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Youre going to see some beautiful coral out at the reef, Melanie said, as they boarded a glass-bottom boat later that morning. They had driven into Key West after breakfast and were taking their seats on the upper deck of a large white boat called th

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英语畅谈世界文化lesson7:Great Barrier Reef大堡礁

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They respond to touch, temperature, currents, and the cycles of the sun and the moon. And their tiny movements combined to give each colony a rhythm of its own.The polyps can't build the reef alone. For this, they need parterners that are even smalle

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Idiom: Make or break ( something critical ) Hit the book: Marine Organism Coral polyps Calcium Limestone Attach to Weird Coral reef

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The waves of these azure seas hide an abundant treasure. Below the waves, coral reefs provide a habitat for teeming life, a life with a kaleidoscope of color. In oceans around the world, clear and well-circulating waters encourage corals to anchor a

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You may think you are gazing upon a sleepy coral reef in the Caribbean Sea, and of course you are. But hiding in plain sight, is a riving teeming hotbed of erotica , that makes a Hollywood hot up party seem like a trip to the dentist. This is a coral

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The birds have flown in from New Guinea and Japan to the north, Fiji to the east and even from the Asian mainland, thousands of kilometers away. In summer, Green Island is the most crowded destination on the Great Barrier Reef. It may look chaotic, b

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A MARTINEZ, HOST: There are few places on Earth where the impact of climate change is more noticeable than along the Great Barrier Reef. It's the planet's largest living organism that now has become the world's largest dying organism. In the past 18

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Like these sea fans, the last frontier of life on the reef. The divers reach their target-- a massive ridge, 190 feet down. Here, the air they are breathing is under pressure, squeezed down so that there's more gas in every lungful. They have to hope

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The reef was left high and dry, exposed to air and harsh sun. A trillion tiny creatures died in their own homes. For the coral, it was an apocalypse. When the ice age ended, the sea came back and submerged the dead reef. But what brought it back to l

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Here it is. Got it, I think. A spring. And whats actually coming out of this is fresh water. You can drink. You see this stuff bubbling out? This is what the traditional owners of this place call 'buiur bindi''fresh water in the ocean'. The locals ca

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Today, the elements that support the reef are in fine balance--sun, wind and waves. But it doesn't take much to tip the balance, plummeting this huge reef into disaster. It might happen sonner than you think. Eighteen million years ago, a series of r

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The pearl luggers then turned their attention to something else, a much bigger target. The reef has always provided a great haven for large animals, like turtles who nest on the coral piece. Whole populations of turtles were brought to the verge of e

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Eighteen million years ago, it arrived in warm, tropical waters. Only then could the world's greatest reef be born. Australia's epic journey may have created perfect conditions for coral, but it also put it in the line of fire of the most powerful st

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Where the forces of nature meet? In a hidden world, a tropical miracle. At this moment, evolution is building a living colossus, a giant built by nature's tiniest creature, a model of reincarnation, a survivor born from disasterthe Great Barrier Reef

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Where every plant and animal helps sustain the whole.The waste from parrot fish cements the reef. Stinging anemones provide a haven to the vulnerable. Even killers play their part, preventing a population explosion that would destroy this fragile eco

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As a polyp grows, it puts up a wall of limestone around itself. And then it multiplies. Each polyp can produce thousands of offspring, which all work together to build a living fortress-- a coral reef. After just a few years, a single piece of coral

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Inside the flesh of these tiny animals are microscopic plants called algae, but these aren't parasites. None of this would be here without them. Wachenfeld: When the algae photosynthesize, they take energy from sunlight and carbon dioxide, then make

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Todd: So, Rebecca, in Australia you have the Great Barrier Reef. Now have you been to the Great Barrier Reef? Rebecca: Yes, I have once, probably about two years ago. There's the main part of the Great Barrier Reef and then there's a little island, a

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Todd: So, Rebecca, in Australia you have the Great Barrier Reef. Now have you been to the Great Barrier Reef? Rebecca: Yes, I have once, probably about two years ago. There's the main part of the Great Barrier Reef and then there's a little island, a

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basic nitrogen in oils
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