英语听力：自然百科 大堡礁 自然奇迹(28)（在线收听）

A bent twig 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 devoted 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 dart 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 fertilize them with a path of the white sperm.

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。