玫瑰有刺，小心扎手。
玫瑰总有刺，但是只要小心，还是可以避开刺。
Roses will always have thorns but with care they can be avoided.
现在，让我们来看一个自然捕食者的具体例子，它会对珊瑚礁造成很大的伤害——那就是刺冠海星。
Now let's focus on a specific example of a natural predator that can cause a lot of damage to coral reefs—the Crown of Thorns, or CoT starfish.
海胆也许最出名的是它们的刺甲。
Sea urchins are perhaps best known for their armor of spines.
他之所以挑你的刺是因为喜欢你。
幸运的是，刺冠海星的数量渐渐地自发减少了，珊瑚礁也恢复了。
Luckily, the CoT starfish population gradually declined on its own and the reefs recovered.
当刺冠海星爆发时，它们会使快速生长的珊瑚变薄，并可能给生长缓慢的珊瑚一个重新生长的机会。
When an outbreak of CoT starfish occurs, they thin out the fast-growing coral and may give the slower ones a chance to reestablish.
有一种假说认为，这是一种自然现象；在特别适合产卵的那几年后，刺冠海星自然会经历种群数量的波动。
One hypothesis is that it's a natural phenomenon, that the starfish naturally undergo population fluctuations following particularly good spawning years.
乐观者看见花，而悲观者看到的刺。
真理和玫瑰，身旁都有刺。
长满刺的龙虾试探着爬过海底。
到我这儿来呀，希刺克厉夫。
热刺渐渐稳住了阵脚。
译〕真理和玫瑰，身上都有刺。
希刺克厉夫，亲爱的！现在你不该沉着脸。
眩目的阳光和白雪刺得他睁不开眼睛。
如果有人老爱在大庭广众之下挑你的刺。
为这事，我三次求过主，叫这刺离开我。
For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
刺角瓜的果肉深绿色，味道鲜美如黄瓜。
The fruit has dark green pulp which has a delicious flavour like cucumber.
真理和玫瑰，身上皆有刺。
该不是希刺克厉夫先生吧？
为英格兰队建功的是来自托特纳姆热刺的前锋迪福。
It was Tottenham forward Jermain Defoe who scored the winner for England.
今后你要放弃希刺克厉夫呢，还是放弃我？
Will you give up Heathcliff hereafter, or will you give up me?
热刺需要从周中被同城死敌阿森纳4比1击败的痛苦中恢复。
Spurs need to bounce back from their 4-1 home defeat by north London rivals Arsenal in midweek.
可是，希刺克厉夫，如果我现在跟你比胆量，你敢吗？
可是，希刺克厉夫，如果我现在跟你比胆量，你敢吗？
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