英语听力：自然百科 大堡礁 自然奇迹(11)

I'm just going to edge onto its patch a little bit more, it could be trouble, I sense.

我将靠近她的领土边缘一点点，可能有麻烦，我能感觉到。

She can't scare me, but she just doesn't give up.

她吓不倒我，她也不放弃。

Just listen to this. This is one feisty little fish.

听听这个。这是一条暴躁易怒的鱼。

Even though I'm so much bigger than this damsel fish, it's still quite an intimidating¹ sight

即使我比这条雀鲷大的多，但是看起来仍然让人有点怕怕。

While damsels maintain areas of reef by nurturing², other fish destroy it.

雀鲷在培育礁石上的食物时，其他的鱼却在搞破坏。

Bumphead parrotfish, each the size of a small sheep.

隆头鹦哥鱼，跟一只小绵羊一样大。

They have a tough beak³ and gigantic jaw⁴ muscles that work like bolt cutters.

巨大的颚肌，就像断线钳一样。

It might seem like a lot of hardware for a diet of soft algae⁵ and coral polyps.

看上去它们喜欢吃海藻和珊瑚虫。

But the only way to get at them is by sheering off chunks⁶ of the coral rock.

唯一能获得它们的方法，是磨碎大块的珊瑚岩。

A second set of internal teeth, then grinds the coral into a fine paste.

第二套内齿，用来把珊瑚磨成细微的糊状。

A single bumphead can chew up to five tonnes of coral every year, which they excrete back onto the reef as sand.

一只隆头鹦哥鱼一年能嚼碎五吨珊瑚岩。最终它们以沙石的形式排泄出来。

1 intimidating   

vt.恐吓，威胁( intimidate的现在分词)

参考例句：

• They were accused of intimidating people into voting for them. 他们被控胁迫选民投他们的票。
• This kind of questioning can be very intimidating to children. 这种问话的方式可能让孩子们非常害怕。

2 nurturing   

养育( nurture的现在分词 )； 培育； 滋长； 助长

参考例句：

• These delicate plants need careful nurturing. 这些幼嫩的植物需要精心培育。
• The modern conservatory is not an environment for nurturing plants. 这个现代化温室的环境不适合培育植物。

3 beak   

n.鸟嘴，茶壶嘴，钩形鼻

参考例句：

• The bird had a worm in its beak.鸟儿嘴里叼着一条虫。
• This bird employs its beak as a weapon.这种鸟用嘴作武器。

4 jaw   

n.颚，颌，说教，流言蜚语；v.喋喋不休，教训

参考例句：

• He delivered a right hook to his opponent's jaw.他给了对方下巴一记右钩拳。
• A strong square jaw is a sign of firm character.强健的方下巴是刚毅性格的标志。

5 algae   

n.水藻，海藻

参考例句：

• Most algae live in water.多数藻类生长在水中。
• Algae grow and spread quickly in the lake.湖中水藻滋蔓。

6 chunks   

厚厚的一块( chunk的名词复数 )； （某物）相当大的数量或部分

参考例句：

• a tin of pineapple chunks 一罐菠萝块
• Those chunks of meat are rather large—could you chop them up a bIt'smaller? 这些肉块相当大，还能再切小一点吗？