EP160 | 躲過被列入瀕臨絕種的澳洲大堡礁

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曾一度被列瀕臨絕種名單中的大堡礁，在今年底不再亮起紅燈，這是全球唯一能在太空中肉眼可見的生物群，更是孕育出一千五百種海洋生物的搖籃，然而聯合國教科文組織提醒，海水溫度不斷提高與有毒物質被帶入海裡，仍不可漠視珊瑚白化的環境生態問題。
本集文稿：
At the end of June this year, the Great Barrier Reef of Australia was finally off the endangered list. The Great Barrier Reef is located in the northeast coast of Australia, and it’s enormous. It’s actually bigger than the Great Wall of China. Moreover it’s the only living thing that’s visible from space. Since 1981, the Great Barrier Reef has been a world heritage site. It’s home to more than four hundred species of colorful corals, 1500 species of fish as well as home to some endangered marine animals such as the large green sea turtles. For a while UNESCO has been worried about coral bleaching, which is caused by rising water temperature and the soil and chemicals washing into the ocean water. When coral bleaching happens, tiny algae living in corals start to die off, making corals turn white. Australian government is committed to keeping this spectacular reef safe and alive.
精選字彙：
The Great Barrier Reef 大堡礁
locate (v.) 座落
enormous (a.) 龐大的
endangered (a.) 瀕臨絕種的
northeast (n.) 東北
Great Wall of China 大陸萬里長城
world heritage site 世界遺產景點
visible (a.) 可見的
marine (a.) 海洋的
green sea turtles (n.) 綠蠵龜
coral bleaching (n.) 珊瑚白化
algae (n.) 水藻類
spectacular (a.) 壯麗的
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