英语听力：自然百科 大堡礁 堡礁内外(14)

（单词翻译）

Here the mottled hues¹ of the shallow reef meet the dark blue of the deep sea.

在这里浅水礁石的斑驳色彩与大海的深蓝交汇在一起。

The reef wall plunges² down vertically³ down to the ocean floor, 1000 meters below.

礁壁垂直向下插入水下1000米处的海床。

It's here that reef life and creatures of the deep co-existed.

在这里，礁石生物与深海动物共存。

For migration⁴ to the reef is not only from across the ocean, it's also up from the depths.

珊瑚礁的访客不仅仅来自其他海域，还有的来自海洋深处。

As a diver I can explore the first 100 metres or so.

身为潜水员，我能潜到100米左右的深处。

It's a very contrasting face.

那里是迥然不同的另一番景象。

To the gloriously kaleidoscopic⁵ world of the upper reef and the dark,cold, echoing world of deeper water.

与上部礁石万花筒般的绚烂形成鲜明对比，幽暗，寒冷，回声构成了深海世界。

So to see what's living down there, we need a remotely operated vehicle, an ROV.

为了一探究竟生活在那里的生物，我们需要一台遥控操作的潜水机器人。

It enters an alien world, pitch black with crushing water pressures.

像是进入了异世界般，漆黑一片，而且潜水机器人承受着巨大的水压。