国家地理杂志精美图片:水下缤纷世界
日期:2010-08-23 14:57

(单词翻译:单击)


正在水下觅食的白鲸


A pod of beluga whales diving to feed in Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada. The whale nearest to the photographer is releasing air to aid its descent.

在加拿大马尼托巴的胡德逊湾,一群白鲸正在下潜觅食。这只离摄影师最近的白鲸正呼出空气以帮助其下潜。

蝠鲼,哈尼法如海湾,马尔代夫

Graceful and efficient, 2,000-pound mantas feed on Indian Ocean krill as silversides swirl around them in Hanifaru Bay in the Maldives.

马尔代夫的哈尼法如湾内,一群重达2,000磅,姿态优雅、捕食高效的蝠鲼正在吞食被银河鱼旋绕住的印度洋磷虾。


在红树林根部游动的鱼儿

This photo was taken in the lagoon at Coconut Island, Hawaii. I worked there for seven years and Kaneohe is one of my favorite places. Because the little island is preserved, the reefs are still intact—paradise.

这张照片摄于夏威夷椰子岛上的礁湖。我在那儿工作了7年,卡尼奥合是我最喜欢的地方之一。由于小岛受到了保护,这里的珊瑚礁依然完好无损,如同天堂一般。


水泡眼金鱼,美国

The extraordinary bubble eye wears marble-size, fluid-filled eye sacs like water wings. The breed is only one in a gallery of bizarre variations of the common goldfish. Developed over ten centuries by Asian breeders, this living art of the East today attracts growing numbers of Western aquarists.

这种特别的水泡眼金鱼,长着弹珠大小充满液体的眼泡,看起来就像长了对救生圈。这个品种的金鱼,只是普通金鱼众多的奇异变种之一。经过亚洲养殖者一千多年的培育,这种有生命的东方艺术品,正吸引着越来越多的西方水族养殖爱好者。

小丑热带鱼,土康贝西群岛,印度尼西亚

Found in coral-rich seaweed reefs in the Pacific Ocean, clown triggerfish, such as this patterned juvenile in Indonesia's Tukangbesi Islands, are master predators. The fish blow streams of water at the sand to expose hiding prey, then use their powerful jaws and rows of sharp teeth to crush through hard-shelled reef creatures such as sea urchins, clams, snails, and crabs.

热带小丑鱼,一般可以在太平洋海域多珊瑚、多海藻的群礁地区发现,例如这一条就出现在印度尼西亚土康贝西群岛(Tukangbesi Islands)的海域。热带小丑鱼虽然身材不大,但却是精于捕猎的食肉鱼类,主要的捕猎目标包括:海胆、蛤蚌、海蜗牛、蟹等等,它会吹动水流冲走沙粒从而让猎物暴露,然后以它强力的嘴巴和尖利的牙齿捕猎食物。

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重点单词
  • bubblen. 气泡,泡影 v. 起泡,冒泡
  • extraordinaryadj. 非凡的,特别的,特派的
  • photographern. 摄影师
  • whalen. 鲸 vi. 捕鲸 v. 鞭打,打击,打败
  • podn. 豆荚 v. 剥掉(豆荚)
  • preservedadj. 保藏的;腌制的;[美俚]喝醉的
  • efficientadj. 效率高的,胜任的
  • bizarreadj. 奇异的,怪诞的 n. 奇异花
  • galleryn. 美术馆,画廊,顶层楼座,狭长的房间
  • intactadj. 完好无缺的,原封不动的,未经触碰的