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Skeleton¹ of T. rex Relative Will Be Auctioned³ This Month

The auction² house Sotheby's plans to sell the fossilized skeleton of a dinosaur⁵ related to the famous T. rex later this month.

Gorgosaurus lived about 10 million years before T. rex in what is now the western United States and Canada.

The skeleton was found in 2018 in the American state of Montana, not far from the Canadian border.

The creature was the top meat-eater of its time during the late Cretaceous period, about 76 million years ago.

The fossil⁴ is valued between $5 and $8 million. All other known skeletons⁶ of its kind are already kept in museums around the world.

The skeleton is about 3 meters tall and 10 meters long.

Cassandra Hatton is the global head of science and popular culture for Sotheby's. She called the fossil "unbelievable." She said she has seen few things in her career that "inspire wonder and capture imaginations" like the Gorgosaurus skelton.

The auction is planned for July 28.

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auction– v. a public sale at which items are sold to the people who offer to pay the most

fossil –n. something (such as a leaf, skeleton, or footprint) that is from a plant or animal which lived in ancient times and that you can see in some rocks

unbelievable – adj. used to describe something that is so good it is difficult to believe

inspire –v. to cause someone to have a feeling or emotion

1 skeleton   

n.骨骼，框架，骨干，梗概，提要

参考例句：

• A long illness made a skeleton out of him.长期的卧病使他骨瘦如柴。
• Her notes gave us just the bare skeleton of her theory.她的笔记只给我们提供了她的理论的梗概。

2 auction   

n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖

参考例句：

• They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
• They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。

3 auctioned   

v.拍卖( auction的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• It was sad to see all grandmother's lovely things being auctioned off. 眼看着祖母那些可爱的东西全都被拍卖掉，心里真不好受。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• TV franchises will be auctioned to the highest bidder. 电视特许经营权将拍卖给出价最高的投标人。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 fossil   

n.化石，食古不化的人，老顽固

参考例句：

• At this distance of time it is difficult to date the fossil.时间隔得这么久了，很难确定这化石的年代。
• The man is a fossil.那人是个老顽固。

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 skeletons   

n.（建筑物等的）骨架( skeleton的名词复数 )；骨骼；梗概；骨瘦如柴的人（或动物）

参考例句：

• Only skeletons of buildings remained. 只剩下了建筑物的框架。 来自辞典例句
• It looks like six skeletons in front of that stone door! 在这石头门前看上去就象有六副骨骼！ 来自辞典例句