2--Can you guess?
 
1--I'm afraid I don't know.
 
2--You can go snorkeling,diving or swimming there.
 
1--What is it then?
 
2--It's the Great Barrier Reef.
 
1--It seems that I heard about it,but what is the Great Barrier Reef?
 
2--The Great Barrier Reef features more than 2,500 individual reefs and 900 islands.
 
1--What things can we see there?
 
2--We can see thousands of brilliantly coloured species of marine lives.
 
1--Do you have to snorkel to see those things?
 
2--No, of course not. You can view from underwater observatories and glassbottomed boats.
 
1--That's really good !
 
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注解：
 
1.snorkeling用通气管潜泳  
2.reefs礁
3.brilliantly光彩夺目地
 
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译文：
 
1--我们明天要去哪儿?
2--你猜呢?
1--恐怕我不知道。
2--你可以去那潜泳、跳水或游泳。
1--那是什么地方?
2--是大堡礁。
1--我好像听说过，可大堡礁到底是什么啊?
2--大堡礁是以由2 500多个单个礁石和900多个岛屿构成的。
1--在那儿我们能看到什么?
2--我们能看到色彩斑斓的、数以千计的海洋生物。
1--你必须得潜游才能看到这些东西吗?
2--不，当然不用。你可以从水下观测台和有玻璃船底的船上观看。
1--那太好了!