cui ruo tian tang 03

Song 脆弱天堂 03
Artist 英语听力
Album BBC南太平洋

Lyrics

[00:00.300] During big spring tides, seawater simply bubbles up through the ground.
[00:04.904] In 2006, the islanders experienced their highest tides ever.
[00:10.546] These islands could soon become uninhabitable.
[00:14.353] The seawater is poisoning the soil and groundwater.
[00:17.475] Eventually, the islands may have to be evacuated.
[00:20.041] This would be an unprecedented move, an entire nation relocated.
[00:24.661] So the ocean is threatening its islands, thanks to global warming.
[00:29.219] And yet, the Pacific is playing a massive part in slowing down climate change.
[00:35.537] The world's oceans have absorbed about half of all the carbon dioxide released so far into the atmosphere by industry,
[00:42.537] significantly reducing the greenhouse effect.
[00:46.481] But there's a catch.
[00:48.483] For the fish, all that extra carbon dioxide in the water can have some,unwanted side effects.
[00:53.776] All life in the Pacific is dependent on the tiniest of creatures, the plankton that floats freely in the currents.
[01:01.523] One of the most plentiful is the sea butterfly, a tiny marine snail, which uses its enlarged foot to fly through,the water.

Pinyin

[00:00.300] During big spring tides, seawater simply bubbles up through the ground.
[00:04.904] In 2006, the islanders experienced their highest tides ever.
[00:10.546] These islands could soon become uninhabitable.
[00:14.353] The seawater is poisoning the soil and groundwater.
[00:17.475] Eventually, the islands may have to be evacuated.
[00:20.041] This would be an unprecedented move, an entire nation relocated.
[00:24.661] So the ocean is threatening its islands, thanks to global warming.
[00:29.219] And yet, the Pacific is playing a massive part in slowing down climate change.
[00:35.537] The world' s oceans have absorbed about half of all the carbon dioxide released so far into the atmosphere by industry,
[00:42.537] significantly reducing the greenhouse effect.
[00:46.481] But there' s a catch.
[00:48.483] For the fish, all that extra carbon dioxide in the water can have some, unwanted side effects.
[00:53.776] All life in the Pacific is dependent on the tiniest of creatures, the plankton that floats freely in the currents.
[01:01.523] One of the most plentiful is the sea butterfly, a tiny marine snail, which uses its enlarged foot to fly through, the water.