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of eggs and
float to the surface
to mix with others from
further along the
Each kind of times its release
to a certain hour on a certain night
That the chances
of cross-fertilisation
The eggs drift
away from the
The season brings real danger
to the animals of the
in sense
a change in the water
The temperature drops and powerful
disturb the sand
Under the cover of darkness they
emerge to run before the storm
and risk crossing the exposed sand
flats to seek shelter in deeper water
Every year they make this journey
From all over the
come to join the march
They their energy by
travelling in one another's
And there is the added benefit
f safety in numbers
By they've reached the
edge of the deep and down they go
For the rest of the season
they will remain in the shelter
of deep water out of harm's way
Sometimes during the
season a hurricane builds
and then the very structure
of the reef itself is under threat
An entire reef can be destroyed
by just one big storm
Hundreds of years of growth
gone in a few hours
Out in the ocean,
new life continues to develop
time,
will return to the
and a new reef will
grow on the
知识点
重点词汇
Caribbean [.kæri'bi:әn] n. 加勒比海 adj. 加勒比人的；加勒比海的；加勒比语的 { :5535}
bundles [ˈbʌndlz] [解剖] 束 { :5598}
coral [ˈkɒrəl] n. 珊瑚；珊瑚虫 adj. 珊瑚的；珊瑚色的 n. (Coral)人名；(英、法、西、葡)科拉尔 {gk toefl :5793}
lobsters [ˈlɔbstəz] n. 龙虾( lobster的名词复数 ); 龙虾肉 { :6212}
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}
sperm [spɜ:m] n. 精子；精液；鲸蜡油 { :6966}
maximises [ ] (maximise 的第三人称 -s形式) vt. 把...增加到最大限度, 把...扩大到最大限度, 充分重视, 找出...的最高值 { :7248}
larvae [ˈlɑ:vi:] n. 幼虫；幼体（larva的复数形式） {toefl :7470}
rubble [ˈrʌbl] n. 碎石，碎砖；粗石堆 {toefl gre :7549}
conserve [kənˈsɜ:v] n. 果酱；蜜饯 vt. 保存；将…做成蜜饯；使守恒 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :7632}
stormy [ˈstɔ:mi] adj. 暴风雨的；猛烈的；暴躁的 {cet4 cet6 :9490}
难点词汇
wasteland [ˈweɪstlænd] n. 荒地，不毛之地；未开垦地，荒漠；（精神或文化上的）贫乏 { :14722}
colonise ['kɒləˌnaɪz] vt. 开拓殖民地，移民于殖民地 { :15908}
daybreak [ˈdeɪbreɪk] n. 黎明；破晓 { :18833}
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}
slipstream [ˈslɪpstri:m] n. 气流；冲流 { :28999}
复习词汇
sand [sænd] n. 沙；沙地；沙洲；沙滩；沙子 vt. 撒沙于；以沙掩盖；用砂纸等擦平或磨光某物；使撒沙似地布满；给…掺沙子 vi. 被沙堵塞 n. (Sand)人名；(英、德、意、芬、罗、捷、挪)桑德；(瑞典)桑德；(法)桑 {zk gk cet4 cet6 ky :2205}
词组
drift away [drift əˈwei] un. 围…团团转；背离 [网络] 渐行渐远；游离；渐渐离开
ocean swell [ ] un. 海洋涌浪 [网络] 大洋涌浪；上风和浪
sand flat [ ] 沙坪
the caribbean [ ] [网络] 加勒比海；加勒比海地区；加勒比地区
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