媒體英語(yǔ)
Prehistoric sea monster skull found on English coast英格蘭海岸發(fā)現(xiàn)史前巨型海洋生物頭骨化石
考古學(xué)家們?cè)谟⒏裉m多塞特郡侏羅紀(jì)海岸的懸崖上發(fā)現(xiàn)了一只巨型海洋古生物的頭骨化石。
The two-metre-long skull of the pliosaur is exquisitely preserved. Its crocodile-like snout is filled with dozens of razor-sharp teeth, and huge holes in its jaws would have been packed out with muscle, giving it an incredibly powerful bite.
這只上龍的頭骨化石長(zhǎng)兩米，保存得極為完好。它形似鱷魚(yú)的口鼻上長(zhǎng)滿(mǎn)了幾十顆鋒利的牙齒，頜骨間的大洞里曾長(zhǎng)滿(mǎn)了肌肉，這給了它極其強(qiáng)大的咬合力。
Growing to more than twelve metres, about the same length as a double decker bus, this Jurassic beast would have terrorised the oceans, even feasting on other pliosaurs.
身長(zhǎng)超過(guò)12米，相當(dāng)于一輛雙層巴士的長(zhǎng)度，這只侏羅紀(jì)野獸曾在海洋里橫行霸道，甚至以其它上龍為食。
The fossil was unearthed from the dark clays of Kimmeridge Bay in Dorset. Its excavation from a crumbling cliff face was followed by a BBC team for a documentary with Sir David Attenborough.
這塊頭骨化石從英格蘭多塞特郡金默里奇灣的深色黏土中被取出。與大衛(wèi)·愛(ài)登堡爵士一起合作拍攝相關(guān)題材紀(jì)錄片的英國(guó)廣播公司攝制組記錄了這次在搖搖欲墜的懸崖表面上開(kāi)展的挖掘工作。
But there may be more of this sea monster to come. The pliosaur's body is still thought to be embedded in the rock. The hope is that in time the rest of its skeleton will also be recovered.
未來(lái)可能還會(huì)有更多這只海洋怪獸的化石被人發(fā)現(xiàn)。因?yàn)槿藗冋J(rèn)為這只上龍的身體還埋在巖石中，所以希望它的其余骨骼化石也能在不久的未來(lái)被找到。
詞匯表
exquisitely 極度地，精美完好地
snout （一些動(dòng)物突出的）口鼻部
packed out 長(zhǎng)滿(mǎn)了
terrorised （曾經(jīng)）橫行霸道
unearthed 被取出
crumbling 搖搖欲墜的
embedded 嵌入…之中的
閱讀理解：請(qǐng)?jiān)谧x完上文后，回答下列問(wèn)題。
1.Which other animal's mouth and nose are similar to that of the pliosaur?
2.What would have made the pliosaur's jaws so powerful?
3.What is one thing that the article says that pliosaurs ate?
4.True or False? Experts think they have found the whole skeleton.
答案
1.Which other animal's mouth and nose are similar to that of the pliosaur?
A crocodile. The pliosaur had a crocodile-like snout.
2.What would have made the pliosaur's jaws so powerful?
The pliosaur's jaws were packed with muscle.
3.What is one thing that the article says that pliosaurs ate?
The article says they even ate other pliosaurs.
4.True or False? Experts think they have found the whole skeleton.
False. The pliosaur's body is thought to be embedded in the rock.
