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With great difficulty , the fisherman manoeuvred his small craft close to the reef

渔夫费了很大的劲才把他的小船划到暗礁旁。

The ship was wrecked on the hidden reef .

那艘船撞到暗礁沉没了。

Oil pollution could damage the fragile ecology of the coral reefs .

石油污染可能破坏珊瑚礁脆弱的生态环境。

Oil spills are having a devastating effect on coral reefs in the ocean .

海上溢油对海洋里的珊瑚礁有着毁灭性影响。

The island is encircled by a coral reef .

这个岛周围都是珊瑚礁。

Our boat foundered on a reef .

我们的船触礁沉没。

A coral reef is built by the accretion of tiny , identical organisms .

珊瑚礁是由许多相同的微生物不断堆积而成。

An unspoilt coral reef encloses the bay .

未遭破坏的珊瑚礁环绕着海湾。

The pilot guided us through the dangerous reefs .

这位引航员引导我们通过了危险的暗礁区。

The motorboat cut across swift currents and skirted dangerous reefs .

汽艇穿过激流，绕过险滩。

The ship was wrecked on a hidden reef .

船触暗礁沉没。

The Xisha Islands are formed of coral reefs .

西沙群岛是由珊瑚礁构成的。

Human life is like sailing on ships at sea at any time will be facing the wind wave , dangerous shoals reefs attacks .

人的一生好比船在大海上航行，随时会遭遇狂风恶浪、险滩暗礁的袭击。

Some reefs emerged after the tide ebbed .

海水退潮后，呈露出一些礁石。

Drawing in adventure seekers and experienced divers , this new artificial Airbus reef will be a scuba diver 's paradise .

这座新的人工空客珊瑚礁将吸引众多探险者和有经验的潜水者，成为水肺式潜泳者的天堂。

Not only will the sunken plane revealing the perfect skeleton for artificial reef growth , tut authorities hope this new underwater attraction will bring tourists to the area .

这架沉没的飞机将不仅为人工暗礁的生长创造完美的框架，而且当局希望这一新颖的水下景点能为该地区带来游客。

The study asserts that this is compromising the Great Barrier Reef 's ability to recover .

这项研究坚称，这损害了大堡礁的恢复能力。

That 's the stark warning from Australian researchers about the health of the world 's largest reef system .

这是澳大利亚研究人员对世界上最大的珊瑚礁系统健康状况发出的严厉警告。

And rats , scientists found , dramatically reduce the health of a coral reef surrounding an infested3 island .

科学家们发现，在有大批老鼠出没的岛屿周围，其珊瑚礁的健康状况急剧下降。

Fish are abundant about the reefs .

暗礁附近鱼很多

The Islands are by shallow crystal clear lagoons enclosed by coral reefs .

该群岛包围由珊瑚礁封闭的浅水清澈泻湖

Only reefs stand alone immutably on the beach after a typhoon .

台风过后，海滩上只有那些礁石岿然独存

Over the years , there have been many attempts to revive coral reefs , some more successful than others .

多年来，人们曾多次试着让珊瑚礁恢复生机，但结果却成败参半。

Snorkelling was amazing , daily seeing reef sharks , parrot fish and sting rays .

浮潜是惊人，每天看礁鲨，鹦鹉鱼和魟鱼

The researchers working on the archipelago found that rat-free islands ' reefs were much healthier , with more and significantly larger fish .

在这个群岛上工作的研究人员发现，没有老鼠的岛屿周围的珊瑚礁要健康得多，鱼的数量也多，而且体积也明显更大。

Sebastian Ferse , coral reef researcher and ecologist

塞巴斯蒂安·弗斯�珊瑚礁研究员和生态学家

Out on the water flickering lights and soft-voiced choruses marked the fishers returning from the reef .

远远的水面上，灯光摇曳，轻歌荡漾，说明渔人正在收帆夜归

Although each project is on a relatively1 small scale , and all reefs are threatened by rising temperatures , scientists say it is worth trying everything to save as many as possible .

虽然每个项目的规模都相对较小，而且所有的珊瑚礁都受到了气温上升的威胁，但科学家表示，为了拯救尽可能多的珊瑚礁，一切努力都值得一试。

By killing4 seabirds , the rats deprive a reef of nutrient-rich seabird droppings that naturally fertilise it .

通过捕杀海鸟，老鼠剥夺了珊瑚礁依靠营养丰富的海鸟粪便作为肥料使其生长的自由。

With coral reefs under threat from climate change , the scientists are now advocating rat eradication5 on islands around the world to protect some of the most diverse ecosystems6 in the ocean .

由于珊瑚礁受到气候变化的威胁，所以科学家们现提倡在世界各地的岛屿上消灭老鼠，以保护海洋中最多样化的生态系统。