音标:[ˈkɔrəlz] ;
n. 珊瑚( coral的复数形式 ); 珊瑚虫
n. a variable color averaging a deep pink
n. the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry
n. unfertilized lobster roe; reddens in cooking; used as garnish or to color sauces

Aboriginal people would have lived here too. Hunting the wildlife in areas that are now deep underwater. Then the end of last ice age, ice of the poles melted and sea levels rose all around the round flooding this lowline coast. This happened nearly

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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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This bleaching occurs because corals can only live in a narrow temperature range, healthy corals get their color from microscopic algae living in their tissues, these manufacture food for the corals by photosynthesis, but when the temperature rises j

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JUDY WOODRUFF: The Great Barrier Reef along the coast of Australia is considered one of the greatest natural wonders of the world. It actually consists of more than 2,900 smaller reefs and 900 islands and countless species of fish. But its health and

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By Brian Padden Irbil, Iraq 23 August 2006 watch Iraq Christians report The news media often focus on the conflict between Shi'ites and Sunni Muslims in Iraq. But there are other ethnic and religious groups under attack. The small Christian communit

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[00:11.00]READING AND SPEAKING [00:12.96]Marine turtles are among the oldest animals on our planet. [00:17.29]They have lived in the earths oceans for over 100 million years, [00:21.94]but are now close to disappearing. [00:24.29]Of the seven existin

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[00:11.00]READING AND SPEAKING [00:12.96]Marine turtles are among the oldest animals on our planet. [00:17.29]They have lived in the earths oceans for over 100 million years, [00:21.94]but are now close to disappearing. [00:24.29]Of the seven existin

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Experts say one-third of the oceans' coral reefs face extinction by the middle of the century if nothing is done to save them. The reefs are home to a vast array of sea creatures, which experts say would also be endangered by the loss of the reefs.

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VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus. This week, we will tell about newly-found organisms that are said to be among the oldest living organisms on Earth. And, we will tell a

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BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. FAITH LAPIDUS: And I'm Faith Lapidus. Today we tell about threats to coral reefs and some new discoveries about these ancient, biological structures. (MUSIC) BOB DOUGHT

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AS IT IS 2014-05-08 Climate Change Destroys Coral Reefs 气候改变毁坏珊瑚礁 Hello, my friends, and welcome back as we work together to improve your American English. Im Jim Tedder in Washington. Today we will learn more about our changing cli

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Study: Great Barrier Reef Adapted Well to Past Climate Change 大堡礁很好地适应过去的气候变化 Corals on the Great Barrier Reef adapted to greater temperature changes in the past than previously thought, a new study finds. The reef is on

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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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A baby G,only a centimeter in length,that will one day grow into a giant,over 2 meters long.Most reef animals have tiny babies like these,carried at the mercy of the currents.Many have some ability to direct themselves and even the young corals can s

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It's an astounding mechanism, but it looks like it's being overwhelmed. Recently, the coral has been telling us that its had enough. Because when it overheats, it self-destructs, expelling the algae that live with them. They turn deathly pale, a proc

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SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - A Study of Young Coral Could Assist Efforts to Protect ReefsBy Jerilyn Watson, Lawan Davis, Jill Moss and Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is

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SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Study Measures Environmental Damage from Human Activities By Shelley Gollust Broadcast: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special Eng

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These are difficult inconsistencies. 这些都是难以解释的矛盾地方。 As Richard Fortey observes: Somehow it does not seem satisfying just to call them 'lucky ones' and leave it at that. 正如理查德福泰所说:仅仅把它们称做幸运

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学英语单词
accounting period principle
antispasmatics
arrestor
b-y
built by licensor
c& f.
Caragana kansuensis
carbon isotope stratigraphy
carpeted
carrierless amplitude phase
catskinner
comprehensive project
condolement
contact-modulated amplifier
crude asphaltic petroleum
crypto-crystal
crystal nucleation
Danache
date wheel shaft
diadokokinesia, diadokokinesis
difluoroethanes
direct-current ammeter
driven disc
economic significance
embryonic soil
engineering methods
fucoid
glancing boom
government-to-government
gratifieth
have half a bag on
Hepatolithotomy
horn-cyclide
ifna
impatiens omeiana hook.f.
in vivo test
ingot charging gear
internal epithelial layer
invader
joue
juiceman
Komarikha
level attitude
long term project
long-horned grasshopper
looks down his nose at
maxwell division
Microcampylopus
mineral tar
mixed articulation(or amphiarthrosis)
mortar-calked joint
multilevel scheme
muster up
natural drug-resistance
negotiated position
neoitamus fertilis
new achromat
no capital budget
obduct
onion thripss
osmosin
overbrede
oxytalan
Peggau
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Phaseolus radiatus
piecemeal opinion
plus-sizer
prime location
pyrometasomatism
Quebradillas
rearwardness
revascularized free periosteum grafting
rolling plain
sai-e
saprobia
schlump
secondary air register
self correction
semi-auto component inserter
semi-fasts
sheet gage
side tone
slim butterfly flower
snugly
Spirolang
static eraser
statically indeterminate problem
story-like
suturnine jaundice
syndrome of deficiency of liver qi
tamboo
teredos
tosti
trademark erosions
trans-ship
transverse translation
trendmaker
trocs
Waldeyer's zonal layer
wiery
winter condition