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现实版《少年派》湖泊探秘

      ①电影《少年派的奇幻漂流》中最梦幻的镜头,莫过于散发出淡蓝色荧光的夜晚:夜空下的海面像星空一样明亮,随着水面被轻轻搅动,蓝色的荧光从指缝中溢出。其实,这种景象不只出现在电影画面中,在现实世界中也有,只不过非常罕见。

      ②澳大利亚的吉普斯兰湖,白天看起来与其他湖泊没什么两样,可到了晚上,湖水便会发出蓝幽幽的神秘光芒,令人惊诧不已。成千上万的游人在夜晚下到湖里游泳,浑身都被蓝色荧光包围,仿佛置身于一个神秘的蓝色世界中。

      ③有人怀疑湖水变蓝是因为湖里有放射性发光染料,对此,相关专家分析认为,吉普斯兰湖面积约10平方千米,如果把湖水全部染成蓝色,至少得用上万千克染料。另外,湖泊发光如果真是染料染成的,那么湖水肯定会有异味,水质也会受到影响。但从吉普斯兰湖的现状来看,它显然没有受到放射性发光染料的危害。

      ④还有人猜测说,湖水变蓝有可能是湖里生活着大量会发光的鱼。近年来,科学家确实培育出了一种发光宠物鱼,自然界也偶尔出现过一些会发光的鱼。不过,不管是宠物鱼还是自然界的发光鱼,它们的数量都很少,不可能在湖里大量繁殖。

      ⑤古普斯兰湖夜晚发光的现象引起了人们的极大关注。通过对湖水进行采样调查,专家终于发现,原来湖水中生活着﹣种发光生物﹣﹣夜光藻。

      ⑥夜光藻,顾名思义,就是一种能在夜晚发光的藻类生物。这种浮游生物在海洋中分布广泛,是甲藻中较为特殊的一个种类,其分类地位属于介核生物,因其异样的特性,故也被人们称作“夜光虫”。夜光藻有一个能轻微活动的触手,能将外界小型浮游植物或有机颗粒送入胞口内,在细胞内形成食物泡进行消化。其细胞受刺激时会发光,尤其在夜晚的海面上荧光点点。因此,夜光藻也是海洋中重要的发光生物。这些夜光藻就像一个个可爱的皮球,但其个头极其微小,细胞直径仅为150至2000微米,再加上细胞壁透明,人们用肉眼很难发现它们的存在。

      ⑦吉普斯兰湖的湖水之所以会在夜晚发光,就是因为这种藻类生物以罕见的密度出现在湖中,从而将整个湖泊变成了夜光湖。尤其是当它们受到惊扰时,就会发出很亮的蓝光,但不分泌毒素,因此不会对海洋生物造成影响。它们这么做,是希望引起更强大的捕猎者的注意,从而帮助它们赶走入侵者。

      ⑧那么,以前夜光藻为何没能以如此罕见的密度出现在湖中呢?相关专家表示,这可能是因为在2008年,当地的林区发生大火,烧毁了不少森林。没有了森林的保护,夏季暴发了洪水,在水的冲刷下,大量富含营养的物质进入湖中,为夜光藻提供了丰富的食物,再加上当年气温十分适合夜光藻繁殖,所以它们大肆“生儿育女”,很快将整个潮区占领。一到晚上,它们就集体发出亮光,使整个湖泊成为了蓝光闪烁的荧光湖。

      ⑨夜晚的吉普斯兰湖宛如《少年派的奇幻漂流》中的梦幻场景一般:船身激起水面形成的一条条荧光带在星空下起伏晃动着,飞溅的浪花闪烁着荧光。仰望夜空,星斗漫天,一时恍惚,不知自己置身何处。

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    Many Years ago three soldiers,hungry and tired of battle,came upon a small village.The villagers,suffering a bad harvest and the many years of war,quickly hid what little they had to eat and met the three in the village square, shaking their heads and sighing,"Well,we are starving."The soldiers communicated with each other quietly and then the first soldier turned to the villagers.“Your poor fields have left you nothing to share,so we will share what little we have: the secret of making soup from stones.”

    Naturally the villagers were intrigued and soon a fire was built to the village's greatest pot,and then the soldiers dropped in three smooth stones.

“Now this will be a fine soup,”said the second soldier,"but a handful of salt and some parsley(香芹)would make it wonderful!"Up jumped a villager,crying “What a piece of luck!I've just remembered where some has been left!”

    And off she ran,returning with parsley.As the pot was boiling,the memory of the villagers improved: soon carrots,beef and cream had found their way into the great pot.They ate and danced and sang well into the night, thrilled about the feast and their new-found friends.In the morning the three soldiers awoke,finding all the villagers standing before them.At their feet lay a bag of the village's best bread and cheese.“You have given us the greatest gift,”said an elder,“and we shall never forget.”The third soldier turned to the crowd,and said,“There is no secret,but this is certain: people working together can accomplish great things.”At last the light dawned on villagers.Off the soldiers wandered,down the road.