Passage 35
学霸导读 海洋世界仍有很多神秘未知的地方。探索海洋生物的志愿者经历也不失为一件难忘的事。
I recently took part in a very exciting f ive-week trip for teenagers, to volunteer at an international wildlife study center, off the coast of a country far from where I live. The a 1 of the center was to help protect wildlife. So the project I signed up for included attending classes about wildlife, and going on daily dives under water to collect important information for the scientists back at the center.
We were w 2 by staff about our accommodations before we arrived at the center. Sure enough， when we got there， we were shown to some small wooden huts （ 小屋 ） where we would live. They were quite b 3 ： no indoor washroom and no fridge， and our meals were all vegetarian. However， I hadn’t eaten meat for years， so it was perfect for me.
The day after our arrival， we started our t 4 —learning the names of all the different f ish， and how to count and describe them in a way that would be useful to the scientists. We also learnt about a very important underwater creature called coral （ 珊瑚 ）. However， this creature is now in danger because of problems such as global warming. So a 5 we did very little work involving the coral itself， we really felt our work in helping local sea creatures was essential.
Every day at the study center was amazing, but there was one in particular when I was under the water as usual, with my “diving buddy”, collecting data on the f ish in the area. I s 6 looked up and found myself face to face with two absolutely beautiful f ish. My partner and I decided to spend our last few minutes under the water with these amazing creatures. As we got nearer to the f ish, they didn’t seem at all w 7 about us, and just watched us in an interesting way, before swimming off towards the coral reef. Unforgettable!
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高频词汇
coast /kəʊst/ n. 海岸，海滨
sign up for 报名参加
attend /ə'tend/ v. 参加，出席
vegetarian /ˌvedʒə'teəriən/ n. 素食者
creature /'kriːtʃə（r）/ n. 生物
essential /ɪ'senʃl/ adj. 必需的，必要的