初中英语人教版初三年级上册38

[00:45.48]Answer the folowing questions.
[00:49.63]1.What do you know about dinosaurs².
[00:59.98]2.have you ever seen dinosaurs on dispay in a museum?
[01:36.13]A VISIT TO THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
[02:03.09]Last Saturday afternoon,
[02:06.93]Wei Hua and her class mates³ were visiting the Museum of Natural History.
[02:14.66]They were very interested in dinosaurs.
[02:53.43]Can we see dinosaurs here?"Wei Huaasked Miss Li,their guide.
[03:17.59]"Yes,of course.there is an underground Dinosaur¹  World.
[03:24.15]There you can see the fossils⁴ of may kinds of dinosaurs.
[03:31.59]Shall we go to visit the dinosaurs first?"
[04:15.76]"Yes!Let's go!"All the students cheered. Then they went to the Dinosaur World.
[04:49.12]"Oh,look!These must be dinosaur eggs.They are so big!"Lucy shouted.
[05:05.19]"Yes,These eggs were found in the Gebi Desert by group of scientists in the 1920s."Miss Li said.
[05:59.63]"so there eggs were lad long long ago by dinosaurs!" Lily said.
[06:37.09]Miss Li smiled,"There eggs were laid about 95 million years age."
[07:10.34]"95 million years ago?
[07:15.80]That means⁵ dinosaurs lived long before human beings appeared!
[07:51.77]But we can't see any dinosaurs today.That's a pity!"said Lin Tao.
[08:08.12]"Yes.Dinosaurs lived on the earth for more than 150 million years,
[08:15.88]and then disappeared about 65 million years ago.
[08:21.94]Scientists try to explain their disappearance⁶ ,n
[08:27.82]but they've got more questions than answers,"said Miss Li.
[09:42.87]"and now there is a very special dinosaur on display.It was discoveered in Liaoning Province.
[09:53.14]I say it is special because the dinosaur was covered with feathers!"
[10:45.41]"With feathers?Like birds?"The students could not believe their ears.
[10:59.85]"Look !"Miss Li showed them a picture of the feathered dinosaur,"you see,it looks like a abig bird.
[11:13.49]Some scientists believe that dinosaurs have not disappeared,but they have become birds."
[12:13.83]"That's very interesting.
[12:21.38]I want to be a scientist in the future and study dinosaurs!"said Song Dan.
[12:51.21]"good.Then we can see many dinosaurs discovered by you in the museum,"
[13:25.56]said Miss Li,and all the students laughed.

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 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》

3 mates   

[英]伙伴( mate的名词复数 )； 同伴； （非正式）配偶； （熟练工人的）助手

参考例句：

• He's out boozing with his mates. 他和他的朋友们喝酒去了。
• They've been best mates since school. 他们从上学时期以来就是最要好的朋友。

4 fossils   

n.化石( fossil的名词复数 )；老顽固；食古不化的人；老古董（老人）

参考例句：

• fossils over two million years old 两百多万年的化石
• The geologist found many uncovered fossils in the valley. 在那山谷里，地质学家发现了许多裸露的化石。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

6 disappearance   

n.消失，消散，失踪

参考例句：

• He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
• Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。