英语听力：自然百科 大堡礁 自然奇迹(20)

A coral reef during the day is a very different place from a coral reef at night.

珊瑚礁的白天与夜晚是两个完全不同的世界。

The atmosphere changes completely.

这里的气氛完全不同。

The day shift has logged off, and the night shift has gone to work.

白天活跃的动物休息了，夜晚活动的方才出动。

It's mean and moody¹, and the animals here mean business.

夜晚环境恶劣多变，动物们必须保持警惕。

Just as in human cities, there's a new cast of characters after dark.

就像人类城市一样，夜幕下出动的都是迥然不同的角色。

Octopus² emerge from their holes to stalk their prey³.

章鱼从藏身的洞穴里出来觅食。

A tiny sole improves his chances of survival by mimicking⁴ a toxic⁵ flatworm.

这条小鰨鱼为了增加生存机会在模仿有毒的扁虫。

Some of the strangest nocturnal creatures are relatives of the starfish, like this feather-mouthed sea cucumber, sifting⁶ food from the sand.

一些最奇特的夜间生物都是海星的表亲，比如这一有着羽毛状口部的海参在用口从沙中筛出食物。

Another is the basket star.

还有这个筐蛇尾。

It comes alive at night, throwing out thousands of arms to filter food from the plankton-rich current.

它夜间出来，伸展开上千个枝杈般的触手从富含浮游生物的水流中过滤食物。

These animals can live for a very long time, up to 35 years.

它们的寿命很长，可达35岁。

And there's records of these guys being seen night after night,in the same place for over 15 years.

有记录证明这几个昼伏夜出的家伙在同一地点被观察记录了15年之多。

1 moody   

adj.心情不稳的，易怒的，喜怒无常的

参考例句：

• He relapsed into a moody silence.他又重新陷于忧郁的沉默中。
• I'd never marry that girl.She's so moody.我决不会和那女孩结婚的。她太易怒了。

2 octopus   

n.章鱼

参考例句：

• He experienced nausea after eating octopus.吃了章鱼后他感到恶心。
• One octopus has eight tentacles.一条章鱼有八根触角。

3 prey   

n.被掠食者，牺牲者，掠食；v.捕食，掠夺，折磨

参考例句：

• Stronger animals prey on weaker ones.弱肉强食。
• The lion was hunting for its prey.狮子在寻找猎物。

4 mimicking   

v.（尤指为了逗乐而）模仿( mimic的现在分词 )；酷似

参考例句：

• She's always mimicking the teachers. 她总喜欢模仿老师的言谈举止。
• The boy made us all laugh by mimicking the teacher's voice. 这男孩模仿老师的声音，逗得我们大家都笑了。 来自辞典例句

5 toxic   

adj.有毒的，因中毒引起的

参考例句：

• The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.这家工厂意外泄漏大量有毒废物到海中。
• There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere.爆炸后有毒化学物质可能会进入大气层。

6 sifting   

n.筛，过滤v.筛( sift的现在分词 )；筛滤；细查；详审

参考例句：

• He lay on the beach, sifting the sand through his fingers. 他躺在沙滩上用手筛砂子玩。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I was sifting the cinders when she came in. 她进来时，我正在筛煤渣。 来自辞典例句