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South of Hong Kong lies the South China Sea,
在香港的南部就是中國南海
studded with more than 200 islands and reefs.
散布者200多個島嶼和礁石
Potential reserves of fish, oil and gas
潛在的魚 油 氣等自然資源
make each one strategic,
皆蘊含著重大的戰略意義
and the whole region has become a political hot spot
而這整個地區也因為相鄰國家間蓄勢待發的
as territorial disputes simmer between its many neighbouring countries.
領土爭端而成為了政治熱點地區
The waters themselves are low in nutrients
水質本身并不富含養分
and would be poor in life
此地甚至匱乏生機
if it wasn't for the other resource that's here in abundance.
一切都拜當地充足日照所賜
Sunlight.
——陽光
In the shallows of the coral atolls,
在珊瑚礁島嶼的淺海區域
small jellyfish point their tentacles towards the sun.
水母將他的觸須直指太陽
Like many animals here,
正如此地的其他動物一樣
they depend on a close partnership with microscopic algae,
他們靠著能將太陽能轉換
which turn solar power into food.
為食物的海藻存活
The most famous of these relationships is the reef-forming corals,
最著名的莫過于為海底
which provide the foundation of the sea's most dazzling ecosystem.
提供炫目生態環境的珊瑚礁
Their branches provide shelter
他們的枝條為成群弱小敏感
for a wealth of small and vulnerable creatures,
身披神奇自然保護色的
many of them beautifully camouflaged.
小生物提供了天然庇護所
But the ultimate master of disguise has to be the octopus,
然而最終極的偽裝者非章魚莫屬
able to change not only its shape and colour,
他們不僅能改變外形與顏色
but its skin texture, too.
甚至能變化皮膚紋理
