Coral

1The island is encircled by a coral reef.這個島周圍都是珊瑚礁。《牛津詞典》

2An unspoiled coral reef encloses the bay.未經破壞的珊瑚礁圍繞着該海灣。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》

3Although the coral looks hard, it is very delicate.雖然那珊瑚看起來堅硬，它其實非常易碎。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》

4These snails do not occur on low-lying coral islands.這些蝸牛不會出現在低窪的珊瑚島上。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》

5The women have elaborate necklaces of turquoise and pink coral.女士們擁有綠寶石和粉色珊瑚製成的精美項鍊。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》

6Oil pollution could damage the fragile ecology of the coral reefs.石油污染可能破壞珊瑚礁脆弱的生態環境。《牛津詞典》

7In Bermuda, Sam's father took him on an excursion to a coral barrier.在百慕大，薩姆的父親帶他去了一趟到珊瑚堤的短途旅行。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》

8More than 1,000 shipwrecks litter the coral reef ringing the islands.一千多艘遇難船隻散佈在環繞島嶼的珊瑚礁之中。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》

9Oil spills are having a devastating effect on coral reefs in the ocean.海上溢油對海洋裏的珊瑚礁有着毀滅性影響。《牛津詞典》

10All over the world, coral reefs are dying.全世界的珊瑚礁都在消亡。

11Overfishing can be seriously disruptive to coral.過度捕撈會嚴重破壞珊瑚。

12As you know, coral is very sensitive to water temperature.你也知道，珊瑚對水温很敏感。

13They eat algae and prevent it from overwhelming the coral.它們以藻類為食，防止藻類壓垮珊瑚。

14Without the outbreak, the diversity of coral would be reduced.如果沒有這次爆發，珊瑚的多樣性將會減少。

15A sea urchin is nestled in a coral formation off Bonaire Island.一隻海膽正舒適地安定在博內爾島外的珊瑚叢裏。

16This of course has beneficial results for the nearby coral reefs.這當然對附近的珊瑚礁有益。

17In my opinion, transplanting coral should only be used as a last resort.在我看來，移植珊瑚只能作為最後的手段。

18Now, in small numbers, the starfish don't affect coral reefs dramatically.現在，海星數量很少，對珊瑚礁的影響也不大。

19There are almost always pockets of coral on the reefs that remain unaffected.珊瑚礁上幾乎總有一些珊瑚沒有受到影響。

20I'm helping to do research on the coral and the fish that live around the reefs.我正在幫助研究珊瑚和生活在珊瑚礁周圍的魚類。

21The adult ones converge on remaining portions of healthy coral and feed hungrily.成年珊瑚聚集在健康珊瑚的剩餘部分上，飢餓地進食。

22The reefs here are beautiful, but if the sea water is polluted, the coral will die.這裏的珊瑚礁是美麗的，但是如果海水被污染，珊瑚就會死亡。

23A single Acanthaster can consume five to six square meters of coral polyps per year.一隻棘冠海星每年可以吃掉5到6平方米的珊瑚蟲。

24On a coral reef in the Bonin Islands, an abandoned wormhole is home to a hermit crab.在小笠原羣島一個珊瑚礁上，一個廢棄的蟲洞是寄居蟹的家。

25Coral larvae settle among the algae and eventually establish flourishing coral colonies.珊瑚幼蟲在藻類中定居，並最終形成繁盛的珊瑚羣落。

26In Suruga Bay, a strand of whip coral provides habitat for two shrimps, camouflaged among the polyps.在駿河灣，一串鞭狀珊瑚為藏在水螅中的兩隻蝦提供了棲息地。

27Coral reefs are one of the most fragile, biologically complex, and diverse marine ecosystems on Earth.珊瑚礁是地球上最脆弱、生態性最複雜、最多樣化的海洋生態系統之一。

28Depleting the number of lobsters, for example, means that we are adding to the threat of coral decline.例如，減少龍蝦的數量意味着也增加了珊瑚羣數量鋭減的風險。

29There's another technique that's been experimented with to try to help coral reefs recover from bleaching.人們還嘗試了另一種技術，試圖幫助珊瑚礁從漂白狀態中恢復。

30Now, we've talked in depth about coral bleaching, or whitening, which as you recall, is a symptom of that the coral is suffering.現在，我們已經深入討論了珊瑚白化，或者説是變白，正如你所記下的，這是珊瑚患病的一種症狀。