世界上最奇特的沙滩

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世界上最奇特的沙滩

From news24.com

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很多人都喜欢在空闲的时候去沙滩上玩，尽情放松一下身心。不过，平时随处可见的普通沙滩是否会让你感到厌倦呢？不用愁，其实你还有很多选择。下面我们就来欣赏几处与众不同的沙滩，相信会带给你别样的感受。

1. Barking Sands Beach, US

Imagine your every barefoot step taking on the bark of a dog.... Pretty awful thought, right? Well, this is what happens at Polihale Beach in Hawaii. The canine sound is caused by a particular kind of quartz. The beach also houses a rocket launch site and a missile- defense testing center.

1. 美国的犬吠沙沙滩

想象一下，你光着脚每走一步都会听到脚下发出狗叫声——很恐怖的想法，是不是？然而这就发生在夏威夷的波利哈雷沙滩。那种类似于狗叫的声音是由一种特殊的石英砂引起的。这个沙滩上还建有一个火箭发射场和一个导弹防御测试中心。

canine [ˈkeɪnaɪn] adj. 犬的；似犬的

quartz [kwɔːrts] n. 〖矿〗石英

2. Hot Water Beach, New Zealand

While hot springs may gross some people out, this beach on the Coromandel Peninsula seems like a healthier and more natural alternative. Subterranean hot springs filter up through the sand and, either side of low tide, visitors can burrow down and create their own hot-water pools in which to soak.

2. 新西兰的温泉沙滩

温泉可能会令一些人呕吐，但这个位于科罗曼德尔半岛上的沙滩似乎是一个更加健康且更为天然的选择。地表下的一处处温泉透过沙粒渗出，在退潮后或涨潮前，观光者都可以在沙滩上挖洞，建造自己专属的水池来泡温泉。

gross sb out <美>使某人作呕

subterranean [ˌsʌbtəˈreɪniən] adj. 存在于地面下的

burrow [ˈbɜːroʊ] vi. 挖地洞

3. Papakolea Beach, US

Is it grass? Fake turf? No, it's sand ...green sand, but still sand. Hawaii's Papakolea Beach is one of the only two green beaches in the world, the other being in Galapagos. It gets its distinctive coloring from the mineral olivine, a mineral which is composed of the semi-precious stone peridot.

3. 美国的帕帕科立沙滩

那是草吗？人造草皮吗？都不是，那是沙子，绿色的沙子，但仍然是沙子。夏威夷的帕帕科立沙滩是世界上仅有的两个绿颜色的沙滩之一，另外一个在加拉帕戈斯。它那独特的颜色来自一种叫橄榄石的矿物质，这种矿物质由亚宝石——贵橄榄石构成。

turf [tɜːrf] n. 草皮

olivine [ˈɑləˌvin] n. 〖矿〗橄榄石

peridot ['pɛrɪ,dɑt] n. 〖矿〗贵橄榄石

4. Pink Sands Beach, Bahamas

It may seem like a scene from My Little Pony at first, but the pink hue of this Bahamas' beach is for real and caused by microscopic coral insects called Foraminifera. When they die, they leave their pink shells behind to be crushed into sand by waves.

4. 巴哈马群岛的粉红色沙滩

巴哈马群岛的这个沙滩乍看起来好像是《小马宝莉》（编注：美国孩之宝工作室和温哥华动画制作公司于2010年推出的系列动画片）里的某个场景，但是它的粉红色泽却是真的，而且是由一种叫做有孔虫的微小珊瑚虫造成的。这种珊瑚虫死后会留下粉红色的珊瑚（编注：珊瑚是珊瑚虫的外骨骼），而珊瑚会被海浪拍碎变成沙子。

hue [hjuː] n. 颜色，色彩

microscopic [ˌmaɪkrəˈskɑːpɪk] adj. 非用显微镜不可见的；微小的

5. Punaluu Beach, US

So, we've had green and pink, what next? How about black? Yes, Hawaii's Punaluu Beach is just about the polar opposite of the perfect white-sand, warm water brochure beach. Instead icy waves roll out onto a pitch black shore, consisting of basalt which is formed from ancient volcanic lava cooled by the sea.

5. 美国的普纳鲁吾沙滩

我们已经介绍过绿色和粉色的沙滩，接下来是什么颜色的沙滩呢？黑色的如何？不错，夏威夷的普纳鲁吾沙滩与小手册上介绍的那种完美的沙滩截然相反，这里没有白沙和暖暖的海水，只有冰冷的海浪翻腾着涌向漆黑的海岸。这片沙滩由玄武岩构成，古老的火山熔岩遇海水冷却后形成了这种岩石。

brochure [broʊˈʃʊr] n. 小册子；（关于某地、某旅馆等的）情况介绍手册

basalt [bəˈsɔːlt] n. 〖矿〗玄武岩

lava [ˈlɑːvə] n. 〖地〗熔岩

6. Glass Beach, US

In the early 20th century, Fort Bragg residents threw their household garbage over the cliffs above what is now Glass Beach in California. In 1967 the area was closed for a number of years. The pounding waves cleansed the beach, wearing down the discarded glass into the small, smooth, colored trinkets that cover the beach today.

6. 美国的玻璃沙滩

20世纪早期，布拉格堡的居民们将他们的生活垃圾抛下峭壁丢弃到现在的加利福尼亚州的玻璃沙滩上。从1967年起，这片区域被封闭了数年。汹涌的海浪有力地冲刷着这片沙滩，将那些废弃的玻璃打磨得小巧而光滑，让这片沙滩如今覆满了这些五颜六色的小“装饰品”。

cliff [klɪf] n.（尤指海边的）悬崖，峭壁

cleanse [klenz] vt. 使清洁，清洗

discard [dɪˈskɑːrd , ˈdɪskɑːrd] vt. 丢弃，抛弃

trinket [ˈtrɪŋkɪt] n. 小装饰物

7. Genipabu Beach, Brazil

If you were kidnapped, blindfolded and dropped off just a few meters away from the shoreline of Genipabu Beach in Brazil, you would probably think you were in some Middle Eastern desert. The beach is surrounded by huge dunes and camel rides are even a popular activity.

7. 巴西的杰尼派布沙滩

如果你遭人绑架，还被蒙住了双眼丢到距离巴西的杰尼派布沙滩海岸线仅有几米远的地方，你很可能会认为你正置身于中东的某个沙漠之中。杰尼派布沙滩被巨大的沙丘环绕着，骑骆驼甚至在这里成了一项受欢迎的活动。

blindfold [ˈblaɪndfoʊld] vt. 蒙住……的眼睛

dune [duːn] n.（风吹积成的）沙丘，土丘

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