纪录片《侏罗纪之谜》 第20期 球果化石

You can see, for instance, this wonderful and beautiful seed cones¹

举个例子，你可以看到这些漂亮完好的球果

preserved in a petrified² way where you can see inside even the, the seeds, the small seeds in there,

保存在化石中，你甚至还能看到里面的种子，小小的种子

you know, that is suggesting that these kind of plants cover most of the Patagonian region during the Jurassic period.

这说明这类植物在侏罗纪时期覆盖了大部分巴塔哥尼亚地区

The seed cones could only come from giant conifer forests.

球果只生长在高大的针叶树上

These are trees that thrive in warm, wet conditions,

这些大树保证了温暖湿润的环境

completely different from the mega-monsoon and there was more.

与超级季风气候完全不同，而且还不止这些。

This is a small piece of a fern plant that probably grew in some small shrubs³, you know,

这是一株小型蕨类植物，很可能生长在低矮的灌木丛中

the low ones that were part also of the same forest that was covered, or dominated by the, by the conifers.

这些低矮植物也是森林的一部分，当然主要还是针叶树占主导地位

The ferns and the pines could only mean one thing.

蕨类和松树的出现只能说明一种可能

And this is suggesting that the dry conditions we had at the beginning of the mid-Jurassic are changing to,

这说明中侏罗世早期的干旱环境变成了

you know, more humid conditions by the end of the mid-Jurassic.

中侏罗世晚期的湿润环境

1 cones   

n.（人眼）圆锥细胞；圆锥体( cone的名词复数 )；球果；圆锥形东西；（盛冰淇淋的）锥形蛋卷筒

参考例句：

• In the pines squirrels commonly chew off and drop entire cones. 松树上的松鼠通常咬掉和弄落整个球果。 来自辞典例句
• Many children would rather eat ice cream from cones than from dishes. 许多小孩喜欢吃蛋卷冰淇淋胜过盘装冰淇淋。 来自辞典例句

2 petrified   

adj.惊呆的；目瞪口呆的v.使吓呆，使惊呆；变僵硬；使石化(petrify的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• I'm petrified of snakes. 我特别怕蛇。
• The poor child was petrified with fear. 这可怜的孩子被吓呆了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 shrubs   

灌木( shrub的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The gardener spent a complete morning in trimming those two shrubs. 园丁花了整个上午的时间修剪那两处灌木林。
• These shrubs will need more light to produce flowering shoots. 这些灌木需要更多的光照才能抽出开花的新枝。