听力文本

Within a few more weeks his team had discovered the remains of two big meat-eating dinosaurs
短短几周内，他的研究小组发现了两只大型食肉恐龙的遗体
and no fewer than six giant plant-eaters.
和不下于6只大型植食恐龙
They really had found something truly spectacular
他们终于发现了一个无比壮观的地方
a mid-Jurassic dinosaur graveyard and then it got even better. They found more.
一个中侏罗世恐龙墓地，后来事情越来越顺利。他们有了更多的发现
Fossils from the mid-Jurassic that they'd never expected to find,
一些他们不曾指望找到的中侏罗世化石
everything from strange fish to flying reptiles, even plants.
从奇怪的鱼类到会飞的爬行动物，甚至还有植物
It was amazing, it was like to open a Pandora's box
这太令人吃惊了，就像是打开了潘多拉魔盒
with many different animals - flying reptiles, mammals, crocodiles.
跑出来各种各样的动物，会飞的爬行动物、哺乳动物、鳄鱼等等

Their fossil treasure trove was so complete, it even included exquisitely preserved dinosaur skin.
他们的化石收藏非常全面，甚至包括保存得十分精细的恐龙皮肤
It was a mid-Jurassic time machine, an almost complete ecosystem from this missing period in dinosaur evolution.
这是一部中侏罗世时光机器，几乎重现了这个失落的恐龙进化时期的整个生态面貌
It was everything they'd been looking for.
它包含了他们要找的一切
It was as if someone had unearthed a Holy Grail in the middle of the Jurassic
就好像是有人挖出了侏罗纪中期的圣杯
precisely where people wanted to look in terms of resolving this perplexing question.
而人们正希望从它那里得到这个难题的答案
Finally they had a chance to find out what had happened to the dinosaurs in the mid-Jurassic
最后，他们终于有机会了解中侏罗世恐龙身上的真相。

词汇解析

1.the remains of …的遗骸
Soon our yard was filled with the remains of these other women.
很快我们的院子里满是这些其他女人的遗骸。

2.in terms of 在…方面
So when we look in terms of people that we have brought we feel as a nation we put up a fairly commendable performance.
所以从我们参赛运动员人数上来看，我们感到我们国家的表现还是值得钦佩的。

视频及简介

没有哪种生物能像恐龙那样统治地球，但是恐龙的故事中却包藏着一个巨大的谜团，那就是它们如何称霸世界。