英语听力：探索发现 2012-06-27 恐龙是怎样的炼成的—17

 The questions about Louis's baby T-rex run even deeper than its appearance. With such limited fossils, some scientists have actually questioned whether the bones might belong to a different species of dinosaur¹ entirely², something like a T-rex, but much smaller. 

 

-Your presenting of a mounted skeleton of this baby T-rex, and this is the first baby T-rex that's been found and has been put on display. How can you be sure that it is indeed a T-rex and it's a baby, because bones change as juveniles³ turn into adults.

 

-You can read the characteristics of the bone tissue. And that can tell you if the animal is a full-grown individual or if it's a baby, a very young individual. So we know that. Perhaps in the future discoveries may prove that there was another species of tyrannosaur that essentially⁴ lived together with T-rex, and then maybe this is a baby of that particular species. But at the moment, with the information that we have, it seems that the most reasonable hypothesis is to say this one represents a baby of a tyrannosaur’s racks.   

 

-I think that you’re quite brave to put something to put something like a baby T-rex in this exhibition as a mounted skeleton because there is nothing to compare it with.

 

-It's our responsibility to make sure that people understand that things are not written in stone. And our scientific conclusions change as we gather more evidence.   

 

Back in New Jersey⁵, the T-rexes are nearly complete.  And Louis has come to inspect them.

 

-This is phenomenal, you know, it’s awesome⁶. This is fantastic, really fantastic.

 

-Everything you thought it would be?

 

-Better, better.

 

-Good.

 

-It's hard to describe but I feel that it’s very dynamic, you know.

 

-We brought the right hand and foot over the centerline court, (-Yeah, I can see that.) And there’s a lot of, quite a bit of movement. 

 

-I’m glad you like that, Luis.

 

-I think it's phenomenal.

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 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

3 juveniles   

n.青少年( juvenile的名词复数 )；扮演少年角色的演员；未成年人

参考例句：

• Do you think that punishment for violent crimes should be the same for juveniles and adults? 你对暴力犯罪的惩罚对于青少年和成人应一样吗？ 来自生活英语口语25天快训
• Juveniles Should we not exactly in need of such strength and conviction? 少年的我们难道不正是需要这种力量和信念吗？ 来自互联网

4 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

5 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

6 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.