纪录片《巨龙的奥秘》 第04期 阿根廷龙

After many days of back-breaking digging,

经过数日的艰苦挖掘

they had revealed just part of an enormous skeleton.

他们只挖出了这副巨大骨骼的一部分

They hauled whole chunks¹ of rock back to the workshop to free the bones inside.

他们将整块岩石运回工作间，然后剖出里面的骨头

The amazing thing was, when they chipped away at this massive hunk, they found only one bone inside.

令人吃惊的事情发生了，当他们敲开大块岩石时，他们发现里面竟然只有一块骨头

And when they calculated the size of the creature from the bones,

在计算了这只动物的体型之后

they realized they had found the biggest dinosaur² that ever lived, a completely new species, a giant plant-eater.

他们意识到他们已经发现了有史以来最大的恐龙，一个全新的物种，一种巨型植食恐龙

They named this new creature Argentinosaurus.

他们把这种新恐龙命名为“阿根廷龙”

This is a human backbone³. This is...a backbone of a whale.

这是人类的脊椎骨。这是一种鲸鱼的脊椎骨

And this is an Argentinosaurus backbone.

而这是一只阿根廷龙的脊椎骨

You can see, just from its size, that an Argentinosaurus was a very big animal.

如你所见，从大小上判断，阿根廷龙是一种非常大的动物

The other bones were just as massive.

别的骨头也是如此巨大

With thighs⁴ the size of a car, Argentinosaurus was far and away the heaviest dinosaur ever found.

有着汽车般巨大的股骨，阿根廷龙无疑是迄今发现的最重的恐龙

When this animal walked, the earth trembled.

当这种动物行走时，大地都会随之震动

The world of paleontology was thrilled.

这一发现轰动了整个古生物学界

1 chunks   

厚厚的一块( chunk的名词复数 )； （某物）相当大的数量或部分

参考例句：

• a tin of pineapple chunks 一罐菠萝块
• Those chunks of meat are rather large—could you chop them up a bIt'smaller? 这些肉块相当大，还能再切小一点吗？

2 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。

3 backbone   

n.脊骨，脊柱，骨干；刚毅，骨气

参考例句：

• The Chinese people have backbone.中国人民有骨气。
• The backbone is an articulate structure.脊椎骨是一种关节相连的结构。

4 thighs   

n.股，大腿( thigh的名词复数 )；食用的鸡（等的）腿

参考例句：

• He's gone to London for skin grafts on his thighs. 他去伦敦做大腿植皮手术了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The water came up to the fisherman's thighs. 水没到了渔夫的大腿。 来自《简明英汉词典》