新派英语第四册UNIT5

[00:00.00]Unit 5               Dinosaurs²
[00:06.48]2.Listen.Read.
[00:19.12]Bill:Fossils are boring!I wanted to go to the zoo.
[00:25.16]Dean:Bur fossils are how we know about dinosaurs.
[00:29.81]They walked the Earth for 150 million years!
[00:35.46]Bill:Were any dinosaurs bigger than this one?
[00:40.39]Dean:Oh,yes!Some grew ot be bigger than houses.
[00:46.04]And some were smaller than my backpack.
[00:50.47]Bill:Why aren't there any dinosaurs now?
[00:54.72]Dean:The last ones died out about 64 million years ago.
[01:00.95]Maybe this happened because the Earth got too cold for them.
[01:06.02]Or some people think a comet hit the Earth.
[01:10.45]Bill:Oh,I'm glad we weren't around then.
[01:15.31]Hey,let's go now.How about a really exciting movie?
[01:21.36]Dean:OK.I think I know just the noe for you.I saw it last week.
[01:28.31]It's called Dinosaur¹ Park!
[01:32.16]5.Listen.Fill in the blanks.
[02:17.92]7.Listen.Are there dinosaurs today?
[02:30.84]Deep in a lake called Ness,in waters calm and black,
[02:37.86]Lives a monster with large fins³ and a hump upon its back.
[02:45.20]People say they see this monster in waters dark and cold.
[02:52.37]They say it's big and brown,and probably very old.
[02:59.03]The name the people give it is"The Monster of Loch Ness."
[03:06.37]Could it be a Plesiosaurus?Wow!One can only guess!
[03:13.93]Anitcl's Bones       by Robert Newell
[03:20.88]"Look at the size of those teeth!"said Marcos.
[03:31.43]"They are huge!Like sharp spikes⁴!
[03:36.97]And those bony plates on its head are a meter longer than those of most other dinosaurs.
[03:44.93]Just what kind of dinosaur is this,Dr.Anita?"
[03:50.36]Anita smiled and looked at the big foossil again.
[03:55.73]"I named her Anitasaurus,"Anita told him.
[04:03.40]"Isn't she sweet?I hunted for her for years.
[04:10.34]She's bigger than a T.rex.She's bigger than anything!"Anita picked up a chisel⁵.
[04:18.19]"Come on,Marcos.Help me cut the rock from her leg bone."
[04:23.95]"The last dinosaurs died 65 million years ago,"said Marcos.
[04:31.19]"But they are still making work for me now!"
[04:35.83]Anita looked at Anitasaurus.The fossil was so different!
[04:44.15]Its head was the size of a car.
[04:48.61]And it had four horns on its head and five claws on every foot.
[04:56.35]Anita was so happy she found Anitasaurus."Come on,Marcos,"she said.
[05:04.31]"We want to get an award for finding this dinosaur,so let's finish working."
[05:10.64]Clank!Clank!Clank!Anita felt as if she were falling.
[05:19.18]But Anita's hat was hitting the bed.
[05:24.11]She was not digging up the dinosaur,after all.
[05:28.93]She was just dreaming she was digging up the dinosaur!
[05:34.37]"I am going to find a real dinosaur one day,"Anita said.
[05:40.81]"I really am.And when I find it,I am going to name it Anitasaurus!"

1 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。

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 fins   

[医]散热片；鱼鳍；飞边；鸭掌

参考例句：

• The level of TNF-α positively correlated with BMI,FPG,HbA1C,TG,FINS and IRI,but not with SBP and DBP. TNF-α水平与BMI、FPG、HbA1C、TG、FINS和IRI呈显著正相关，与SBP、DBP无相关。 来自互联网
• Fins are a feature specific to fish. 鱼鳍是鱼类特有的特征。 来自辞典例句

4 spikes   

n.穗( spike的名词复数 )；跑鞋；（防滑）鞋钉；尖状物v.加烈酒于( spike的第三人称单数 )；偷偷地给某人的饮料加入（更多）酒精（ 或药物）；把尖状物钉入；打乱某人的计划

参考例句：

• a row of iron spikes on a wall 墙头的一排尖铁
• There is a row of spikes on top of the prison wall to prevent the prisoners escaping. 监狱墙头装有一排尖钉，以防犯人逃跑。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 chisel   

n.凿子；v.用凿子刻，雕，凿

参考例句：

• This chisel is useful for getting into awkward spaces.这凿子在要伸入到犄角儿里时十分有用。
• Camille used a hammer and chisel to carve out a figure from the marble.卡米尔用锤子和凿子将大理石雕刻出一个人像。