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Section A Great Barrier Reef The Great Barrier Reef（暗礁）is one of Australias most remarkable natural gifts, blessed with 幸运的享有the breathtaking（惊人的）beauty of the worlds largest coral（珊瑚）reef system. has long been known to and used by the aboriginal（土著的）Australian and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and is an important part of local groups cultures and spirituality(精神). The Great Barrier Reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast 海岸of Queensland 昆士兰in north-east Australia. There are 900 islands stretching for伸展 over 2,600?kilometres over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres.The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park大堡礁海洋公园 stretches over 3000km almost parallel 平行线to the Queensland coast. The reef, between 15 kilometres and 150 kilometres off shore海滨 and around 65 km wide in some parts, is a gathering聚集 of brilliant灿烂的, vivid coral providing divers不同种类 with the most spectacular 壮观的underwater experience imaginable.可想象的 Swimming with the fish and admiring the colours of the coral is a must 必须的条件for any holiday to the Great Barrier Reef. The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from outer space外层空间 and is the worlds biggest single structure 结构made by living organisms(微生物). This reef structure is composed of and built by billions of tiny微小的 organisms,生物体 known as coral polyps(珊瑚虫). It supports a wide diversity of life and was selected as a World Heritage Site世界遗产地 in 1981. CNN labeled把。。。称为 it one of the seven natural wonders of the world.The Queensland National Trust named it a state icon(偶像) of Queensland. The Great Barrier Reef contains an abundance of marine（海产的）life, comprises of over 2,900 individual reef systems and coral cays（珊瑚礁）and literally(差不多) hundreds of picturesque tropical 热带的islands with some of the world’s most beautiful sun-soaked(阳光沐浴), golden beaches. A closer encounter 偶遇with the Great Barrier Reefs impressive 令人钦佩的coral gardens reveals 揭示many astounding(使人震惊的) underwater attractions including the worlds largest collection of corals ——in fa