英语听力：自然百科 大堡礁 自然奇迹(28)

A bent¹ twig² it seems it's just the thing.

这根稻草看起来正是它要找的。

A few more of them now have a nest, if you can call it that, ready for their single chick.

再来几根，就是一个像样的巢了。如果那也叫巢的话，它们这是在为自己的唯一幼雏做准备。

Noddies are devoted³ partners and often remain together season after season.

白顶玄燕鸥是非常恩爱的伴侣，通常会结伴很久。

Beneath the waves, the summer warmth trigers fish to court.

在水中，鱼群的交配同样开始了。

And bicolor parrotfish, a large male leads a tender, underwater ballet to woo a partner.

双色鹦鹉鱼中，大个头的雄性以领舞的方式向雌鱼求爱。

The urge to breed spreads across the reef.

大堡礁到处都是繁殖的场面。

These are surgeonfish.

这是一群刺尾鱼。

Single females dart⁴ to the surface, pursued by groups of competing males.

每当一个雌鱼冲向水面，一群雄鱼竞相环绕着雌鱼。

As each female releases her eggs, the males race to fertilize⁵ them with a path of the white sperm⁶.

在雌鱼向水面排卵的刹那，雄性同时喷出白雾般的精子来给卵子受精。

1 bent   

n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的

参考例句：

• He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
• We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。

2 twig   

n.小树枝，嫩枝；v.理解

参考例句：

• He heard the sharp crack of a twig.他听到树枝清脆的断裂声。
• The sharp sound of a twig snapping scared the badger away.细枝突然折断的刺耳声把獾惊跑了。

3 devoted   

adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的

参考例句：

• He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。

4 dart   

v.猛冲，投掷；n.飞镖，猛冲

参考例句：

• The child made a sudden dart across the road.那小孩突然冲过马路。
• Markov died after being struck by a poison dart.马尔科夫身中毒镖而亡。

5 fertilize   

v.使受精，施肥于，使肥沃

参考例句：

• Fertilizer is a substance put on land to fertilize it.肥料是施在地里使之肥沃的物质。
• Reading will fertilize his vocabulary.阅读会丰富他的词汇。

6 sperm   

n.精子，精液

参考例句：

• Only one sperm fertilises an egg.只有一个精子使卵子受精。
• In human reproduction,one female egg is usually fertilized by one sperm.在人体生殖过程中，一个精子使一个卵子受精。