🎬 Digging into the Past (发掘远古时光)

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We're planning rivers like a forest, and that can rock star like a forest.我们正在规划像森林一样的河流,这可以像森林一样摇滚明星。

Being a young girl, loving dinosaurs a little bit unusual, and everyone thought I was kind of weird,作为一个年轻女孩,对恐龙的喜爱有点不寻常,每个人都认为我有点奇怪,

but you sort of get over that.但你已经克服了这个问题。

And then just to follow your passion, it's sort of great, really.然后就可以追随自己的热情,这真的很棒。

I'm part of a research group, which is based at the University of Oslo.我是奥斯陆大学一个研究小组的成员。

We're searching for these marine reptile fossils in rocks that were deposited underwater,我们正在水下沉积的岩石中寻找这些海洋爬行动物化石,

but through time have been lifted up.但随着时间的推移已经被提升了。

Being a paleontologist, I realise that it's actually quite back breaking sometimes.作为一名古生物学家,我意识到有时这实际上是一件很累人的事。

The feeling of finding something is amazing, just sort of turning over a rock找到东西的感觉太棒了,就像翻石头一样

and finding something underneath makes your heart leap.找到下面的东西会让你心跳加速。

I love paleontology because there's always new scientific discoveries popping up all the time.我喜欢古生物学,因为总是有新的科学发现出现。

New dinosaurs, new prehistoric animals, there's always something new to discover,新的恐龙,新的史前动物,总有新的东西等待发现,

and we know so little about the history of life.我们对生命的历史知之甚少。

Digging into the Past (发掘远古时光) · Reading Explorer 2, Unit 5
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Before You Watch

A. Complete the sentences about paleontology.
1. Marine reptiles lived millions of years ago ______.
2. Hurum’s team members are ______ passionate explorers.
3. Excavating large skeletons requires ______ equipment.

While You Watch

B. Choose the correct answer for each question based on the video.
1. What tool is used to break apart hard frozen rock?
2. Why do scientists wrap fossils in wet paper and plaster bandages?
3. How are the heavy fossil plaster jackets transported from the cliff to the ship?
4. What was the nickname given to the 15-meter pliosaur specimen?

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Do you remember the meanings of these words? Check the ones you know. Look back at the unit and review any words you’re not sure of.
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Reading A: 10 Target Words

✓arrange安排,筹划,整理
✓continue继续,持续
✓contribution贡献,付出
✓credit赞誉,功劳,信任
✓debt债务,欠款
✓display展示,显露,展出
✓extraordinary非凡的,特别的,卓越的
✓major主要的,重大的
✓notice注意到,察觉
✓talent天赋,天资,才干

Reading B: 10 Target Words

✓access进入,获取,使用权
✓collection收藏,藏品,聚集
✓entire整个的,全部的
✓eventually最终,终于
✓individual个人,个体;单独的
✓preparation准备,预备
✓productive富有成效的,多产的
✓remote偏远的,偏僻的
✓remove移除,清除,去掉
✓soften软化,缓和
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