Oil is gushing from the tanker which ran aground on the large reef.

油从触到了大暗礁的油船上涌流而出。

youdao

There were large reef communities that harbored squidlike nautiloids.

海中还有大量像乌贼一样躲在礁石下软体动物。

youdao

The New York Times reported that large parts are already dead, and the reef system might be gone by 2030.

《纽约时报》报道称，大部分的大堡礁已经死亡，到2030年可能会消失。

youdao

Barrier reef: a coral reef separated from the land by a large lagoon or, in some cases, by several kilometres of open sea.

UNESCO: L O S S A R Y

And some additional, much less happy news from Australia, as Unesco and environmentalists warn that climate change and large-scale coal mining may lead to the wholesale destruction of the Great Barrier Reef.

BBC: In brief: Unearthing Australia's secret history

Yesterday, Austrian-born winemaker Rudi Bauer of the esteemed winery Quartz Reef drove me up into the hills overlooking Lake Dunstan, which cuts a large swath through the middle of the massive eastern section of Central Otago.

FORBES: New Zealand Wine's Need For Nudity