沙漠中发现鲸鱼，你猜是怎么肥事？【健谈英语】

【头条播报】
Paleontologists unveiled the fossilized remains of an ancient whale that inhabited the seas 36 million years ago. Mario Urbina, head of the team that discovered the skeleton, said the basilosaurus was found at the end of 2021 in a Peruvian desert, about 350 kilometers south of Lima. The desolate landscape was a shallow sea millions of years ago, and its dunes have yielded large numbers of striking primitive sea mammal remains.

【分句讲解】
①Paleontologists unveiled the fossilized remains of an ancient whale that inhabited the seas 36 million years ago. 
古生物学家公布了一头3600万年前生活在海洋中的一头古老鲸鱼的化石遗骸。

1. paleontologist n. 古生物学家
paleo- 远古的
-onto 存在
-logy 学科，学术
-ist 人（职业）
artist 艺术家

2. unveil v. 揭开，公布
veil v.遮掩，遮住；n. 面纱

He unveiled his new strategy this week. 
他本周公布了他的新策略。

3. fossilized adj. 变成化石的，石化的
fossilize v. 变成化石，石化
fossil n. 化石

The skeleton fossilized
尸骨化石化了。

4. remain n. 遗骸，遗迹；v. 留下，剩余，遗留

They ask the residents to remain in their homes. 
他们要求居民待在自己家里。

5. inhabit v. 居住（live）
habitat n. 居住地
inhabitant n. 居民

②Mario Urbina, head of the team that discovered the skeleton, said the basilosaurus was found at the end of 2021 in a Peruvian desert, about 350 kilometers south of Lima. 
发现该骨骼团队的负责人Mario Urbina介绍，该龙王鲸化石于2021年底在秘鲁一处沙漠中发现，发现地在利马以南350公里处。

1. skeleton n. 骨骼（人或动物身体里由所有骨头组成的结构）
bone n. 骨头

2. Peru n. 秘鲁（南美国家）
Peruvian adj. 秘鲁的；秘鲁人

③The desolate landscape was a shallow sea millions of years ago, and its dunes have yielded large numbers of striking primitive sea mammal remains.
这片荒地数百万年前曾是一片浅海，因此沙丘中有大量引人注目的原始海洋哺乳动物遗骸。

1. desolate adj. 无人居住的，荒无人烟的，荒凉的；（心情）孤独凄凉的

2. landscape n. 风景（everything you can see when you look across a large area of land）

3. shallow adj. 浅的，不深的；浅薄的
the shallow end of the swimming pool 泳池的浅水区

I think he is shallow and vain. 
我认为他既浅薄又虚荣。

4. yield v. 产出，孕育

His hard work yielded results. 
他的努力没白费。

5. striking adj. 震惊的

6. primitive adj. 原始的
primitive people 原始人
primitive culture 原始文明