CNN10 Special Edition: Dive behind the scenes at one of the world's largest aquariums · CNN 10
走进世界最大水族馆，了解海洋生物保护与水族馆工作的多样性。适合练习职场、自然、成长类词汇和表达。
What if your classroom could hold 10 million gallons of water?
如果你的教室能够容纳1000万加仑的水，那会怎么样呢？
Today we're diving in at the Georgia Aquarium, the largest aquarium in the Western Hemisphere where whale sharks roam,
今天我们将前往位于西半球的最大的水族馆——乔治亚水族馆。在那里，鲸鲨自由地游弋着。
science comes alive, and there are some seriously cool careers lurking beneath the surface.
科学变得生动有趣起来，而一些非常酷的职业其实就隐藏在这些看似普通的领域之中。
Buckle up because the next 10 minutes we're going all in.
系好安全带吧，因为在接下来的 10 分钟里，我们会全力以赴。
Since opening in 2005, the Georgia Aquarium has grown into one of the world's largest collections of sea life,
自2005年开放以来，乔治亚水族馆已经发展成为全球最大的海洋生物收藏机构之一。
from microscopic corals to massive whale sharks, hundreds of marine and freshwater species call this aquarium home.
从微小的珊瑚到巨大的鲸鲨，数百种海洋和淡水生物都将这个水族馆视为自己的家园。
So what does it take to keep a place like this running or swimming successfully?
那么，要使这样一个地方能够顺利运转或持续发展下去，需要具备哪些条件呢？
Well, allow us to introduce you to an incredibly diverse team of professionals that includes scientists,
那么，请允许我们向您介绍一支由各种专业人士组成的团队。这个团队非常多元化，其中包括科学家们……
biologists, engineers, trainers, and an ocean of other cool careers in some that you, and honestly myself included,
生物学家、工程师、培训师，以及众多其他令人感兴趣的职业……其中一些职业，其实包括你和我自己。
didn't even know existed.
甚至都不知道它的存在。
Exhibit A, meet Kimberly Kraft, official title, Aquarist, but I've decided she is the queen of coral conservation.
请看“证据A”——这位女士名叫金伯利·克拉夫特（Kimberly Kraft），她的正式职位是“水族馆管理员”（Aquarist），但我认为她才是珊瑚保护事业的真正领导者（或者说，她是珊瑚保护领域的“女王”）。
How did you come to be an Aquarist?
你是怎么成为水族爱好者的呢？
I have a degree in biology and I didn't really know where I wanted to go,
我拥有生物学学位，但当时并不清楚自己真正想从事什么工作。
so in the career biology you can go in many different directions.
在职业生物学领域，你可以选择许多不同的发展方向。
You can go into research, you can go into aquarium, you can also go into training.
你可以选择从事研究工作，也可以去水族馆工作，或者选择接受培训。
And I did just about every single one of those to get to where I am today.
为了达到今天的成就，我几乎尝试了所有那些方法（或手段）。
So luckily I was able to internship here, and then during my internship I was offered a job and I've been here for about eight years.
幸运的是，我能够在这里实习；实习期间，我还得到了这份工作，至今已经在公司工作了大约八年时间。
Do you have a favorite coral?
你有没有最喜欢的珊瑚？
Oh my gosh, yes I do.
哦，我的天啊，确实如此。
Which one?
哪一个？
So it is over here.
所以，它就在这里。
If you'd like to come over to this guy right here, it is called a micromuso.
如果你想来看看这个家伙的话，它被称为“Micromuso”。
They can get really fluffy and you can actually see their tentacles out right now ready for me.
它们会变得非常蓬松柔软；你现在甚至可以清楚地看到它们那些已经准备好了、随时可以攻击我的触手。
If I remember correctly you said I could feed the coral.
如果我没记错的话，你说我可以给珊瑚喂食。
You can.
你可以的。
Can I feed the coral?
我可以喂珊瑚吗？
Yes you can.
是的，你可以。
Okay.
好的。
All right, here we go.
好吧，我们现在开始吧。
What would your advice be to anyone out there who thinks, that looks really cool, I want to work in an aquarium someday.
对于那些认为“在水族馆工作真的很酷”并希望有朝一日能从事这份工作的人来说，你有什么建议呢？
My advice would probably be to keep going.
我的建议可能是继续坚持下去。
It was always a thing that I got from a lot of people is saying that it was really hard to get into,
很多人跟我说，进入这个行业非常困难。
and it is, but it's really rewarding.
确实如此，而且这份工作带来的成就感非常强烈（或者说：这份工作真的很有意义，让人感到非常有成就）。
So just do as many volunteer opportunities you can do, internships, and eventually you'll get there.
所以，尽可能多地参加志愿者活动、实习机会，最终你一定会达到目标的。
So this is our big reef wall, it is about 164 ,000 gallons,
这就是我们的大型珊瑚礁“墙”了，它的容量大约为164,000加仑。
and it gets still six days out of the week.
而且这种情况每周有六天都在发生。
Oh my gosh.
哦，我的天啊。
Staff divers get in about three times a week and I'm fortunate enough to be one of those divers.
公司的工作人员潜水员每周大约会下水三次，而我很幸运，能够成为其中的一员。
So I do dive regularly in here,
所以我经常会来这里潜水。
and what my taskar mainly is taking care of the corals that you see down in along the reef wall.
我的主要任务就是照顾那些位于礁石壁上的珊瑚。