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Lesson
6
Reading Point
polyp
ジャックは何につい
て発表していますか。
microcosm
[maikrakdzm
マイクロカズム]
Great Barrier Reef
[greit beriar rif
World Heritage Site
[world heritids sait
kansist コンスィスト]
A Microcosm
in the Sea
corallkiral コーラル]
shell Tel シェル]
[il] min フルムーン]
the Great Barrier Reef
Hello, everyone! Today, I'd like to talk about the
Great Barrier Reef, a World Heritage Site in
Australia. It's the world's largest reef system and
consists of over 2,900 reefs. It's longer than
> Honshu Island. We can see a lot of colorful coral
there.
Do you know what coral is? It looks like a plant,
but it's actually a hard shell formed by animals.
The animals are called coral
polyps. They lay eggs after
the full moon in spring.
The Great Barrier Reef is now facing a crisis.
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More and more coral is turning white. In fact, it's
dying because of global warming, water pollution,
erosion, and so on. This phenomenon is called
"coral bleaching." Some scientists say that 80 G
percent of the Great Barrier Reef will be lost by
2050 if this environmental situation continues. I
wonder if future generations will be able to see
these beautiful reefs decades from now.
A Microcosm in the Sea
A Microcosm
in the Sea
Coral Bleaching
Reading Point
Lesson
グレートバリアリー
フはどのような危機
に直面していますか。
crisis [kráisis
クライスィス]
more and more
ますます多くの・・・
pollution [pəlú:
ポレーション]
erosion [iróuza
イロウジョン]
L
and so on
・・・など
phenomeno
[finámənàn
フェナメナン]
bleach
[bli:tf プリーラ
scientist[sa
サイエンティス
wonder
[wándər 7
generation
[dzènəréifr
ヂェネレイシ
decade
[dékeid F