CNN新闻：修复濒临灭绝的珊瑚礁
刘立军 供稿
TRANSCRIPT
Healthy coral reefs are essential to a healthy marine ecosystem.
Well, after watching coral reefs disappear over the 20 years he lived in Florida, one man decided he wanted to build them back.
But he knew he couldn’t do it alone.
So he co-founded I. CARE. and recruited other divers to help rebuild reefs in Florida, one coral at a time.
Meet Mike Goldberg, one of our CNN heroes.
I love being underwater. The minute you go diving, the fish are right in your face.
The interaction with that marine life is unlike anything I’d ever experienced.
You’re close up in person with all the animals, all the fish, the lobster, the crustaceans.
The Keys, in general, the ocean, the coral reef, the marine life used to be the best anywhere.
The thriving coral reef is incredibly biodiverse.
Multiple species of coral, multiple species of fish, invertebrates, all living happily together.
It’s kind of buzzing when you get down there. There’s so much activity.
I can tell you what a dying and struggling reef looks like easily because it’s what I see most of the time now.
Due to the water quality issues, rising temperature, acidification attracts algae.
And then in 2014, there was something we called stony coral tissue loss disease as incredibly virulent.
Once you lose the coral, there’s nothing there. It’s a literal underwater desert.
When I got out of university, I started working in the financial services industry.
I was chasing money the whole time. It just wasn’t true to my core.
So in 2004 we moved to Islamorada here in the Florida Keys and opened up a dive shop.
We’ve lost so much coral since I moved here 20 years ago. It truly is a pretty devastating number.
What I saw here was so sad that I just wasn’t sure how to solve the problem.
I’m just one guy who’s watched all of this loss.
But then he said, you know what? I’m going to do something. I’m going to try something. It’s not in me to walk away. It wasn’t in me to just leave it to someone else to do.
Our organization, I.CARE, focuses on the rebuilding of the coral reefs here in the Florida Keys.
VOCABULARY
1. recruit v. to find new people to join a company, an organization, the armed forces, etc. 吸收（新成员）；征募（新兵）
2. crustacean n. (technical 术语) any creature with a soft body that is divided into sections, and a hard outer shell. Most crustaceans live in water. Crabs, lobsters and shrimps are all crustaceans. 甲壳纲动物（如螃蟹、龙虾和褐虾）
3. biodiverse adj. 生物多样的
4. invertebrate n. (technical 术语) any animal with no backbone, for example a worm 无脊椎动物
5. acidification n. 酸化
6. algae n. (technical 术语) very simple plants with no real leaves, stems or roots that grow in or near water, including seaweed 藻；海藻
7. virulent adj. (of a disease or poison 疾病或毒物) extremely dangerous or harmful and quick to have an effect 致命的；恶性的；剧毒的
QUESTIONS
Listen to the news and choose the best answer to each question you hear.
1. Who is the co-founder of I. CARE?
A. An unknown diver.
B. A coral reef specialist.
C. Mike Goldberg.
D. A university professor.
2. What is the main threat to the coral reefs according to Mike Goldberg’s observation?
A. Fishing activities.
B. Water quality issues, rising temperature and acidification.
C. Man-made structures.
D. Invasive species.
3. Before co-founding I. CARE, what was Mike Goldberg’s occupation?
A. He was a professional diver.
B. He worked in the financial services industry.
C. He was a biologist.
D. He was an environmental activist.
4. How did Mike Goldberg describe the current state of the coral reefs?
A. As a vibrant underwater ecosystem.
B. As a dying and struggling ecosystem.
C. As a sustainable source of food for marine life.
D. As an unexplored terrain.
5. What is the primary focus of the organization I. CARE?
A. To conduct research on marine life.
B. To raise funds for coral reef conservation.
C. To rebuild the coral reefs in the Florida Keys.
D. To train divers in coral reef restoration techniques.
KEY
1. Who is the co-founder of I. CARE?
A. An unknown diver.
B. A coral reef specialist.
C. Mike Goldberg.
D. A university professor.
【答案】C
【解析】细节题。根据原文，“Meet Mike Goldberg, one of our CNN heroes.”，我们知道Mike Goldberg是I. CARE的联合创始人。
2. What is the main threat to the coral reefs according to Mike Goldberg’s observation?
A. Fishing activities.
B. Water quality issues, rising temperature and acidification.
C. Man-made structures.
D. Invasive species.
【答案】B
【解析】细节题。原文中提到：“Due to the water quality issues, rising temperature, acidification attracts algae.”，因此答案是B。
3. Before co-founding I. CARE, what was Mike Goldberg’s occupation?
A. He was a professional diver.
B. He worked in the financial services industry.
C. He was a biologist.
D. He was an environmental activist.
【答案】B
【解析】细节题。根据原文，“When I got out of university, I started working in the financial services industry.”，所以答案是B。
4. How did Mike Goldberg describe the current state of the coral reefs?
A. As a vibrant underwater ecosystem.
B. As a dying and struggling ecosystem.
C. As a sustainable source of food for marine life.
D. As an unexplored terrain.
【答案】B
【解析】细节题。根据原文，“I can tell you what a dying and struggling reef looks like easily because it’s what I see most of the time now.”，所以答案是B。
5. What is the primary focus of the organization I. CARE?
A. To conduct research on marine life.
B. To raise funds for coral reef conservation.
C. To rebuild the coral reefs in the Florida Keys.
D. To train divers in coral reef restoration techniques.
【答案】C
【解析】细节题。根据原文，“Our organization, I. CARE, focuses on the rebuilding of the coral reefs here in the Florida Keys.”，可以推断出答案是C。
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