英语听力：探索发现 2012-06-13 恐龙是怎样的炼成的—11

 The pose in which the dinosaur¹ is hung while being true to science will also involve a degree of artistic² interpretation³ to really bring the exhibit to life. 

 

A little bit more of a side way within it. (Ok.) Because it’s a little too flat. It’s not moving well. Myself and Kelvin have been working on the tail. And I personally don’t like the way it looks. We’re gonna be actually taking that down next week and putting a slight bend in that to give it a little bit more life. But it’s just a visual movement. For instance, we might change the toes just a little bit to get this thing a sneaking⁴ feeling or a pausing feeling. But it’s very, very, very subtle. You might move one toe just one inch in one direction and that changes how you visualise this whole thing.

 

But putting dinosaurs⁵ back together is about more than just reconstructing skeletons. We need to work out how they stood, how they moved and even understand the details of their physiology⁶. And that’s not something that’s easy to get right. For example, we used to think that T. Rex held its head high, with its tail dragging along the ground. We saw it as a cold-blooded, lizard-like creature. It wasn’t until recently that T. Rex became a forward-thrusting aggressor, so fast it could apparently⁷ outrun a car. So how did a T. Rex stand? And was it really that quick? 

 

Paleontologists now have access to an incredible set of clues that can help us understand the posture⁸ and movement of dinosaurs. It’s a set of clues that can tell us what they might have looked like in the flesh, a set of clues that can even shed light on how quickly they might have run and a set of clues that we all see every day.

 

Birds are the living descendents of a dinosaur because dinosaurs have living descendents. Dinosaurs are not extinct. They did not become extinct at the end of the Mesozoic Era.

1 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。

2 artistic   

adj.艺术(家)的，美术(家)的；善于艺术创作的

参考例句：

• The picture on this screen is a good artistic work.这屏风上的画是件很好的艺术品。
• These artistic handicrafts are very popular with foreign friends.外国朋友很喜欢这些美术工艺品。

3 interpretation   

n.解释，说明，描述；艺术处理

参考例句：

• His statement admits of one interpretation only.他的话只有一种解释。
• Analysis and interpretation is a very personal thing.分析与说明是个很主观的事情。

4 sneaking   

a.秘密的，不公开的

参考例句：

• She had always had a sneaking affection for him. 以前她一直暗暗倾心于他。
• She ducked the interviewers by sneaking out the back door. 她从后门偷偷溜走，躲开采访者。

5 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》

6 physiology   

n.生理学，生理机能

参考例句：

• He bought a book about physiology.他买了一本生理学方面的书。
• He was awarded the Nobel Prize for achievements in physiology.他因生理学方面的建树而被授予诺贝尔奖。

7 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

8 posture   

n.姿势，姿态，心态，态度；v.作出某种姿势

参考例句：

• The government adopted an uncompromising posture on the issue of independence.政府在独立这一问题上采取了毫不妥协的态度。
• He tore off his coat and assumed a fighting posture.他脱掉上衣，摆出一副打架的架势。