Climate Change is Creating 'Sea Snot'

The ocean is beautiful, but there can be a lot of gross things in it. 大海很美，但裡面可能有髒東西。 Things like plastic, garbage, and… sea snot? Sea snot is what it sounds like: a gooey, slimy thing that is in the sea. Sea snot 是海裡黏糊糊的東西, 跟鼻涕一樣。 It's growing because of climate change. Climate change is causing a lot of areas in the ocean to become warmer. When this happens, tiny, little organisms that live in the water start growing out of control. 氣候變遷讓海水的溫度升高，有一些區域的有機體就大量生長。 Organisms are very, very, very small living creatures that you need a microscope to see. 有機體是很小很小的生物，用顯微鏡才看得到。 And sometimes these little organisms let out a sticky goo that gets all stuck together and this creates… sea snot. 這些微小生物有時候會分泌黏黏的液體，形成海洋鼻涕。 Even worse, sea snot traps all the garbage and gross things in the ocean in all of its stickiness. 海洋鼻涕還會黏住垃圾，變成更噁心的汙染物。 Right now, sea snot hasn't polluted all the seawater around the world, but that might change if we don't protect our planet. 目前海洋鼻涕還沒有汙染全部大海，但是不保護地球，遲早就會發生。 We need to work together to make sure we keep our Earth clean. ________________________________ Vocabulary 海洋鼻涕聽起來有點恐怖，怎麼游泳呢？ 1. Sea 海。 Seas are smaller than oceans. 海比海洋小。 For example, there's the South China Sea and the Java Sea. 比如說南海和爪哇海。 2. Ocean 大洋。 Right, and they are both part of the Pacific Ocean. 對，而它們都是太平洋的一部份。 I love the Pacific Ocean。我喜歡太平洋。 Taiwan is a big island in the Pacific. 台灣就是太平洋中的一個大島。 3. Sticky 黏黏的。 I need to take a shower. 我得去淋浴一下。 I'm all sticky. 我全身都黏黏的。 You were playing basketball? 你去打籃球了嗎？ No, I went swimming. 不，我去游泳了。 4. Garbage 垃圾。 In the river? 在河裡嗎？ There's so much garbage in the river! 河裡有好多垃圾！ I know, so I was swimming in the sea. 我知道，所以我去海裡游。 Can you use these words in your conversation? sea 海 ocean 大洋 sticky 黏黏的 garbage 垃圾 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is the sticky thing in this story called? a. Sea snot b. Sea boogers c. Sticky snot 2. Where is this sticky thing found? a. On land b. In the air c. In the ocean 3. What is one cause of this sticky thing? a. Climate change b. People putting boogers in the ocean c. Stealing seashells from the beach Answers 1. A 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn