1. The coral is thought to have formed initially on a flat surface: then as the sea-level rose in post-glacial times, thereby submerging the irregular wave-cut platform, the coral growth kept pace with the rising ocean level, so creating the great thickness witnessed today in such places as the Great Barrier Reef off the East coast of Queensland, Australia.
珊瑚被认为最初在平面上形成：然后随著冰河期海平面的上升，淹没了这不规则的波浪冲刷成的平台，珊瑚的生长和海平面的上升同步，因此造成了今天所看到的巨大的珊瑚礁，像澳大利亚昆士兰州东海岸线大堡礁。
2. Cairns isn''t the only start point to visit the Great Barrier Reef which is one of the World Heritage. Another popular point is Airlie Beach, choose this place as your start point, you can head to the Whitsundays islands which is composed of 74 islands.
想要观赏世界遗产之一的大堡礁，除了从凯因斯出发之外，艾利海滩也是一个热门的出发点，从这里可以前往圣灵群岛，一个由七十四座岛屿所形成的岛群。
3. Great Barrier Reef
3. GH Mumm chose the Great Barrier Reef, and asked Chef Mauro Colagreco to prepare a gastronomic lunch in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, on a pristine sandbank on the Great Barrier Reef.
生长激素穆默选择了大堡礁，并要求厨师毛科拉格雷科准备在太平洋中部的美食午餐就大堡礁原始的沙洲。
4. I''ve seen the slideshow of the Great Barrier Reef in the next article which introduces the latest protection plans in Austrialia.
看了中外对话下一篇的大堡礁图片幻灯，文章介绍了澳大利已最新的保护措施。
5. That''s especially true with a coral reef, and the Great Barrier Reef in particular.
你看到的是生命的历程，在珊瑚礁地带尤其如此，而大堡礁更是其中的佼佼者。
6. It is regarded internationally as one of the best-protected reefs in the world, being enclosed in a World Heritage Area and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
它被公认为世界上保存最好的珊瑚礁群之一，已被列入世界遗产名录，也是大堡礁海洋公园的一部分。
7. And this, was just one of the 900 islands in The Great Barrier Reef.
这，只是大堡礁900多个岛屿中的一个罢了。
8. And I would really love to see the Great Barrier Reef.
我也是，而且我真的非常希望看到大堡碳。
9. Me too! And I would really love to see the great barrier Reef.
我也是！而且我真的非常希望看到大堡礁。
10. And this one is a photo of a shark that I saw on the Great Barrier Reef.
这是一张我在大堡礁看到的鲨鱼的照片。
11. The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is one of the oldest ecosystems in the world.
澳洲大堡礁是地球上最古老的生态系统之一。
12. The Great Barrier Reef is undisputed as one of the world''s most important natural assets.
大堡礁是无可争议作为一个世界上最重要的自然资产。
13. The Great Barrier Reef appears to be about 20, 000 years old.
大堡礁看起来有 20，000 多年的历史。
14. Soar over the Daintree Rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef on a scenic helicopter flight to Green Island.
乘坐观光直升机在丹翠雨林和大堡礁上空翱翔，飞往绿岛。
15. From 1985-2001, there were 11 collisions and 20 groundings on the inner Great Barrier Reef shipping route.
从1985年到2001年，有11起船只相撞事故和20起船只搁浅在大堡礁内航线事故。
16. Typhoons pass it by, the southeast trades blow fresh across its surface almost the entire year-raising whitecaps from the lee shores of the islands, that build up to a gentle, regular swell that crashes on the Great Barrier Reef in a 1500-miles line of white foam.
台风并不经过岛屿，这里几乎全年都吹拂着清新的东南信风，在岛屿的下风岸上卷起白色浪花，由此产生轻柔而有规律的长浪冲击海岸，在大堡礁上形成长达1500英里的白色泡沫海岸线。
17. However, many cnidarians live harmoniously together. They create coral reefs, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia being the most famous among them.
然而许多刺胞动物之间也是能和睦相处，牠们创造起珊瑚礁，其中最有名的便是澳洲大堡礁。
18. The job, which offers a salary of $105000 to spend 6 months on the Great Barrier Reef island of Hamilton, has been inundated with hundreds of thousands of prospective candidates.
广告上招聘的职位是大堡礁汉密尔顿岛的看护人，工作期限为6个月，薪金待遇为10.5万美元。目前预期该职位将有数十万名申请者，招聘方可能会难以应付。
19. The researchers caught fangblennies from the Great Barrier Reef, and observed them in tanks with both cleaner fish and other types of fish.
研究人员在大珊瑚礁附近捕捉到这些尖牙粘鱼，并把它们分别和稚幼亲鱼及其他种类鱼饲养在一起做比较。
20. While we are in Australia, we can go to the Great Barrier Reef and snorkel twice a day for as many days as possible.
当我们在澳洲时，可到大堡礁，在许多天中尽可能的一天浮潜二次。
1. The Great Barrier Reef islands caretaker recruitment drive was launched worldwide by Australia''s Tourism Queensland, the tourism promotion authority of the Queensland state government.
2. A giant screen came to life, images of the Great Barrier Reef flashing across it.
3. He moved to the Indian Ocean island of Sri Lanka in 1956 after embarking on a study of the Great Barrier Reef.
4. The incident immediately sparks fears of environmental damage of the Great Barrier Reef from the oil spill.
5. They include stunning natural sites like Hawaii''s Kauai Island and Australia''s Great Barrier Reef, as well as cities like Beijing and Tokyo.
6. The $ 900 per night cruise takes visitors through three Indonesian islands to Australia''s Great Barrier Reef.
7. Corals are seen at the Great Barrier Reef in this January 2002 handout photo.
8. The KAZ 11 was spotted adrift on the outer Great Barrier Reef on Wednesday.
9. The team plans to expand the census in December to Australia''s Great Barrier Reef.
10. In fact, we have always been concerned about the future of the Great Barrier Reef.