BBC纪录片地平线《巨龙的奥秘》第8期:南方巨兽龙
日期:2016-11-19 16:17

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In fact, in the time of the long-neck Argentinosaurus, scientists could find no trace of any large meat-eaters stalking the continent.
事实上,在阿根廷龙的时代,科学家们尚未发现大型食肉恐龙在这块大陆上的遗迹
But all that was about to change.
但这一切即将改变
A few years after the discovery of Argentinosaurus,
在发现阿根廷龙几年之后
Rodolfo and his team started exploring a new fossil location near Plaza Huincul.
Rodolfo和他的团队开始堪察普拉萨乌因库尔附近的另一个化石场
Little did they realize what a fearsome creature they would uncover.
不久他们便意识到他们挖掘的是一只多么可怕的动物
Buried for 95 million years, a new monster began to emerge from its rocky grave.
它埋在9500万年前的地层中,一只新的怪物即将爬出它的岩石墓穴

南方巨兽龙

When they put the bones together, they found they had uncovered their second record breaking dinosaur.
他们把骨头拼在一起后,发现这是他们找到的第二只创纪录的恐龙
This was a truly astonishing find.
这是一个极其惊人的发现
They found another giant, but this wasn't a long-necked plant-eater.
他们又找到了另一只大家伙,但它并不是植食蜥脚类恐龙
It was the skeleton of the biggest meat-eating dinosaur that ever lived.
这副骨骼属于有史以来最大的食肉恐龙
It was a completely new species of animal, unrelated to the tyrannosaurs.
这是一种新的动物,与霸王龙没有任何关系
And it was huge, the first giant carnivore ever discovered in South America.
它巨大无比,是南美洲发现的第一种大型食肉动物
They called it Giganotosaurus.
他们把它命名为“南方巨兽龙”

词汇解析


1.no trace of 没有...的踪迹
This would explain why the human genome has no trace of Neanderthal DNA despite the two similar species living close together for millennia.
这可能解释为什么人类的基因组没有尼安得特人的痕迹,即便这两个物种在一起生活了几千年。

2.emerge from 自…出现
A ragged man emerged from behind the tree.
一个衣衫褴褛的男人从树后面走出来。

3.unrelate to 与...无关
They don't understand that the compassion I show outside of the workplace is completely unrelated to my leniency at work.
他们不明白的是,我在工作场所以外所表现出来的仁慈,和我在工作中的宽容是完全不相干的。

视频及简介

BBC跟随着科学家到达阿根廷。在那里,他们挖掘到了一种崭新的恐龙。它们比暴龙还要大,是至今为止所发现的最大的食肉动物。这种捕猎者的头骨比一个人要大,上面还布满了锯齿状的,小刀样的牙齿和长的,强壮的颚肌肉。它们能够以外科手术般的精确度来把它们的猎物切成碎片。


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重点单词
  • compassionn. 同情,怜悯
  • emergevi. 浮现,(由某种状态)脱出,(事实)显现出来
  • tracen. 痕迹,踪迹,微量 vt. 追踪,找出根源,描绘 v
  • rockyadj. 岩石的,像岩石的,坚硬的,麻木的,困难重重的
  • graven. 坟墓,墓穴 adj. 严肃的,严重的,庄重的
  • genomen. [生]基因组;[生]染色体组
  • leniencyn. 宽大,不严厉,仁慈
  • fearsomeadj. 可怕的;害怕的;极大的
  • uncovervt. 揭开,揭露
  • skeletonn. 骨架,纲要,骨骼,骨瘦如柴的人或动物,家丑 adj