英语听力：自然百科 大堡礁 堡礁内外(14)（在线收听）

Here the mottled hues of the shallow reef meet the dark blue of the deep sea.

在这里浅水礁石的斑驳色彩与大海的深蓝交汇在一起。

The reef wall plunges down vertically down to the ocean floor, 1000 meters below.

礁壁垂直向下插入水下1000米处的海床。

It's here that reef life and creatures of the deep co-existed.

在这里，礁石生物与深海动物共存。

For migration to the reef is not only from across the ocean, it's also up from the depths.

珊瑚礁的访客不仅仅来自其他海域，还有的来自海洋深处。

As a diver I can explore the first 100 metres or so.

身为潜水员，我能潜到100米左右的深处。

It's a very contrasting face.

那里是迥然不同的另一番景象。

To the gloriously kaleidoscopic world of the upper reef and the dark,cold, echoing world of deeper water.

与上部礁石万花筒般的绚烂形成鲜明对比，幽暗，寒冷，回声构成了深海世界。

So to see what's living down there, we need a remotely operated vehicle, an ROV.

为了一探究竟生活在那里的生物，我们需要一台遥控操作的潜水机器人。

It enters an alien world, pitch black with crushing water pressures.

像是进入了异世界般，漆黑一片，而且潜水机器人承受着巨大的水压。