英语听力：自然百科 大堡礁 堡礁内外(33)

Raine Island has the biggest concentration of wildlife on the Barrier Reef, but many of its animals are visitors and at departure time they leave behind the sanctuary¹ of one of the world's largest marine² parks.

雷恩岛是大堡礁上最大野生动物集中区，但是许多动物都是访客，在离别时刻它们要离开，这个世界上最大的海洋公园之一的避难所。

The migrants cross international borders travelling to places where animals are not protected.

候鸟穿过国境线，飞到保护区之外。

It means their survival is linked very much to events in other parts of the world.

这意味着它们的生存与世界其他部分的状况，紧密相连。

The Great Barrier Reef is still an amazing place.

大堡礁仍然是一个令人惊异的地方。

It's a magical, underwater world, stunningly³ beautiful and a never-ending source of wonder.

这是一个不可思议的水下世界，美丽的让人目瞪口呆，一个永无止境的奇观。

But how will it be when our turtles return?

但是当海龟回来说它又会变成什么样子？

The reef has proved to be resilient in the past,surviving great natural changes.

珊瑚礁被证明过去有自我恢复能力，从而能够在自然界的变化中生存下去。

But nothing like the pace of man-made change today,especially the pace of climate change.

但是这个变化不像今天人类产生的环境变化速度之快，尤其是气候变化的速度。

We've seen how the Great Barrier Reef is connected to the rest of the world, in many ways.

我们已经看到大堡礁很多方面，跟世界其他地方紧密相连。

It means we're all, no matter how remote, involved in its future.

它意味着无论我们有多遥远，都与大堡礁的未来息息相关。

Now, only we can decide what that future will be.

现在只有我们能够决定大堡礁的未来是什么样子。

Whether it remains⁴ the glorious marine spectacle of today,one of the richest and most diverse of all environments and the largest biological structure on the planet or whether it become something much poorer.

或者保持它今天这样的美丽海洋景观，这个地球上最富饶最多变的环境之一，也是地球上最大的生物组织，或者变成贫瘠的东西。

It's a future that is entirely⁵ in our hands.

它的未来完全掌握在我们手中。

1 sanctuary   

n.圣所，圣堂，寺庙；禁猎区，保护区

参考例句：

• There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital.医院后面有一个政治难民的避难所。
• Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。

2 marine   

adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵

参考例句：

• Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

3 stunningly   

ad.令人目瞪口呆地；惊人地

参考例句：

• The cooks, seamstresses and other small investors are stunningly vulnerable to reversals. 那些厨师、裁缝及其他的小投资者非常容易受到股市逆转的影响。
• The production cost of this huge passenger liner is stunningly high. 这艘船城造价之高令人惊叹。

4 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

5 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。