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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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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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By Phuong Tran Dakar 22 October 2007 In Mali, the government continues to build up its troops in the northeast, the scene of recent fighting and hostage-taking. A rebel leader says he will not release hostages until government soldiers pull out. Phuo

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US officials in Iraq say violence is down since this summer's troop buildup . Now they want to know what role, if any, Iran played in the downturn . Nearly 30,000 more US troops have filed into Iraq since June. Officials say that surge has led to a 5

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1. Gridlock in the US Senate on Saturday as the body debated Iraq strategy. When the votes were counted, they fell short of the tally needed for a non-binding resolution rejecting a troop buildup. The House passed its resolution. 2. A house fire in

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Cathy Majtenyi The U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo said that the recent buildup of troops by Rwanda along the borders of Rwanda, Burundi and Congo poses a threat to peace

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Residents on the Pacific island of Guam are bracing for big changes. Four years from now, the U.S. military plans to transfer thousands of Marines from the Japanese island of Okinawa. The move is part of a larger military realignment in the region an

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A representative from the U.N. Mission in Sudan has dismissed reports that extra troops would be sent to the Abyei region in advance of the tense vote. Responding to recent reports the United Nations planned to deploy an additional 100 troops in the

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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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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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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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193 以色列增强在西岸的武装力量 Israel Sends Reinforcements to West Bank Meredith Buel Jerusalem 18 Jul 2001 15:36 UTC Israel is mobilizing extra tanks and troops in the West Bank in respo

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By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 17 December 2007 Tensions rose along the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea during the year in advance of a November 30 settlement deadline set by an international boundary commission. At year's end, the Horn of Africa

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WASHINGTON, June 7 (Xinhua) -- The United States is not shifting big number of troops into the Asia Pacific region, but will try and upgrade its engagement with limited means and foster allies' participation, said Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Marti

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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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-adom
a. angularis
absent - minded professor
Acacia concinna
action cycle
air breathing fishes
anecdotal evidence
annuity due
answer-machine
automatic supervisor
auxiliary commerce
Ban Bien
bistellar flip
buffer oil tank
burgel
burst isochronous transmission
C. of C.
casuals
catatonia protracta
ceratosporella flagellifera
circum-navigation
Clostridium sordellii
collingual
contractings
Corniglio
cowstorm
cut the connexion
dead reckoning position
deed of grant
disponible
distance education
distribution valve
downstepping
dudley
effect of termination
elements of commerce
fan-duty resistor
febris nosocomialis
Froebel
full-color laser display
gim
glabredelphinine
hawser apparatus
Hexamitidae
high frequency voltmeter
inlard
IP router IP
Irregulata
Italian Republic
jello
kit-eat canvas
knocking boots
language processing
leningrad (st. petersburg)
levels distant
light-tight box
main technicaldata
manicle
market sensitive information
methylanthranilates
mewer
military uniforms
minor prescriptions
motor-minded
multiclausal
near to home
nodulates
nonsparking tool
OPLICHTHYIDAE
owner-occupier
paraffin go-devil
postage extra
prebaiting
purpurein
quilted figure
ready made advertisement
red dwarf white star
report at post
ropeik
rotor cover
segmentization
share the market
shield technology
slap up
speech frequency range
spiral binder tape
stabilised power unit
structure interaction
stuphe
thioacet-dimethylamide
tie-link
Tótkomlós
uncountability
unjelled agreement
uraconite
valveless compressed-air distributing mechanism
voltage-sdtabilizing
water proof socket
westfall
Wilpattu National Park
xeransis