纪录片《侏罗纪之谜》 第19期 叠层石

Here there were strange fossils called stramatolites.

这里有一种奇怪的化石，叫做叠层石

At the beginning of the mid-Jurassic we have these kind of structures here that represent stramatolites.

中侏罗世初期出现了这种表现为叠层石的结构

Stramatolites, like this, were form in this particular case

像这样的叠层石是在特殊情况下

in lake that occupied most of the central part of Patagonia during the early mid-Jurassic.

于中侏罗世早期形成于占据大部分巴塔哥尼亚中心地区的湖泊中

Stramatolites are formed by a kind of algae¹.

叠层石由一种藻类建造

They thrive in extreme environments which are both wet and very hot, like the mega-monsoon.

它们的兴盛依靠既湿润又干旱的极端环境，例如超级季风气候。

It was exactly what would have been expected

这与预料的情形一样

because this was before the super-continent had split up.

因为它发生在超大陆分裂之前

I think that the initial conditions of the mid-Jurassic

我认为中侏罗世的初始情况

are in accordance with this idea of dominant² mega-monsoonal climatic conditions

和统治级的超级季风气候环境是一样的

dominating, you know, the entire super-continent.

“统治”意味着整个超大陆

And then suddenly everything seemed to change. These are fossilised seed cones³.

突然，一切都开始改变，这些是球果化石。

1 algae   

n.水藻，海藻

参考例句：

• Most algae live in water.多数藻类生长在水中。
• Algae grow and spread quickly in the lake.湖中水藻滋蔓。

2 dominant   

adj.支配的，统治的；占优势的；显性的；n.主因，要素，主要的人(或物)；显性基因

参考例句：

• The British were formerly dominant in India.英国人从前统治印度。
• She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。

3 cones   

n.（人眼）圆锥细胞；圆锥体( cone的名词复数 )；球果；圆锥形东西；（盛冰淇淋的）锥形蛋卷筒

参考例句：

• In the pines squirrels commonly chew off and drop entire cones. 松树上的松鼠通常咬掉和弄落整个球果。 来自辞典例句
• Many children would rather eat ice cream from cones than from dishes. 许多小孩喜欢吃蛋卷冰淇淋胜过盘装冰淇淋。 来自辞典例句