Deaf Fish 海水酸化使鱼类失去听力
[audio]http://language.chinadaily.com.cn/bbc/media_english/assets_10997195/me_140_fish_report_110602_me_140_fish_report_au_bb.mp3[/audio][font=Verdana, 宋体, helvetica, arial, sans-serif][p=30, 2, left]Spectacular tropical clownfish who live around ocean [b]coral reefs rely[/b] heavily [b]on[/b] their hearing, say scientists. It helps them find a mate, [b]forage for[/b] food, and crucially avoid [b]predators lurking[/b] in the depths.[/p][p=30, 2, left]Scientists from the University of Bristol in England bred baby clownfish then exposed different groups of them to different levels of[b]carbon dioxide[/b] in the water around them -- one at today's levels, and the others at the levels the world's oceans are predicted to reach by 2050 and the year 2100.[/p][p=30, 2, left]They tested their hearing by [b]piping into[/b] each tank the sounds of the coral reef -- those in today's conditions swam away from the noise of predators. Those in the [b]mocked-up[/b] waters of the future showed no response, suggesting they couldn't hear.[/p][p=30, 2, left]Scientists say the more carbon dioxide we emit, the more oceans absorb and the more acidic the water becomes, and that has potentially [b]devastating[/b] consequences for fish. What they don't know though is whether fish will be able [b]to adapt[/b] and tolerate the changing waters.[/p][/font] coral reef 珊瑚礁
forage for 搜查
predator n 食肉动物 捕食者
lurk v 潜伏 埋伏
carbon dioxide 二氧化碳 （carbon 为碳， oxide表示“氧化物” di是固定前缀，“二”的意思，合在一起，carbon dioxide就表示二氧化碳）
pipe into 用管道输入
mock up 仿制
devastating adj 毁灭性的
adapt to 适应某事物
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