纪录片《南太平洋》 第112期 水火相容（17）

The fight over, it's time to get down to business.

战斗结束，到办正事的时候了。

Spawning¹ is a brief affair.

产卵是短暂

Then the eggs are left to the mercy of the current.

然后卵就留给了宽容的水流

Life in the lagoon² depends on a daily flushing of water from the open ocean.

礁湖的生命依靠来自开阔海洋的海水每日冲洗

This flows in through channels formed by natural gaps in the reef.

暗礁中天然缺口成了流经的通道

With each changing tide, a soupy river of debris³ and nutrients⁴ flows out of the lagoon and into the blue.

每次潮汐更替，充满碎屑和养分的泥汤河，从礁湖流到外面的大海里

This attracts all sorts of life.

吸引着各种各样的生命

One regular visitor to the channels is the gently gliding⁵ manta ray.

一个定期访问通道的是轻缓滑行的蝠鲼

It filters out minute creatures floating in the currents.

过滤漂浮在洋流中的极小生物

But there's more than enough to go around.

食物太多足够分配的

1 spawning   

产卵

参考例句：

• Encounter sites have a small chance of spawning a "Commander" NPC. 遭遇战地区有很小的几率遇到NPC指挥官。
• Instantly revives your Champion at your Spawning Pool, 9 minute cooldown. 立即在出生地复活你的英雄，冷却时间9分钟。

2 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。

3 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

4 nutrients   

n.（食品或化学品）营养物，营养品( nutrient的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a lack of essential nutrients 基本营养的缺乏
• Nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream. 营养素被吸收进血液。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 gliding   

v. 滑翔 adj. 滑动的

参考例句：

• Swans went gliding past. 天鹅滑行而过。
• The weather forecast has put a question mark against the chance of doing any gliding tomorrow. 天气预报对明天是否能举行滑翔表示怀疑。