(单词翻译:单击)
The great barrier reef is huge.
大堡礁很大 。
It stretches for over 2,000 kilometers along Australia's north east coast.
绵延2000多公里的澳大利亚东北海岸 。
It is so vast it's clearly visible from space, and it's not simply a collection of coral gardens,but a network of very different habitats.
大堡礁如此浩瀚,太空中都能清楚看见 。大堡礁可不是简单的珊瑚花园大集合 。而是一个复杂多样的栖息地网络 。
It means there is a complexity of life here, on a scale found almost nowhere else on the world,and it doesn't exist in isolation, violent storms around welcome visitors.
这里生活着多种多样的生物,并且其中相当一部分物种是这里独有的 。大堡礁并不与世隔绝,强烈的风暴是不受欢迎的访客 。
And ocean voyageurs arrive here from many parts of the globe.
还有海洋旅行者们从地球的各个地方赶来 。
The great barrier reef is such a rich system that animals are drawn in from the vast outer space of the open ocean, from the tiniest plankton to ocean giants.
大堡礁拥有如此丰富的生态体系,吸引着来自辽阔海洋的众多生物 。从最小的浮游生物到海洋巨子们 。
It means that the great barrier reef is an international hub, home to some of the greatest wildlife spectacles on earth.
大堡礁因此成为了一个全球性枢纽,在这里有好些地球上最为壮观的野生动物奇景 。