The life in the Sea(海洋中的生物)双语版

The Life in the Sea

1.

The

sea

occupies

a

greater

area

of

the

Earth

’

s

surface

than

the land. It is the home of millions of living things. Animals and

plants of various shapes, colours and sizes live in the sea. Do you

know that there is more life in the sea than on land?

2. The animals and plants of the sea are very important to Man

as a source of food. Sea animals like lobsters, crabs, fishes and

many

shellfishes

can

also

be

eaten.

Some

sea

plants,

like

seaweed are also used as food.

海洋中的生物

1.

海洋占据着地球表面大部分的面

积。它是无数（成千上万种）生命的

和植物在海洋中生活。海洋中的生物< /p>

比陆地上的多，你知道吗？

2.

海洋中的动物和植物是人类很重

要的食物来源。海洋动物如龙虾、螃

蟹、鱼类和很多贝类可以吃。一些海

洋植物，如海藻也可用作食物。

3. The seashore is the place where the land meets the sea. At

certain times of the day the level of seawater rises. When this

happens

we

say

that

is

high

tide.

When

the

level

of

seawater

goes down, it is low tide. The area of the seashore between the

high

tide

mark

and

the

low

tide

mark

is

called

the

intertidal

region.

Many

kinds

of

unusual

plants

and

animals

live

in

the

region.

4. The plant life of the shore consists mainly of different types of

algae. Two forms of algae exist-the drifting algae and the fixed

algae.

The

drifting

algae

are

very

small.

Many

of

them

consist

only of one cell. However, they can still grow like any ordinary

plant by taking in water, minerals and carbon dioxide. The fixed

algae

or

seaweed

are

big

algae.

They

have

different

colours-green, greenish, blue, red, brown or yellow. Algae grow

best on sunlit shores.

3.

海洋与陆地交汇的地方是海岸带

/

海滨。在一天中的某些时候 ，海水的

水位上升，我们称之为涨潮。在某些

时候，海水的水位 下降，我们称之为

落潮。涨潮时海水能达到的高潮线和

落潮时海 水能达到的低潮线之间的海

岸带

/

海滨 区域称为潮间带，这里生活

着许多不寻常的植物和动物。

4.

海岸

/

海滨的植物主要由不同种类

的藻构成。藻类主要包括两种：浮游

的藻和固定的藻。浮游藻体形微小，

它们中许多是单细胞的。然而，通过

吸收水、矿物质和二氧化碳，它们仍

能像其它普通植物一样生长。固定的

藻是大型藻。它们有不同的颜色，绿

色，绿色，蓝色，红色，棕色或黄 色。

在阳光充足的海岸藻类生长得最好。

5. Animals of the sea range from tiny one-celled animals to huge

5.

从微小的单细胞动物到巨大的哺

mammals. The most well known of all the sea animals are the

乳动物，海洋中的动物种类繁多。其

fishes. The majority of them live in the shallow parts of the sea.

中，我们最熟悉的是鱼。大多数鱼类

生活在浅海部分。

6. Even among the fishes there are great differences in colour,

size

and

shape.

The

smallest

fish,

the

goby

is

only

1.5

centimeters long while the largest fish, the whale shark is over

15 meters long. The weight of fishes can range from a few grams

to about 900 kilograms. Most fishes live only for a few months

to a year.

6.

即使同样是鱼， 各种鱼在颜色，大

小和形状上有很大的差异。

最小的鱼，

虾虎鱼只有

1.5

厘米长，最大的鱼，

鲸鲨长

15

多米。

鱼 的重量可从几克到

900

公斤不等。大多数鱼仅活几个月

到一年。

7.

Although

fishes

are

so

different,

they have

certain

common

7.

尽管如此不同，鱼类有一些共同的

features.

All

of

them

have

special

organs,

which

help

them

to

特征。他们都有一些适应（利于）水

live in water. Let us see what these special organs are.

中生活的特殊器官。让我们来看看这

些特殊的器官。