英语听力：自然百科 大堡礁 珊瑚礁至雨林(32)（在线收听）

All of these habitats are interdependent.

所有这些栖息地之间相互依赖依存。

If you ruin one, it can have an impact on many others, and that includes the outer reef itself.

一旦一个遭到破坏，其他栖息地也会受到影响。也包括外堡礁自身。

To look after all these habitats, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park sits at the heart of a network of protected areas.

为了保护所有这些栖息地，大堡礁海洋公园建在了这些受保护区域的心脏位置。

All interconnected and covering a vast area.

使所有栖息地相互连接，构成一片广大的区域。

After all, the reef is an inspiration to people all over the world.

大堡礁是世界各地人们心驰神往的所在。

It attracts one and a half million visitors each year, who come to see the largest coral reef on earth.

每年有1.5万人次的观光客，来此一睹地球上最大的珊瑚礁。

Together with divers, yachtsmen and anglers, they inject 7 billion dollars a year into the local economy.

还有许多潜水爱好者，快艇爱好者和垂钓者，每年他们为当地经济创收70亿美元。

But the value to Australia is even greater than that.

但对于澳大利亚自身而言，大堡礁的意义远大于此。

Towns of cities along much of the Queensland coast are not washed into the Pacific Ocean because the reef protects them.

许多昆士兰海岸线上的城镇正是因为珊瑚礁的存在，才免于被冲入太平洋的命运。