纪录片《恐龙灭绝真相》 第19期 犯下错误

Smit also examined the layers of green clay mineral.

Smit也检测了绿色粘土矿物层。

He did his own x-ray diffraction analysis...

他亲自做了X射线衍射分析，

and found not Glauconite, but a different mineral called Smectite.

结果并非海绿石，而是另一种叫做蒙脱石的矿物。

Smectite can form quickly. So they made another mistake,

蒙脱石能够迅速形成。看来他们又犯了一个错误，

they misidentified the clay mineral with very severe implications.

他们太过主观，所以辨认错了这种粘土矿物。

And as for Gerta Keller's forams, Smit was in no doubt she had made another big mistake.

至于Gerta Keller发现的有孔虫，Smit全然相信她又犯了另一个大错误。

He took photographs through a microscope too

他也用显微镜拍下了照片，

he found not a single fossil, just these inorganic¹ crystals.

但他没有发现一个化石，而只是一些非生物结晶。

On these fuzzy pictures you can easily claim they are forams

在这些模糊的照片上，你很容易把它们当成是有孔虫，

but I claim it's a fortuitous combination of those crystals in a very fuzzy picture.

但我认为它只不过是这些模糊照片中偶尔出现的结晶群。

If you take sharper pictures like these with a different method, you see they are totally different.

如果你再看一下用其它方法拍摄的清晰照片，你会发现它们完全不一样。

According to Smit, all the evidence suggested the core had been formed in just a few days by a Tsunami²...

根据Smit的观点，所有证据都说明岩芯只是在短短几天内因为海啸而形成，

and that meant Chicxulub must be the killer³ of the dinosaurs⁴.

这意味着希克苏鲁伯大碰撞就是杀害恐龙的罪魁祸首。

1 inorganic   

adj.无生物的；无机的

参考例句：

• The fundamentals of inorganic chemistry are very important.无机化学的基础很重要。
• This chemical plant recently bought a large quantity of inorganic salt.这家化工厂又买进了大量的无机盐。

2 tsunami   

n.海啸

参考例句：

• Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
• Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。

3 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

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》