43 The Big Splash

The Big SPLASH! by SANDY DAMASHEK With the Editors of TIME FOR KIDS

大水花!作者:桑迪·达玛谢克，《儿童时代》编辑

Chapter 1 The Water Planet Some people call Earth "the water planet." Can you guess why? Most of Earth is covered with water— not land. The biggest bodies of water are oceans. Five oceans wrap around Earth. They are the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean. They hold most of the water on Earth. But this water is salty. You cannot drink it.

有些人把地球称为“水行星”。 你能猜到为什么吗?地球大部分被水覆盖，而不是陆地。 最大的水体是海洋。 五大洋环绕着地球。 它们是太平洋、大西洋、印度洋、南大洋和北冰洋。 它们拥有地球上大部分的水。 但是这水是咸的。你不能喝。

The oceans have many animals. Some animals are as big as whales. Some are very small. Giant mountains and deep valleys cover the ocean floor. Let's go exploring!

海洋里有许多动物。 有些动物像鲸鱼一样大。 有些非常小。巨大的山脉和深谷覆盖着海底。 让我们去探索吧!

Chapter 2 Oceans from Top to Bottom Some scientists study the ocean. They study its parts, or layers. The top of an ocean is different from the bottom. The bottom is called the ocean floor. Scientists divide the ocean into layers. These layers are called zones. Let's start by exploring the top zone. Then, we'll go all the way down to the deepest zone.

从上到下的海洋有些科学家研究海洋。 他们研究它的各个部分或层次。 海洋的顶部和底部是不同的。 底部被称为海底。 科学家们把海洋分成几层。 这些层被称为区域。 让我们从顶部区域开始。 然后，我们会一直走到最深的区域。

Chapter 3 The Sunlit Zone At the top of the ocean is the Sunlit Zone. Sunlight shines down from above. Most of the animals in the ocean live in this zone. Fish swim. Lobsters crawl. Jellyfish float. Coral Cities Coral reefs are like stony walls on the ocean floor. They are made of the hard skeletons of tiny animals. Coral reefs grow only in the warm parts of some oceans. Many animals live around coral reefs.

第三章阳光地带在海洋的顶部是阳光地带。 阳光从上面照下来。 海洋中的大多数动物都生活在这个区域。 鱼游泳。龙虾。 水母漂浮。珊瑚礁就像海底的石壁。 它们是由小动物坚硬的骨架构成的。 珊瑚礁只生长在一些海洋的温暖地区。 许多动物生活在珊瑚礁周围。