Deep in the Ocean
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Deep Underwater.
深水下目录.
4 Diving Deep in the Ocean.
4潜水入海深.
7 Oceanographers.
7 海洋学家。
8 Using Satellites for Tracking.
8 利用卫星进行跟踪。
9 Counting the Sea Animals.
9 计出"海兽".
10 The Census of Marine Life.
10 海洋生物普查。
11 Living in Hot and Cold Water.
11 活在热冷水中.
12 What Did We Learn?
12 我们学到了什么?
14 Glossary.
14 词汇表。
16 Deep Underwater Imagine taking a trip to the deepest part of the ocean.
16 深水区 想象一下去最深处的海洋旅行
What kinds of things would you expect to see?
你想看什么样的东西?
Would it be dark or light?
是黑暗还是光明?
Would the water be clear or cloudy?
取出水来会清或云出?
Would it be warm or cold?
是温暖还是冷?
Would you find strange new animals and plants?
你会发现奇怪的新动植物吗?
The small, deep ocean sea pig roams the ocean floor, often in herds, eating tiny sea animals and microbes that live in the mud.
小而深的海洋生猪会漫游于洋底,常栖息于群生地中,吃住于泥地中的细小海生动物和微生物.
Sunlight warms the surface, or shallow parts, of the ocean down to about 200 meters (656 ft).
日光使海洋表面或浅地部分暖和至约200米(656英尺).
Plants and animals that need sunlight and warm water live there, such as dolphins and sharks.
需要阳光和取暖水的植物和动物生活在那里,如海豚和鲨鱼.
Deep in the ocean, other animals, including squid and viperfish, live in water that is cold and dark.
地处大洋深处,其他动物,包括鱿鱼和蛇鱼等都生活在水中,水中寒冷而阴暗.
The warm, shallow waters of tide pools are home to species of starfish, anemones, mussels, and tiny crabs.
潮池中暖而浅的水域有海星,海葵,贻贝等种类和细小的蟹类.
Diving Deep in the Ocean The deep ocean, below 1,000 meters (3,281 ft), is freezing cold.
潜入海洋深处 1000米(3,281英尺)以下的深海被冰冻.
The weight of water, or water pressure, below 39.
39以下为水的重量,即水压.
6 meters (130 ft) can harm you.
6米(130英尺)可以伤害你.
Sport divers wear air tanks filled with a mixture of gases for safety.
体育潜水员穿戴装有气体混合物的空气箱,以保障安全.
Deep divers wear a special hard diving suit to protect them from the water pressure.
深潜者会穿一身特殊的硬潜水服来保护他们免受水压.
For really deep dives, groups of two or three scientists ride in a small submarine called a submersible.
对于真正的深度潜水, 一组2到3名科学家 骑在一艘叫做潜水器的小潜艇上。
In feet 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 9,000 10,000 11,000 12,000 13,000 14,000 15,000 16,000 17,000 18,000 19,000 20,000 21,000 15 m (49 ft) 13–21ºC (55–70ºF) 39 m (128 ft) 7–13ºC (45–55ºF) submersible craft diving suit sport diver swimmer Oceanographers Scientists who study the ocean are called oceanographers (oh-shuh-NOG-ruh-furs).
在0英尺 1 000 2 000 3 000 5 000 7 000 9 000 10 000 11 000 12 000 14 000 15 1 6 000 17 000 18 000 19 000 21 000 15米 (49英尺) 13-21oC (55-70oF) 39米 (128英尺) 7-13oC (45-55oF) 潜水艇潜水服 运动潜水员 海洋学家 研究海洋的科学家被称为海洋学家(oh-shuh-NOG-ruh-furs).
They often live for months on a ship and work seven days a week.
他们常常在一艘船上活了几个月,每周工作七天.
Some study what a sea animal eats and where it lives.
有人研究出海生动物吃什么和住在哪里.
Others study the ocean water itself.
其他人研究海水本身。
All of them have to understand biology and chemistry.
他们都必须了解生物学和化学。
Biology is the study of living things.
生物学是活物的研究.
Chemistry is the study of what things are made of.
化学是研究事物的由来.
Using Satellites for Tracking Satellites can help to track sea animals’ travels.
利用卫星跟踪卫星可以帮助跟踪出海动物的旅行。
Scientists tag some animals with electronic sensors.
科学家用电子传感器标记一些动物.
A satellite can track the signal from the tag on the animal’s fin or back.
卫星可以追踪动物鳍上或背上标记的信号。
Tracking the signal shows where the animal goes.
追踪信号显示动物去了哪里.
Counting the Sea Animals What types of animals live in the ocean?
计算出海洋动物 海洋里有什么样的动物?
Where do they live?
他们住在哪里?
How many are there?
有多少个?
Oceanographers studied and counted animals for ten years to learn the answers.
海洋学家研究并统计了动物十年以了解答案.
They looked at all the world’s oceans from the North Pole to the South Pole.
他们观察了从北极到南极的所有世界海洋。
The surprising report is called the Census of Marine Life.
令人惊讶的报告称为海洋生物普查。
Released in 2010, it contains information from more than 540 different groups of researchers.
它于2010年发布,包含了来自540多组不同研究者的信息.
Lionfish, or turkeyfish, swim among coral sea fans off the Solomon Islands.
狮子鱼,或称火鸡鱼,在所罗门群岛外的珊瑚海迷中游泳.
Their long, feathery spines can sting any predator that comes too close.
它们的长而有羽毛的脊椎可以刺痛任何过于接近的捕食者.
Native to the South Pacific, lionfish were first spotted in United States’ waters in 2000.
狮子鱼原生于南太平洋,于2000年首次被发现在美国水域.
The Census of Marine Life The first surprise was where things lived: everywhere—in all water levels and temperatures!
海洋生物普查 第一个惊喜是生活的地方:到处都是水,
Marine species lived in the hottest and coldest places in the oceans.
海洋物种生活在最热和最冷的地方。
Some species lived in deep places without light or oxygen.
一些物种生活在没有光和氧气的深处.
Another surprise was how many new species were discovered.
另一个惊喜是发现了多少个新物种.
More than twelve hundred new marine species have been described.
已有1200多条新的海洋物种被描述.
The leafy sea dragon blends in with the plants of its surroundings.
叶状海龙与周围的植物相融合.
Its eyes move independently of each other so it can look in two directions at once.
它的眼睛相互独立地运动,这样它就可以一并从两个方向看.
The male sea dragon carries the eggs for the female and gives birth.
雄性海龙为雌性携带卵并生下.
Living in Hot and Cold Water The very cold Deep Ocean Zone has hot volcanoes in it.
生活在热冷水中 极冷的深海区有热火山
The water temperature at a volcano can be 400ºC (752ºF), which is hot enough to melt lead.
火山的水温可达400oC(752oF),热能能熔融铅.
Some species of shrimp, crabs, worms, and bacteria live in this very hot water.
一些种类的虾,螃蟹,蠕虫,细菌都生活在这个非常热的水中.
These animals use sulfur to live rather than sunlight.
这些动物使用硫磺来活活,而不是阳光.