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英語幽默小故事 An Exact Number

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

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  "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 geologist 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(美國州名)

  (2) be amazed at 對…感到驚詫

  (3) dinosaur n.恐龍(已絕跡的巨大爬行動物)

Exercises:

根據短文判斷下列句子正(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.準確數字

  一位遊客在新墨西哥遊覽。他對隨處可見的恐龍化石甚感驚奇。

  “這些化石有多長的歷史?”遊客問一個上了年紀的當地美國人。他是作嚮導的。

  “整整十億零三年了。”

  “你怎麼這麼肯定?”遊客問道。

  “哦,”嚮導回答道,“一個地質學家來過這兒,他告訴我說這些化石有十億年了,再加上那是整整三年前的事了。”

練習參考答案:

①F②T③F④F⑤T