大堡礁是世界最大最長的珊瑚礁羣，位於南太平洋的澳大利亞東北海岸，它縱貫於澳大利亞東北昆士蘭州外的珊瑚海。大堡礁你瞭解嗎?下面我們一起去練習兩則與大堡礁有關的英語口語對話，順便漲姿勢吧。
Jason and Tim are discussing about how to get to the reef.
賈森和蒂姆在商量如何到大堡礁去。
Tim:I think we should rent a boat to the Great Barrier Reef.
蒂姆:我覺得我們應該租船去大堡礁。
Jason:Taking a boat is ok for traveling there. But I really think we should take a different way in order to get a complete view of the beauty of it. How about we get out the water?
賈森:可以坐船去。不過我覺得我們應該選擇一個與衆不同的方式去旅遊。這樣就能全方位領略大堡礁的美麗。我們不走水路怎麼樣?
Tim:What do you mean by that?
蒂姆:你的意思是?
Jason:I mean we take the hot air balloon.
賈森:我是說我們可以乘坐熱氣球。
Tim:Really? That must be exciting. I believe it will be a different experience to watch the wildlife and landscape below.
蒂姆:真的嗎?大讓人激動了。我覺得從高處欣賞下面的生物和風景會是一個讓人難以忘記的經歷。
與大堡礁有關的英語口語對話二Jason and Tim are on the way to the Great Barrier Reef are talking about it.
賈森和蒂姆在去大堡礁的路上，兩個人在談論關於大堡礁的事情。
Jason:How much do you know about the Great Barrier Reef?
賈森:你知道多少關於大堡礁的.事情?
Tim:Not too much. But I know it is the world's largest reef system.
蒂姆:不是很多。不過我知道它是世界上最大的珊瑚礁羣。
Jason:Yes, it is. Do you know how many individual reef there are?
賈森:是的。那你知道那裏有多少個單獨的暗礁嗎?
Tim:Not really. How many? 1,000?
蒂姆:不知道。多少?1,000個?
Jason:It is composed of over 2,900 individual reef.
賈森:大堡礁是由超過2.900個單獨的暗礁組成的。
Tim:Wow. That is so many. And how many islands it has?
蒂姆:哇，很多啊。那麼裏有多少個島嶼呢?
Jason:It has over 900 islands. Accoridng to scientific research, it can be seen from the out space.
賈森:有超過900個島嶼。根據科學調查，大堡礁在太空中依然可見。
Tim:Really? That is awesome.
蒂姆:真的啊?大棒了。
