时间:2019-01-22 作者:英语课 分类:自然百科2008年


英语课

 Volcanoes forged the rocky coast of Cabo de Gata in southeast Spain. But the tides blanket it with reef-like structures built by snails 1. An algine marine 2 biologist Diego Moreno says this sea of life can be deadly.


 
Filth 3 and contaminants accumulate on the surface. So I need black tide, I need all this peel, or soref will give the nails an allergy-forming then.
 
Mediterranean 4 countries have joined to preserve the diversity and uniqueness of more than a hundred endangered species in their waters by setting up “SPAMIs”, Specially 5 Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance. Mediterranean waters, nearly enclosed by land, are a favorite of migrating species looking for food and refuge. But increased contamination has endangered the Mediterranean sanctuary 6 of this precious legal system and threatened to make traditional fishing obsolete 7.
 
Here in the outer limits of the reserve, we got a thermo-electrical plant turning out water into the sea at temperatures five degrees warmer and that's slows the area’s reproductive recycle.
 
A sour smell in the air leads to another man-made run-off from a fish factory, a target of the SPAMI program .A model of how conservation can work lies beneath the sea of plastic neighboring Cabo de Gata. The irrigation for these crops is recycled water channeled out to air the greenhouses. Urban waste water from the nearby city of Almeria now feeds one of year’s most productive farm regions.
 
There are a few particles but before it was a huge yellow stain. We can see the swift water because we are in shallow waters only forty feet, but that’s not really contamination here.
 
That's helping 8 the sea grass, vital to more than a thousand animal and plant species along the Mediterranean coast.
 
Human pollution and destruction on the coast have wiped out in areas. That's why this premier 9 evolution of places like * is so important.
 
Life latches 10 onto anything that will hold it and in these troubled Mediterranean waters, life can use all the protection it can get.

n.蜗牛;迟钝的人;蜗牛( snail的名词复数 )
  • I think I'll try the snails for lunch—I'm feeling adventurous today. 我想我午餐要尝一下蜗牛——我今天很想冒险。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Most snails have shells on their backs. 大多数蜗牛背上有壳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.海的;海生的;航海的;海事的;n.水兵
  • 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。
n.肮脏,污物,污秽;淫猥
  • I don't know how you can read such filth.我不明白你怎么会去读这种淫秽下流的东西。
  • The dialogue was all filth and innuendo.这段对话全是下流的言辞和影射。
adj.地中海的;地中海沿岸的
  • The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
  • Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。
adv.特定地;特殊地;明确地
  • They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
  • The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。
n.圣所,圣堂,寺庙;禁猎区,保护区
  • 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。
adj.已废弃的,过时的
  • These goods are obsolete and will not fetch much on the market.这些货品过时了,在市场上卖不了高价。
  • They tried to hammer obsolete ideas into the young people's heads.他们竭力把陈旧思想灌输给青年。
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
adj.首要的;n.总理,首相
  • The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
  • He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。
n.(门窗的)门闩( latch的名词复数 );碰锁v.理解( latch的第三人称单数 );纠缠;用碰锁锁上(门等);附着(在某物上)
  • The virus latches onto the red blood cells. 这种病毒附着在红细胞上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The opposite end latches onto the pathogen. 相对的一端锁在病原体上。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 预防生物武器