主题：【国家地理】---犹他州发现"惊人"恐龙

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they realized that the magnitude was far more than they had expected," Foss said. "About two weeks ago they notified us that this was pretty big and we'd better come and take a look." The site, now known as the Hanksville-Burpee Quarry, is part of the Morrison formation. "[The formation is] where all the big sexy dinosaurs that we grew up learning about are most commonly found," Foss said. Matthew Bonnan, of Western Illinois University, said, "In the late Jurassic you had the largest animals that ever walked the Earth. "The sauropods sort of reached their zenith of size at this point," added Bonnan, who had just returned from the dig site.

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In just three weeks of work on federal land near Hanksville, Utah, paleontologists say they unearthed at least two meat-eating dinosaurs, a probable Stegosaurus, and four sauropods—long necked, long-tailed plant-eaters that could reach 130 feet (40 meters) long, making them the largest animals ever to have walked the Earth. 在犹他州汉克斯维尔附近的联邦国土上仅仅工作了3周，古生物学家们就声称他们挖掘到了至少2只食肉恐龙——很可能是剑龙，和4只雷龙——长达130英寸（4米），曾经漫步在地球上的最大的长脖子、长尾巴素食者。
最后由 karenyang 于 2008-07-07 12:28:20编辑

"So far [the paleontologists] have found not only scattered bones but partial and complete skeletons. It's really amazing," said Scott Foss, a paleontologist in the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM's) Salt Lake City office. “到目前为止，（我们）不仅找到了分散的骨头，还找到了局部的和较完整的骨架，这真的是令人惊讶。”在盐湖城土地管理局（BLM）工作的古生物学家Sctt Foss说。

Big Sexy Dinosaurs 巨大而性感的恐龙

Some BLM employees and many locals had known that there were dinosaur bones to be found near Hanksville. But the recent dig led by scientists from the Burpee Museum of Natural History in Rockford, Illinois, was still a shocker.一些BLM的员工和当地人都知道在汉克斯维尔发现过恐龙骨头，但是最近这次由伊利诺斯州罗克福德的BURPEE博物馆的科学家发起的挖掘，仍然是很震惊的。

"Nobody anticipated the scale or the scope of what was there. Once they started excavating, they realized that the magnitude was far more than they had expected," Foss said. “About two weeks ago they notified us that this was pretty big and we'd better come and take a look." “没人预期到骨头的长度或者面积（很大），但是当他们开始挖的时候，他们意识到这个巨大的东西远远超过了他们的想象。" Foss说, " 大约2周前，他们告诉我们这次的确非常大，我们最好过去看看。”
最后由 karenyang 于 2008-07-07 12:41:00编辑

为什么字不能改的一样大？ 第一段总要小点呢？

“The site, now known as the Hanksville-Burpee Quarry, is part of the Morrison formation. "[The formation is] where all the big sexy dinosaurs that we grew up learning about are most commonly found," Foss said. Matthew Bonnan, of Western Illinois University, said, "In the late Jurassic you had the largest animals that ever walked the Earth. "The sauropods sort of reached their zenith of size at this point," added Bonnan, who had just returned from the dig site.
“这个地方，现在大家称为Hanksville-Burpee Quarry,是莫里森地岩层的一部分。引起我们研究的这些巨大而迷人的恐龙几乎都是在这里被发现的。”Foss说。西伊利诺大学的Matthew Bonnan说：“这是侏罗纪晚期在地球上行走的最大的动物。”刚从挖掘现场回来的Bonnan还说“雷龙大概在这个时候达到了他们体型的极点。