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103.An Exact Number

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  A tourist was visiting New Mexico and was amazed at the dinosaur1 bones lying about.

  "How old are these bones?" the tourist asked an elderly Native American, who served as a guide.

  "Exactly one hundred million and three years old.

  "How can you be so sure?" inquired the tourist.

  "Well," replied the guide, " a geologist2 came by here and told me these bones were one hundred million years old, and that was exactly three years ago.

Notes:

  (1) New Mexico 新墨西哥(美国州名)

  (2) be amazed at 对…感到惊诧

  (3) dinosaur n.恐龙(已绝迹的巨大爬行动物)

Exercises:

根据短文判断下列句子正(T)、(F):

  ① The tourist was frightened by the dinosaur bones lying about.

  ② The elderly native American served as a guide.

  ③ The guide knew exactly how old the bones were.

  ④ The guide told the tourist the history of the bones.

  ⑤ The guide believed what the geologist had said.

103.准确数字

  一位游客在新墨西哥游览。他对随处可见的恐龙化石甚感惊奇。

  “这些化石有多长的历史?”游客问一个上了年纪的当地美国人。他是作向导的。

  “整整十亿零三年了。”

  “你怎么这么肯定?”游客问道。

  “哦,”向导回答道,“一个地质学家来过这儿,他告诉我说这些化石有十亿年了,再加上那是整整三年前的事了。”

练习参考答案:

①F②T③F④F⑤T


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1 dinosaur xuSxp     
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 geologist ygIx7     
n.地质学家
参考例句:
  • The geologist found many uncovered fossils in the valley.在那山谷里,地质学家发现了许多裸露的化石。
  • He was a geologist,rated by his cronies as the best in the business.他是一位地质学家,被他的老朋友们看做是这门行当中最好的一位。
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