全新版大学进阶英语综合教程 第4册 Unit 1 Ocean Exploration课文及翻译.pdfVIP

WhenWeExploretheDeepSea,WeAreExploringforOurOwnSurvival

ByDr.GregStone

Madagascar’scoast,J.L.B.Smith,themanwhodescribedthespecies,wroteinTheTimesof

London:“Wehaveinthepastassumedthatwehavemasterynotonlyofthelandbutofthesea…

passingshadow.Thisdiscoverymeansthatwemayfindotherfishlikecreatures,supposedly

extinctbutstilllivinginthesea.”

2Unlikethecoelacanth,whichwasthoughttohavegoneextinct,wehaveknownforcenturies

thatgiantsquidhaveexistedinouroceans’depths.Butunabletoobservethemaliveintheir

deepseahome,wehaveunderstoodverylittleabouthowtheylive,wheretheyliveandhow

theybehave.

3Thatis,until2012,whenDrs.EdithWidder,SteveO’SheaandTsunemiKoboderafilmedthe

elusiveandmysteriousgiantinitsnaturaldeep-seahabitatforthefirsttime—alandmark

momentinoceanexplorationandanexampleofhowtechnologyandingenuitycanovercome

themonumentalchallengeswefaceinexploringthedeep.Butitisadropinthevastocean-sized

bucketofamazingdiscoverieswaitingtobemade.

needtoexplorethevitalhuman-oceanconnection:howtheoceancanprovideforpeopleand

Ourpopulationisrapidlygrowingtoward9billionpeopleandourdemandforfood,freshwater

andenergyispredictedtodouble.

toprotectandconservethemeffectively.

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6Iamnostrangertodeep-seaexploration.Infact,Iwasonthesameresearchvessel,justbefore

thefilmingofthesquid,makingadocumentarythatwouldlaterbecometheSharkWeek

programAlienSharksoftheDeep.Wesankawhale,whichhaddiedfromapparentlynatural

causesandwasheduponshore,2,000feetbelowtheSeaofJapanandthendescendedin

submersiblestoobservetheensuingfeedingfrenzybyanarrayofcreatures.

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