纪录片《巨龙的奥秘》 第08期 南方巨兽龙

In fact, in the time of the long-neck Argentinosaurus, scientists could find no trace of any large meat-eaters stalking the continent.

事实上，在阿根廷龙的时代，科学家们尚未发现大型食肉恐龙在这块大陆上的遗迹

But all that was about to change.

但这一切即将改变

A few years after the discovery of Argentinosaurus,

在发现阿根廷龙几年之后

Rodolfo and his team started exploring a new fossil location near Plaza¹ Huincul.

Rodolfo和他的团队开始堪察普拉萨乌因库尔附近的另一个化石场

Little did they realize what a fearsome creature they would uncover.

不久他们便意识到他们挖掘的是一只多么可怕的动物

Buried for 95 million years, a new monster began to emerge from its rocky grave.

它埋在9500万年前的地层中，一只新的怪物即将爬出它的岩石墓穴

When they put the bones together, they found they had uncovered their second record breaking dinosaur².

他们把骨头拼在一起后，发现这是他们找到的第二只创纪录的恐龙

This was a truly astonishing find.

这是一个极其惊人的发现

They found another giant, but this wasn't a long-necked plant-eater.

他们又找到了另一只大家伙，但它并不是植食蜥脚类恐龙

It was the skeleton of the biggest meat-eating dinosaur that ever lived.

这副骨骼属于有史以来最大的食肉恐龙

It was a completely new species of animal, unrelated to the tyrannosaurs.

这是一种新的动物，与霸王龙没有任何关系

And it was huge, the first giant carnivore ever discovered in South America.

它巨大无比，是南美洲发现的第一种大型食肉动物

They called it Giganotosaurus.

他们把它命名为“南方巨兽龙”

1 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。

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。