CCTALK 群英大讲堂 某日 走遍世界 大堡礁

1. 走遍世界

4. Agenda & Objectives
 Brief introduction of GBR
 General ideas of the marine life
living at GBR
 Water sports and activities
 Threats
 Exercise and discussion
 Vocabulary
 Pronunciation
 Speaking
 Lots of fun!

6. The Great Barrier Reef
 The Great Barrier Reef, one of the natural wonders of
the world, begins just off the coast of Bundaberg, 368
kilometres north of the state capital, Brisbane, and
extends over 2000 km north to western Papua New
Guinea. Brimming with life, colour and adventure, it is
in fact not a single reef, but rather a collection of over
2900 individual reefs, 300 coral cays and 600
continental islands. In 1979 the Great Barrier Reef
Marine Park was established, taking in over 98% of the
region, looking after the control, care and development
of this World Heritage-listed wonder.

8. GBR continued
 The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) stretches 2,300 kilometres
along the Queensland coast and includes over 2,900 reefs,
and around 940 islands and cays.
 Age: 8,000 (first began to grow about 18 million years ago)
 Climate: Tropical, over 300 days of sunshine per year
 Sources from: Great Barrier Reef Facts and Information - Great Adventures www.greatadventures.com.au/great-barrier-reef-
info.html
 Great Barrier Reef – Travelmate: maps.travelmate.com.au/Places/Featured_Regions.asp?RegionId=20

10. The reef contains:
 - 1,500 species of fish
 - 411 types of hard coral
 one-third of the world’s soft corals
 - 134 species of sharks and rays
 - six of the world’s seven species of threatened marine turtles
 - more than 30 species of marine mammals, including the vulnerable
dugong.
 Source from: WWF Australia, great barrier reef:
http://www.wwf.org.au/our_work/saving_the_natural_world/oceans_and_marine/priority_ocean_places/great_barrier_reef/

11. Marine Life
 Coral reef
Brain coral
Soft Coral
Fan coral

12. Marine Life
Starfish
Moray
eel
Sharks

13. • Angelfish
• Butterfly Fish
• Cardinal Fish
• Clown Fish
• Surgeon Fish
• Parrotfish

15. Fauna & Flora
Sea anemones
Sea grass (mostly eaten by dugongs
Algae

17. Tours & Activities
 There are a diverse range of tourism operations in the
Great Barrier Reef including day tours, overnight and
extended tours, snorkelling, scuba diving and fishing
charters, long range roving tours, aircraft or helicopter
tours, bare boats (self-sail), glass-bottomed boat
viewing, semi-submersibles and educational trips,
cruise ships, beach hire and water sports, passenger
ferries, whale watching and swimming with dolphins.

18. Diving
Shark feeding

19. Underwater walking
Scuba diving
Scubadoo

22. Protecting our marine wonderland
 Historically, the GBR was regarded as a well protected,
pristine wonderland – a safe haven for delicate corals
and abundant fish. But as scientists came to
understand more about its complexities, a different
picture emerged. They discovered that poor fishing
practices, pollution and coral bleaching exacerbated by
increased sea temperatures due to global warming are
all seriously threatening the reef’s future.

23. Threats to the Great Barrier Reef
 One threat is the Crown-Of-Thorns-Starfish which eats
coral.
 Another threat is the fishing industry and over fishing.
 The last threat but one of the worst threats are anchors.

26. “Make it
mesmerising,
make it
beautiful.
That’s the Great
Barrier Reef.”

27. Keyword: mesmerising
capture the complete attention of (someone); transfix: they were mesmerized by his story | (as
adj.mesmerizing) : a mesmerizing stare.
Primary word out takes mesmerising
= Enchanting: charming, delightful, entrancing, bewitching, hypnotizing, riveting.
= Attractive: arresting, captivating, bewitching, engaging, charming, enticing, ravishing.
= Mesmerising: delightful, winning, photogenic, seductive, alluring, irresistible, desirable.
= Enthralling: absorbing, engrossing, compelling, riveting, gripping, spellbinding.
= Tantalizing: teasing, tempting, exciting, fascinating, titillating, intriguing.
Secondary word out takes Diverse: variety, many-sided, metamorphic, variegated,
versatile, all-rounded. Powerful: awe-inspiring, commanding, impressive, gripping,
fascinating. Magnetic: compelling, force of nature, alluring, centre of attraction,
charming. Vibrant: vigorous, spirited, lively, fizz, verve, exciting, ebullient, intense.

28. 2 For each activity you have enjoyed, say when and where you did it and what
you liked about it.
Example: I went sightseeing last year when I was in Beijing. It was awe-inspiring because
everything was on such a grand scale, though admittedly it was also tiring because we covered a
lot of ground.
3 For each activity you have not done or do not like, say why. Example: I don 't
really enjoy sunbathing because I get burnt really easily. I tend to sit in the shade and read
instead.

29. Discussion
 Talk about what you like, and don’t like, to do on
holiday, and why.
 What effects has tourism had on your country?
 What effects has tourism had on countries you have