纪录片《巨龙的奥秘》 第16期 历史记录

Several years earlier, he had read a very old magazine article

几年前，他从一本老杂志上看到了一篇文章

by one of the most famous early dinosaur¹ hunters.

内容是关于一种最著名的早期食肉恐龙

I read an article by Brown.

我读了一篇Barnum Brown写的文章

The article was basically about his experiences in southern Alberta.

主要是讲他在南亚尔伯的经历

In that article is basically a one-liner, which suggests that he found somewhere

文章中有一行提到它在某个地方发现了

where there was a lot of tyrannosaurs' remains² in one single bone bed.

一片埋着很多暴龙骨骼的化石场

Currie realized this might be the multiple-carnivore bone bed he had been looking for,

Currie意识到这个早已被遗忘的地点可能就是他一直在寻找的食肉恐龙群化石场

a place which showed that several tyrannosaurs had lived and died together.

一个能证明很多暴龙一起生活和死去的地方

Buried in the pages of ''National Geographic³'' for over 80 years,

但是由于在《国家地理》杂志中尘封了80多年

the reference to the bone bed site had long been forgotten.

化石场的资料早已被人们遗忘

I got really excited. I knew that this was a really special site.

我真的非常兴奋，我很清楚，这是一个很不寻常的地点

And I felt that we had to refind this site.

我觉得我们应该找到它

It wasn't a matter any more that there was a bone bed that we might find. I had to find that site.

不管还有多少化石场等着我们去发现，我必须找到这个地方

Although finding this site had become crucial, there was a problem.

虽然找到这个特殊地点非常重要，但却有一个很大的问题

Barnum Brown had never written down where the site was.

Barnum Brown并没有写明地址

He died, taking the secret of its location to the grave.

他去世之时也把这些秘密带进了坟墓

This is one of Barnum Brown's field books.

这是Barnum Brown的一本记录本，

There aren't too many of these, just because Barnum Brown didn't take any notes.

他有很多这种记录本，但大部分都没有用，因为Barnum Brown并没有记下些什么

All it is is just a list of specimens⁵ and field numbers.

你只要看看这本里面只列举了一些标本名称和数据

There's not much about his activities, about the geology of particular localities,

涉及他活动的内容并不多，没有多少详细的地质描述

except that the rocks were grey, or it took him three days to get a specimen⁴ out.

只是说岩石是灰色的，诸如此类的话，或是说他花了3天才挖出一块标本

Unlike a lot of paleontologists of his time, or even today, he wasn't much of a note taker.

他和许多同时代的，甚至是现在的古生物学家不太一样，他不是很喜欢做记录

1 dinosaur   

n.恐龙

参考例句：

• Are you trying to tell me that David was attacked by a dinosaur?你是想要告诉我大卫被一支恐龙所攻击？
• He stared at the faithful miniature of the dinosaur.他凝视著精确的恐龙缩小模型。

2 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

3 geographic   

adj.地理学的，地理的

参考例句：

• The city's success owes much to its geographic position. 这座城市的成功很大程度上归功于它的地理位置。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Environmental problems pay no heed to these geographic lines. 环境问题并不理会这些地理界限。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

4 specimen   

n.样本，标本

参考例句：

• You'll need tweezers to hold up the specimen.你要用镊子来夹这标本。
• This specimen is richly variegated in colour.这件标本上有很多颜色。

5 specimens   

n.样品( specimen的名词复数 )；范例；（化验的）抽样；某种类型的人

参考例句：

• Astronauts have brought back specimens of rock from the moon. 宇航员从月球带回了岩石标本。
• The traveler brought back some specimens of the rocks from the mountains. 那位旅行者从山上带回了一些岩石标本。 来自《简明英汉词典》