又哭又闹 vt. 又哭又闹 adj. 肿大的 { :23945}

ln [ ] abbr. 自然对数（Napierian Logarithm）；液态氮（Liquid Nitrogen） { :28828}


词组
a pinhead [ ] [网络] 小东西

add insult to injury [æd inˈsʌlt tu: ˈindʒəri] na. 越搞越糟；越描越黑 [网络] 雪上加霜；落井下石；伤害之外又加侮辱

floating alga [ ] 浮游藻类

get ashore [ ] un. 登陆；上岸

grey seal [ ] [网络] 灰海豹；灰色海豹

insult to injury [ ] [网络] 打人不打脸；变本加厉

Nova Scotia ['nәuvә'skәuʃә] na. 新斯科舍 [网络] 新斯科舍省；新斯科细亚省；加拿大新斯科舍省

swarm in [ ] vi.密集地涌入

teem with [ ] v. 富有；拥有大量N [网络] 盛产；充满；富于

to add insult to injury [ ] [网络] 雪上加霜；在伤害之外又加以侮辱；辱上加辱

to breed [ ] 配种



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