纪录片《巨龙的奥秘》 第05期 植食恐龙

It's an immense plant-eater. It's perhaps 80 to 100 metric tonnes.

它是庞大无比的植食恐龙，可能有80～100吨重

It's the size of a herd¹ of elephants.

换句话说，相当于一群大象

It may be that there are dinosaurs² even bigger than Argentinosaurus.

可能还有比阿根廷龙更大的恐龙，只是还没有被发现

But at present, that's as big as we know any land-living creature has ever been.

但是目前而言，它是我们迄今所见生物史上最大的陆地动物

This replica³ of Argentinosaurus is being built for the town square in Plaza⁴ Huincul.

这只阿根廷龙模型将竖立在普拉萨乌因库尔镇中心广场

When it's finished, it will stand as tall as a five-storey building.

完成后它将有5层楼那么高

It wasn't just this dinosaur's size that was out of the ordinary.

这种恐龙的特别之处不仅只是体型

When scientists analyzed⁵ the layers of rock in which the skeleton was found, they discovered something.

当科学家们分析骨骼所在的岩层时，他们又有了新的发现

Argentinosaurus, along with many smaller South American long-necks, had been living at the wrong time.

阿根廷龙，连同许多较小的南美洲蜥脚类恐龙都生活在错误的年代

This fact was to prove crucial.

这一事实极为重要

Layers of fossil-bearing rock have shown that dinosaurs roamed the planet for 180 million years.

化石岩层显示这种恐龙生活在地球上的年代是1亿8千万年前

Over the course of this time, hundreds of different species evolved and died out.

在这个时代，有数百种恐龙进化和消亡

By the middle of their time on Earth, the Jurassic Period,

这个时代的中期是著名的侏罗纪

the land was dominated by massive plant-eating dinosaurs, the long-necks.

陆地上的统治者成了巨型植食恐龙--蜥脚类恐龙

1 herd   

n.兽群，牧群；vt.使集中，把…赶在一起

参考例句：

• She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
• He had no opinions of his own but simply follow the herd.他从无主见，只是人云亦云。

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 replica   

n.复制品

参考例句：

• The original conservatory has been rebuilt in replica.温室已按原样重建。
• The young artist made a replica of the famous painting.这位年轻的画家临摹了这幅著名的作品。

4 plaza   

n.广场，市场

参考例句：

• They designated the new shopping centre York Plaza.他们给这个新购物中心定名为约克购物中心。
• The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen.这个广场上布满了便衣警察。

5 analyzed   

v.分析( analyze的过去式和过去分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析

参考例句：

• The doctors analyzed the blood sample for anemia. 医生们分析了贫血的血样。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The young man did not analyze the process of his captivation and enrapturement, for love to him was a mystery and could not be analyzed. 这年轻人没有分析自己蛊惑著迷的过程，因为对他来说，爱是个不可分析的迷。 来自《简明英汉词典》