Part A :

So for the highest area...

所以对于最高的地区……

...the splash zone?

…飞溅区．

Yeah, we found mostly those tiny shellfish that have strong hard shells that act as protection.

是的，我们发现大多是那些很小的贝壳，有很强的坚硬外壳，作为保护．

But not from other organisms that might eat them, predators?

难道不用来要保护他们不遭受其他那些可能吃他们生物，那些捕食者的侵害吗?

No, that's not the main danger for them.

不，这不是他们的主要危险．

But the shells prevent them from drying out because they're in the open air for most of the time.

但这些壳防止他们变干，因为他们大部分时间暴露在露天(环境下)．

Right. And since they're exposed, they need to be able to find some sort of shelter, or cover themselves up, so they don't get too hot.

对．既然他们被暴露了，他们需要找到一种庇护，或者掩盖自己，所以他们不会太热了．

Then in the middle and lower zones, nearer the sea, we need to discuss the effects of wave action...

然后在中、下区，靠近大海，我们需要讨论波浪作用的影响……

Yes, and how organisms develop structures to prevent themselves from being swept away, or even destroyed by being smashed against the rocks.

是的，生物如何发展结构，以防止自己被冲走，甚至被破坏的岩石粉碎．

I haven't done anything on the geological changes.

我没有做任何关于地质变化的事情．

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I don't know what to put for that.

我不知道该如何描述那个．

No, we weren't concentrating on that.

不，我们并没有关注那个(方面)。

Maybe we need to find some websites.

也许我们需要找到一些网站．

Good idea. I've got the lecture notes from Mr Blake's geology course, but they're too general.

好主意．我有布莱克先生的地质学课程中的讲义，但它们太笼统了．

But we could ask him which books on our Reading List might be most helpful.

但我们可以问他书单上什么书对我们可能是最有帮助的．

Right. OK, now I did a draft of the section of sources of possible error in our research, but I don't know if you agree.

对．好的，现在我做了可能出现的错误来源部分的草案，但我不知道你是否同意．

For example, the size of the sample, and whether it's big enough to make any general conclusions from.

例如，样本的大小，以及是否足够大到可以从中得出一般性结论．

But I thought actually we did have quite a big sample.

但我认为事实上我们有相当大的样本．

We did. And our general method of observation seemed quite reliable.

我们的确有．我们的观察方法似乎相当可靠．

But we might not be all that accurate as far as the actual numbers go.

但我们不可能和真实数字一样精确．

Yeah, we might have missed some organisms - if they were hiding under a rock, for example.

是的，我们可能会错过一些生物--例如，如果他们躲在岩石下面．

I wasn't sure about the way we described their habitats.

我不确定我们描述他们的栖息地的方式．

I decided it was probably OK.

我觉得可能是没问题的．

Yeah, and the descriptions we gave of the smaller organisms, they weren't very detailed, but they were adequate in this context.

是的，我们给的小生物体的描述不是很详细，但在这方面，应该足够的．

I'm not sure we identified all the species correctly though.

我不确定我们是否正确地识别了所有的物种．

OK, we'd better mention that. Now, how...

好的，我们最好提一下这个．现在，如何…