纪录片《侏罗纪之谜》 第13期 特殊地层

It seemed a perfectly¹ good theory, but the big test was:

这似乎是完美的理论，但关键问题是

was there any evidence that it actually had affected² the dinosaurs³?

是否有证据能证明这场事件真的影响了恐龙

Argentina was the perfect place to look.

阿根廷是寻找答案的理想地点

At first there were some tantalising similarities between the rocks in Yorkshire and in Patagonia.

首先，约克郡和巴塔哥尼亚的岩层有许多显著的相似点

They had found fossils from the bottom of a mid-Jurassic lake

他们找到了中侏罗世湖底生物的化石

and in these rocks they found one particular layer which was very strange.

他们发现岩石中的一个特殊地层非常奇怪

One fish here, another here, another one here and it's here there is another one,

这里有一条鱼，又是一条，又是一条，又是一条

so many fishes all together in the same layer.

所以很多鱼一起埋在同一个地层中

This layer was packed with hundreds of fish and they'd all died the same way: all the fish were twisted, contorted.

这个地层埋有数百条鱼，它们都有同样的死状：每条鱼都扭曲着，蜷成一团

They had clearly died a terrible death.

显然它们死得很惨

Was this then evidence of a mass extinction⁴?

那么这是否就是大灭绝的证据呢？

1 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

2 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

3 dinosaurs   

n.恐龙( dinosaur的名词复数 )；守旧落伍的人，过时落后的东西

参考例句：

• The brontosaurus was one of the largest of all dinosaurs. 雷龙是所有恐龙中最大的一种。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years. 恐龙绝种已有几百万年了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 extinction   

n.熄灭，消亡，消灭，灭绝，绝种

参考例句：

• The plant is now in danger of extinction.这种植物现在有绝种的危险。
• The island's way of life is doomed to extinction.这个岛上的生活方式注定要消失。