纪录片《巨龙的奥秘》 第07期 陆地板块的分离

But over the ages, Pangea broke up into two giant land masses, one in the north and one in the south.

随着时代的变迁，盘古大陆分裂为两块巨大的陆地板块，一块向北漂移，一块向南漂移

Probably around 100 million years ago, South America became separated.

大约是在1亿年前，南美洲分离为一个独立的大陆

And then the faunas², the dinosaurs⁴, the mammals,

接着许多动物群落：恐龙、哺乳动物

the rest of the fauna¹ and flora⁵ started to evolve in separate ways, in different ways, in different forms.

大部分动物群落和植物群落都开始沿着不同的方向，按照不同的方式独自进化

After the continent split, different dinosaurs evolved on each continent.

陆地板块分离之后，各种恐龙都在自己的大陆上进化

While, throughout the northern continents, the giant long-necks died out,

当北方大陆上所有巨型蜥脚类恐龙正逐渐灭亡时

down south, something extraordinary was happening.

南方大陆却在发生非同寻常的事件

Here, the huge long-necks not only survived, they just kept growing bigger and bigger.

在这里，巨型蜥脚类恐龙不仅活得好好的，而且越长越大

About 90 million years ago, there were not such animals this big in any other part of the world, but in South America.

大约是在9千万年前，世界上其它地方都看不到如此巨大的动物，除了南美洲

These four-legged plant-eaters, like Argentinosaurus, are a typical South American kind of dinosaur³.

这些四足植食动物，例如阿根廷龙，是南美洲最典型的恐龙

In this Cretaceous Period, they were highly successful in the southern hemisphere.

在白垩纪时代，它们在南半球相当活跃

It wasn't just the long-neck plant-eaters that were different on the isolated⁶ continent of South America.

但在孤立的南美洲大陆上，不仅只是植食蜥脚类恐龙与众不同

Sealed off from the rest of the world, the vicious tyrannosaurs never reached here.

由于和世界上其它地方隔绝，霸王龙不可能来到这里

1 fauna   

n.(一个地区或时代的)所有动物，动物区系

参考例句：

• This National Park is an area with unique fauna and flora.该国家公园区域内具有独特的动物种群和植物种群。
• Fauna is a biological notion means all the animal life in a particular region or period. 动物群是一个生物学的概念，指的是一个特定时期或者地区的所有动物。

2 faunas   

动物群

参考例句：

• Brackish waters generally support only a small range of faunas. 咸水水域通常只能存活为数不多的几种动物。
• We shall appreciate this difficulty more clearly, by looking to certain existing faunas and floras. 通过观察某些现存的动物群和植物群，我们就能更清楚地了解这种困难了。

3 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。

4 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》

5 flora   

n.(某一地区的)植物群

参考例句：

• The subtropical island has a remarkably rich native flora.这个亚热带岛屿有相当丰富的乡土植物种类。
• All flora need water and light.一切草木都需要水和阳光。

6 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。