英语听力：探索发现 2012-07-06 恐龙是怎样的炼成的—21

 With large teeth for mashing¹ plants and sharper teeth for eating insects and worms, we can even tell that fruitadens was an omnivore. But the final piece of the puzzle in recreating this animal is its colour. And that's something we can't be sure about. 

 

If you push things too far, you go with poker² dots, and purple and pink, your audience simply won't believe it. But if you draw upon the examples of our living animals, we can actually gain a lot just by looking at crocodile skin, the colouration in maybe some lizards³ and fish even, and it will remain believable. 

 

Like everything in the exhibition, the finished work will have to be approved by Luis. 

 

So one thing we need to keep in mind is that although we want to have some variation in pattern or in colour, they obviously all need to look the same species.

 

You’re gonna give me some freedom to experiment on some colours, maybe in the face or the throat.

 

I still think that overall we want to stick to standard gray, green, brown. I think that will be nice to subtle that something can be viewed when you are looking at it from, you know, six feet away.

 

Although the colour of fruitadens is unknown, new scientific breakthroughs are allowing paleontologists to see some dinosaurs⁶ in a way that's never been possible before. 

 

We are still learning more about dinosaurs, as increasing numbers of specimens⁷ come to light, but also as the techniques that we used to analyses them become more and more sophisticated. And I'm off to meet somebody now who has made great discoveries in one particular aspect of dinosaur⁵ science that many people thought would remain hidden forever.

 

OK. So this is what we are now going to look at, hold this, put this in. it will take a minute or two to fire up the vacuum. 

 

Pro⁴.  Mike Benton recently came across the remains⁸ of a dinosaur that was so exquisitely⁹ well preserved that feathers as well as bones had fossilized. Incredibly, those feathers can tell us the colour of a dinosaur that lived 125 million years ago.

1 mashing   

捣碎

参考例句：

• Long ago, they served as a useful third set of mashing molars. 许多年前，它们可是有用的第三套磨牙系统。
• During continuous mashing, filter 2 is filled when filter 1 is full. 在连续糖化过程中，当压滤机1填满后即填充压滤机2。

2 poker   

n.扑克；vt.烙制

参考例句：

• He was cleared out in the poker game.他打扑克牌，把钱都输光了。
• I'm old enough to play poker and do something with it.我打扑克是老手了，可以玩些花样。

3 lizards   

n.蜥蜴( lizard的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Nothing lives in Pompeii except crickets and beetles and lizards. 在庞培城里除了蟋蟀、甲壳虫和蜥蜴外，没有别的生物。 来自辞典例句
• Can lizards reproduce their tails? 蜥蜴的尾巴断了以后能再生吗？ 来自辞典例句

4 pro   

n.赞成，赞成的意见，赞成者

参考例句：

• The two debating teams argued the question pro and con.辩论的两组从赞成与反对两方面辩这一问题。
• Are you pro or con nuclear disarmament?你是赞成还是反对核裁军？

5 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。

6 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》

7 specimens   

n.样品( specimen的名词复数 )；范例；（化验的）抽样；某种类型的人

参考例句：

• Astronauts have brought back specimens of rock from the moon. 宇航员从月球带回了岩石标本。
• The traveler brought back some specimens of the rocks from the mountains. 那位旅行者从山上带回了一些岩石标本。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

9 exquisitely   

adv.精致地；强烈地；剧烈地；异常地

参考例句：

• He found her exquisitely beautiful. 他觉得她异常美丽。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He wore an exquisitely tailored gray silk and accessories to match. 他穿的是做工非常考究的灰色绸缎衣服，还有各种配得很协调的装饰。 来自教父部分