[11-24]英语笑话:An Exact Number 准确数字
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A tourist was visiting New Mexico and was amazed at the [/font][/color][b]dinosaur(恐龙) [/b][color=#000][font=宋体, arial]bones lying about.[/font][/color][/size][color=#000][font=宋体, arial][size=5]
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[color=#000][font=宋体, arial][size=5]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.[/size][/font][/color][color=#000][font=宋体, arial][size=5]
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[size=5][color=#000][font=宋体, arial]Well, replied the guide, a [/font][/color][b]geologist(地质学家) [/b][color=#000][font=宋体, arial]came by here and told me these bones were one hundred million years old, and that was exactly three years ago.[/font][/color][/size]
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[/size] [color=#000][font=宋体, arial]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。[/font][/color]
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