英语听力：自然百科 大堡礁 珊瑚礁至雨林(25)

（单词翻译）

When they leave the safety of the mangroves, they must cross that sandy desert and manyhazards waiting for them in the lagoon¹.

在离开安全的红树林之后，它们得跨越空旷的沙质荒漠，环礁湖里有许多危险等待着它们。

This is a mantis² shrimp³.

这是虾蛄。

From his neatly⁴ kept burrow⁵, he surveys the world with the most complex visual system knownto science.

它从保养精致的洞穴里，用它已知生物界最复杂的视觉系统，考察市场。

He's about the size of a man's forearm.

它有一个成人的前臂大小。

And he's got quite a reach.

而且狩猎范围也不容小觑。

Even if a young fish avoids the dangers on the seabed, there are plenty more predators⁶ floatingabove.

幼鱼即便躲开了海床上的危险，还有更多漂浮着的狩猎者要提防。

Patrolling in these inshore waters is probably the most dangerous animal in the lagoon.

在近岸水域巡逻的大概是环礁湖最危险的动物了。

The box jellyfish, whose stinging tentacles⁷ are quite capable of killing⁸ a person.

箱形水母，其触须的毒刺足以杀死一个人。