广播电视英语短句 第 71 课：藻类植物-1

The search for new fuels has led some researchers to algae. 新型燃料的研究工作把研究者引向了藻类植物。

Algae is a name for thousands of different organisms. 藻是几千种不同有生物的总称，包括单细胞植物。

They include single-celled plants as well as kelp and other large plants. 也包括大型褐藻和其他大型植物。

Kenneth Bruland is an ocean sciences professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He says many experts also consider plant-like bacteria to be a form of algae. 圣克鲁斯加州大学海洋科学系教授 Kenneth Bruland 说，很多专家也认为类植物细菌是藻的一种形式。

These bacteria make food from the sun like plants do. 这些细菌就像其它植物一样用太阳制造食物。