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With the tide flooding the tunnel twice a day,
每天两度被潮水淹没
maintenance is a real burden.
地道的维护非常吃力
The tunnel is more than a refuge from the sun,
地道不只能避免日晒
it serves another very important purpose.
还有一个很重要的目的
The tunnel is actually U-shaped
地道其实呈马蹄形
and at the far end is a sealed chamber,
另一头是个密封舱
the walls of which are lined with eggs.
舱壁上是一排排的鱼卵
The eggs are kept in air as it's richer in oxygen than the water.
把鱼卵保存在空气中 因为空气里的氧气比水里多
The problem is the air that's trapped here won't last for long.
问题是保存在这里的空气 维持不了多久
So the male travels to the open end of the tunnel to gulp fresh air.
于是公鱼钻到地道露天的一端 大口吸入新鲜空气
Back he goes down his tunnel where he releases it into the egg chamber.
它回地道去再释放到鱼卵舱里
Replenishing the oxygen on which the eggs depend.
补充鱼卵赖以维生的氧气
He will repeat this hundreds and hundreds of times
这个动作将重复数百次
until his young hatch.
直到小鱼孵化为止
This lifestyle is very demanding,
这种生活方式非常辛苦
yet the mudskipper has found a way around every problem.
然而弹涂鱼碰到任何问题 都有办法解决

重点解释

The tunnel is more than a refuge from the sun,it serves another very important purpose.地道不只能避免日晒，还有一个很重要的目的。

more than:不仅仅

More than one person has been concerned in this.

不止一个人与这件事有牵连。

I have seen this happen more than once.

发生这种事我屡见不鲜。

serve用法:

1、serve的基本意思是“服务,服役”,它可指某人为他人服务、干活或为国家尽职等; 也可指某人拿出某物款待某人; 还可指某人、物、事对某人、某事等“有…用处”“满足…的需要”“适合…的目的”等。在网球或排球比赛中还可作“发(球)”解。

2、serve可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词、代词、动词不定式作宾语,还可以接双宾语,其间接宾语可转换为介词to的宾语。serve有时还可接以形容词作补足语的复合宾语。

The waiter is serving another customer.

侍应正侍候另一位客人。

The large box in his room can serve as a desk too.

他房间里的那只大箱子也可以当桌子用。

常见错误:

我们的责任是为人民服务。

误:Our duty is to serve for the people.

正:Our duty is to serve the people.

析:汉语中的“服务”是不及物动词,而英语中的serve(服务)是及物动词。

Back he goes down his tunnel where he releases it into the egg chamber.它回地道去再释放到鱼卵舱里

release into:释放到

The goal is to reduce they mount of pollution release into the atmosphere.

目标是减少大气层中大量的污染.