英语听力：自然百科 大堡礁：珊瑚礁到雨林—28

 These footprints belong to one of the biggest land animals in Australia, the cassowary, a flightless bird that's almost as tall as a person. Its cloth wouldn't look at a place on a dinosaur¹. And its kick is so violent that the cassowary is said to be the world's most dangerous bird. A parent is particularly dangerous when rearing a chick.In fact, the cassowary is shy and is rarely seen in the wild, but it's a key animal here. It feeds on the fruits of rain forest trees and shrubs². It's one of the few animals that spread their seeds. The seeds of many forest trees can't geminate without the animal's life, the cassowary. As the forest is directly link to the reef by regulating sediments³ entering the lagoon⁴, the cassowary contributes to the health of the reef itself.

 

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1 dinosaur   

n.恐龙

参考例句：

• Are you trying to tell me that David was attacked by a dinosaur?你是想要告诉我大卫被一支恐龙所攻击？
• He stared at the faithful miniature of the dinosaur.他凝视著精确的恐龙缩小模型。

2 shrubs   

灌木( shrub的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The gardener spent a complete morning in trimming those two shrubs. 园丁花了整个上午的时间修剪那两处灌木林。
• These shrubs will need more light to produce flowering shoots. 这些灌木需要更多的光照才能抽出开花的新枝。

3 sediments   

沉淀物( sediment的名词复数 )； 沉积物

参考例句：

• When deposited, 70-80% of the volume of muddy sediments may be water. 泥质沉积物沉积后，体积的70-80％是水。
• Oligocene erosion had truncated the sediments draped over the dome. 覆盖于穹丘上的沉积岩为渐新世侵蚀所截削。

4 lagoon   

n.泻湖，咸水湖

参考例句：

• The lagoon was pullulated with tropical fish.那个咸水湖聚满了热带鱼。
• This area isolates a restricted lagoon environment.将这一地区隔离起来使形成一个封闭的泻湖环境。