奇妙岛屿 07 - 英语听力

Flitting across the water like an insect

Now he must steer the kite to where he thinks the fish are gathered

Somewhere just beneath the surface shoals of needlefish lie in wait

He keeps a close eye on the kite

If it drops a fish is snared

No hook is needed

The sharp teeth and rough scales of the needlefish are tangled in the spider silk

It's clever it's effective

And many fish can be caught in this way

Their ability to adapt and find food both on land and at sea

Was crucial to the survival of the Pacific's first human colonisers

But it wasn't all plain sailing

The Pacific's more remote islands

Were some of the last places on Earth to be discovered by humans

And the island chain of Hawaii is the remotest of them all

These islands are so hard to reach that before humans arrived

Only one new species of plant or animal turned up here every 35 000 years

For those lucky few that made it this was a land of milk and honey