The great barrier reef is huge.
大堡礁很大。
It stretches for over 2,000 kilometers along Australia's north east coast.
綿延2000多公里的澳大利亞東北海岸。
It is so vast it's clearly visible from space, and it's not simply a collection of coral gardens,but a network of very different habitats.
大堡礁如此浩瀚,太空中都能清楚看見。大堡礁可不是簡單的珊瑚花園大集合。而是一個復雜多樣的棲息地網絡。
It means there is a complexity of life here, on a scale found almost nowhere else on the world,and it doesn't exist in isolation, violent storms around welcome visitors.
這里生活著多種多樣的生物,并且其中相當一部分物種是這里獨有的。大堡礁并不與世隔絕,強烈的風暴是不受歡迎的訪客。
And ocean voyageurs arrive here from many parts of the globe.
還有海洋旅行者們從地球的各個地方趕來。
The great barrier reef is such a rich system that animals are drawn in from the vast outer space of the open ocean, from the tiniest plankton to ocean giants.
大堡礁擁有如此豐富的生態體系,吸引著來自遼闊海洋的眾多生物。從最小的浮游生物到海洋巨子們。
It means that the great barrier reef is an international hub, home to some of the greatest wildlife spectacles on earth.
大堡礁因此成為了一個全球性樞紐,在這里有好些地球上最為壯觀的野生動物奇景。