纪录片《地球劫难日》 第24期 研究标本

Wignall now suspected he was onto something big.

Wignall希望他能有大的发现。

The expedition spent a month amassing¹ samples.

考察队花了几个月收集标本。

They shipped back 20 crates² of rock to Britain.

他们寄回英国的标本多达20箱。

It seemed at last that the Permian killer³ might reveal its secret.

看来二叠纪杀手终将原形毕露。

Back in Leeds, Wignall realized he'd stumbled on a treasure trove⁴ of fossils.

回到利兹后，Wignall意识到他无意中发现了化石中的无主珍宝。

Buried in the rock samples were thousands of them.

岩石中埋藏了好几千个。

Many so small, they had to be extracted in an acid bath.

很多都非常小，只能通过酸浴获取。

His team was overwhelmed by what they'd got.

结果他的研究小组收获了惊喜。

We were so excited with this story that we were working weekends

这个故事令我们兴奋不已，我们一连干上几周，

and just buckets and buckets of rocks all being broke down,

粉碎一桶桶的岩石，

we, excitingly we were just sieving⁵ them through, getting all the fossils out.

每当筛选出一块化石，我们都会很激动。

Wignall's sediments⁶ began to reveal the most detailed⁷ account of the extinction⁸ ever uncovered.

Wignall的沉积物将揭露最详细并且尚未人知的大灭绝真相。

1 amassing   

v.积累，积聚( amass的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The study of taxonomy must necessarily involve the amassing of an encyclopaedic knowledge of plants. 分类学研究一定要积累广博的植物知识。 来自辞典例句
• Build your trophy room while amassing awards and accolades. 建立您的奖杯积累奖项和荣誉。 来自互联网

2 crates   

n. 板条箱, 篓子, 旧汽车 vt. 装进纸条箱

参考例句：

• We were using crates as seats. 我们用大木箱作为座位。
• Thousands of crates compacted in a warehouse. 数以千计的板条箱堆放在仓库里。

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 trove   

n.被发现的东西，收藏的东西

参考例句：

• He assembled a rich trove of Chinese porcelain.他收集了一批中国瓷器。
• The gallery is a treasure trove of medieval art.这个画廊是中世纪艺术的宝库。

5 sieving   

筛（选），筛分（法）

参考例句：

• Molecular sieving effect of the ACF based PAN was found during adsorption. 在吸附时，PAN基ACF呈现出明显的分子筛效应。
• Capillary non-gel sieving electrophoresis has made remarkable progress, especially in DNA separation. 毛细管无胶筛分电泳近年来取得了很大进展。

6 sediments   

沉淀物( sediment的名词复数 )； 沉积物

参考例句：

• When deposited, 70-80% of the volume of muddy sediments may be water. 泥质沉积物沉积后，体积的70-80％是水。
• Oligocene erosion had truncated the sediments draped over the dome. 覆盖于穹丘上的沉积岩为渐新世侵蚀所截削。

7 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

8 extinction   

n.熄灭，消亡，消灭，灭绝，绝种

参考例句：

• The plant is now in danger of extinction.这种植物现在有绝种的危险。
• The island's way of life is doomed to extinction.这个岛上的生活方式注定要消失。