时间:2019-01-22 作者:英语课 分类:自然百科2011年


英语课

 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 1 this huge reef into disaster. It might happen sonner than you think.


 
Eighteen million years ago, a series of remarkable 2 events conspired 3 to creat the great barrier reef--the migration 4 of a continent, the might of an ocean, and the full power of the tropical sun. The result is a world that is as tough as it is beautiful. It's been through numerous catastrophies, and everytime, it's balanced back. But the Great Barrier Reef now faces its biggest challenge--us.
 
It all began just a hundred years ago, in the reigns 5 equivanlent to the Klondike Gold Rush. Natural pearls fetch high prices around the world and the floor of the reef was once littered with them. 
 
In 1877, hundreds of breast helmeted divers 6 risked their lives for hours on end in waters up to 15 feet deep, searching them out. With heavy leg boots they trampled 7 all over the delicate reef. They left terrible devastation 8 in their wake. But whilst the reef quickly recovered, the pearl corals were not so lucky. Within a few short years, the trade was over.

v.垂直落下,骤然跌落( plummet的现在分词 )
  • Prices are rising, falling, going up, going down, shooting up, plummeting, etc. 物价在上涨、下跌、上升、下落、猛然上涨、骤然下跌等。 来自辞典例句
  • The enemy plane went plummeting into the sea. 敌机直直掉进海里。 来自辞典例句
adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的
  • She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
  • These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。
密谋( conspire的过去式和过去分词 ); 搞阴谋; (事件等)巧合; 共同导致
  • They conspired to bring about the meeting of the two people. 他们共同促成了两人的会面。
  • Bad weather and car trouble conspired to ruin our vacation. 恶劣的气候连同汽车故障断送了我们的假日。
n.迁移,移居,(鸟类等的)迁徙
  • Swallows begin their migration south in autumn.燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移。
  • He described the vernal migration of birds in detail.他详细地描述了鸟的春季移居。
n.君主的统治( reign的名词复数 );君主统治时期;任期;当政期
  • In these valleys night reigns. 夜色笼罩着那些山谷。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The Queen of Britain reigns, but she does not rule or govern. 英国女王是国家元首,但不治国事。 来自辞典例句
adj.不同的;种种的
  • He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人,要他们和他作伴。
  • Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作,同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。
踩( trample的过去式和过去分词 ); 践踏; 无视; 侵犯
  • He gripped his brother's arm lest he be trampled by the mob. 他紧抓着他兄弟的胳膊,怕他让暴民踩着。
  • People were trampled underfoot in the rush for the exit. 有人在拼命涌向出口时被踩在脚下。
n.毁坏;荒废;极度震惊或悲伤
  • The bomb caused widespread devastation. 炸弹造成大面积破坏。
  • There was devastation on every side. 到处都是破坏的创伤。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
a-root
Acrinolin
amiantoid
antitrochanter
arteria carotis
artery of postcentral sulcus
as-forged state
asparagus knife
attrition crushing
barley
biocollections
capacity management information system
cheaping out
chiladium
closed environment
decagram(me)
descriptive labelling
developmental state
Deyyer
Dion Chrysostom
drawing strength
duignan
exhaust air filter
external pressure strength
facialium
facies articular posterior
family Juglandaceae
fin chord
fire resisting roof
fuel flexibility
generator support
Gilbert reversed polarity epoch
girasole(girasol)
Glazhevo
haysbert
himals
ice splinter
INERMIIDAE
inherent fine grain
input velocity
insurance wire
keymaster
km
lead peroxide
load model
Madaras
made good your retreat
magic mushroom
medial tarsal artery
micro flask
mountain podzolized soil
multinationally
near-certainty
nickelbischofite
nitroquinoxaline
North Star State
outcounts
Padovan
pagetoid
pagonis
paravirtualisations
penetrating gunshot wound
pentagonales
perilobulitis
phalansteries
pigmentate
plural beam cathode tube
polynucleated
praepositi
priestliness
proof-
psalmodial
pulse height spectrum
qantar
reblogging
rectangular plane coordinate
rickeys
Rona, Island of
root-hair zone
rotary air drill
RST (readability,strength,tone)
run-time server
savanahs
sociopathics
solicitation to larceny
split outer race of the wound roller bearing
sporobolus indicus flaccidus
substrate transmission
Suwayqīyah, Hawr as
target-hunting
tibialis posticus
tiros (television and infared observation satellite)
tool outfit
trepang agate
unsignalized
uv (ultra violet)
vena vorticosums
vertical leveling mirror
welshest
Willard Huntington Wright
wrong numbers
zendon