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By summer it was half grown
Now at last, in the late autumn
- it's nearly ready
A fully formed
shark swims free
This year's will soon die
but the young
is so well developed that it can't hunt
immediately for larger prey
The days are getting shorter now
the
water begins
This bizarre looking creature
is searching through the for food
This is - the
catches with
its net-like head
As winter approaches
is becoming ,
but is an
can swim
to look for
a better feeding spot
But its search is becoming
increasingly difficult
Within the next two weeks most
of the will have disappeared
As the sunlight becomes
ever more
- the starts to die,
gradually to nothing
Soon it will be winter
But 9,000 miles to the south the sun
is rising on a new spring day
too
has
- and now the is
beginning to around
Just as in the north,
the Southern Seas
also have areas of
rich green water...
...with their own
...and their own plankton
Some of the inhabitants of these seas
live only in
This is one of them - the
- that around on modified
But when needs must
- it can resort to tail power
Every summer visitors come
to the shallows around
These are Australian
- about half a metre long
They are here to breed
The larger males compete for
the attentions of a female
displaying towards her and to one
another by putting on a ballet,
during which they continually change
the colour of their costumes
Eventually they form pairs
A male passes a packet of
across to the female
After the eggs have been ,
they are deposited in tough,
知识点
重点词汇
hooded [ˈhʊdɪd] adj. 有罩盖的，戴头巾的 { :5182}
hemisphere [ˈhemɪsfɪə(r)] n. 半球 {cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :5852}
strolls [strəulz] n. 溜达，散步，闲逛( stroll的名词复数 ) { :5880}
miniature [ˈmɪnətʃə(r)] adj. 微型的，小规模的 n. 缩图；微型画；微型图画绘画术 vt. 是…的缩影 {cet6 ky toefl gre :6061}
seasonal [ˈsi:zənl] adj. 季节的；周期性的；依照季节的 {toefl :6141}
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}
scarce [skeəs] adj. 缺乏的，不足的；稀有的 adv. 仅仅；几乎不；几乎没有 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts :6771}
sperm [spɜ:m] n. 精子；精液；鲸蜡油 { :6966}
hatch [hætʃ] n. 孵化；舱口 vt. 孵；策划 vi. 孵化 n. (Hatch)人名；(西)阿奇；(英)哈奇 {gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :7365}
flaps [flæps] n. 马唇肿胀 { :8113}
fins [finz] n. 鳍片，散热翅片；五元纸币（fin的复数形式） v. 切除鳍；装上翅（fin的第三人称单数） n. (Fins)人名；(葡)芬斯 { :8226}
swarms [swɔ:mz] n. 蜂群，一大群( swarm的名词复数 ) v. 密集( swarm的第三人称单数 ); 云集; 成群地移动; 蜜蜂或其他飞行昆虫成群地飞来飞去 { :8983}
Lt [ ] abbr. 书信电报（letter message）；数据处理（Language Translation） { :9242}
rotting [rɒtɪŋ] vt. 腐败，腐坏之（rot的现在分词形式）；深蚀刻 n. 沤麻 { :9578}
feeble [ˈfi:bl] adj. 微弱的，无力的；虚弱的；薄弱的 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :9622}
Columbia [kə'lʌmbɪə] n. 哥伦比亚 { :10009}
slug [slʌg] n. 鼻涕虫；动作缓慢的人；金属小块 vt. 重击 vi. 偷懒；动作迟缓 {toefl :10241}
temperate [ˈtempərət] adj. 温和的；适度的；有节制的 {toefl ielts :10791}
squid [skwɪd] n. 鱿鱼；乌贼；枪乌贼 {gk :11582}
难点词汇
searcher [ˈsɜ:tʃə(r)] n. 搜索者；检查官 { :16761}
plankton [ˈplæŋktən] n. 浮游生物（总称） {ielts gre :19300}
assiduous [əˈsɪdjuəs] adj. 刻苦的，勤勉的 {toefl gre :20970}
kelp [kelp] n. [植] 巨藻，海藻；海草灰 vi. 烧制海草灰 n. (Kelp)人名；(罗)凯尔普 {ielts :21356}
tasmania [tæz'meinjә] n. 塔斯马尼亚岛（位于澳洲东南方） { :21728}
fertilised ['fə:tilaiz] vt. 使受精；施肥于；使肥沃 { :23467}
ln [ ] abbr. 自然对数（Napierian Logarithm）；液态氮（Liquid Nitrogen） { :28828}
dogfish [ˈdɒgfɪʃ] n. 狗鲨；[脊椎] 巨头鲸；角鲨鱼 { :38198}
生僻词
handfish [ ] 手渔
melibe [ ] [网络] 大嘴海牛属
词组
British Columbia [ ] n. 不列颠哥伦比亚 [网络] 卑诗省；不列颠哥伦比亚省；英属哥伦比亚省
flap away [ ] na. 拍走；拍着翅膀飞去 [网络] 拍去；振翅飞走；拍著翅膀飞去
kelp forest [ ] [网络] 海草林；海藻林；海藻森林
rot away [rɔt əˈwei] na. “rot”的变体；“rot off”的变体 [网络] 腐烂；烂掉；逐渐腐烂
sea slug [si: slʌɡ] un. 裸露的软体动物 [网络] 海参；海蛞蝓；海蛤蝓
southern hemisphere [ˈsʌðən ˈhemiˌsfiə] na. 南半球 [网络] 南半球南半球；北半球；南半球各地
swarm of [swɔ:m ɔv] [网络] 大群；一大堆；一群群
temperate region [ ] un. 温带区
the southern hemisphere [ ] un. 南半球
to chill [ ] [网络] 保鲜冷冻；使寒冷
to hatch [ ] 孵化
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