fossils

Fossil hunters have unearthed the bones of an elephant believed to be 500,000 years old.

化石搜集者们发掘出了一具大象骨骼，据信距今已有50万年。

At this distance of time it is difficult to date the fossil.

时间隔得这么久了,很难确定这化石的年代.

The fossils at Dinosaur Cove are embedded in hard sandstones.

恐龙峡谷中的化石都嵌在坚硬的砂岩中。

Oftentimes, these fossils are not made available to science at all

科学界常常压根接触不到这些化石。

Fossils allow us to reconstruct ancient ecology.

化石可以让我们知道古时的生态环境。

Tow factors are favorable for the preservation of organisms as fossils.

有两个因素对生物化石的保存是有利的.

The fossil remains of apemen can help us infer how they lived.

猿人化石可以帮助我们推测猿人的生活情况。

Animals and plants of remote antiquity turned to fossils.

远古的动植物变成了化石.

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

As we know, rapid deforestation combined with the massive burning of fossil fuels is an explosive recipe for an irreversible disaster.

众所周知,森林的快速砍伐加上化石燃料的大量燃烧是造成不可逆转灾难的爆炸性因素。

The fossils appear to be an early form of seaweed washed up on a beach.

这些化石看上去是被海水冲上岸的一种早期的水藻。

In other words, a few countries are benefiting enormously from the consumption of fossil fuels, while at the same time contributing disproportionately to the global burden of climate change.

换句话说，少数国家从化石燃料消耗中受益巨大，与此同时对减轻气候变化的全球负担贡献不足。

Glauconite, detrital carbonate skeletal debris, marine fossils, and collophane are commonly present.

海绿石 、 碳酸盐骨骸碎屑 、 海相化石和胶磷矿普遍出现.

The fossils had been chipped out of the rock.

那些化石已从岩石上被凿了下来。

Fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas will service our needs for some considerable time to come.

诸如煤、石油和天然气之类的矿物燃料会在以后很长一段时间里满足我们的需求。

The fossil fuels ( coal and oil) are finite resources.

化石燃料（如煤和石油）属于有限资源。

Peter Forey is curator of fossil fishes at the Natural History Museum.

彼得·福雷是自然历史博物馆鱼类化石展厅的负责人。

Sedimentary rocks are thus tagged by the fossils which they contain.

沉积岩就这样以它们所含的化石作为鉴别的标记.

Oftentimes, these fossils are not made available to science at all.

科学界常常压根接触不到这些化石。

The same is true for new technologies for alleviating fossil fuel emissions.

而减少化石燃料排放的新技术同样如此。

fossils over two million years old

两百多万年的化石

The fossils may be a million years old.

这些化石可能有100万年了.

There is strong evidence that both innovation and adoption of cleaner technology are strongly encouraged by higher fossil fuel prices.

大量有力证据表明，化石燃料的高价会强烈刺激清洁技术的创新和使用。

On a global scale, 77% of energy is created from fossil fuels.

全球77%的能量产生自化石燃料。

Scientists have dated the fossils by their bone structure.

科学家根据那些化石的骨骼结构确定其年代.

Progress in the development of renewables could be fragile, however, if fossil fuel prices remain low for long.

但是，如果化石燃料的价格长期走低，可再生能源的发展进程有可能变得危及累卵。

The electricity industry consumes large amounts of fossil fuels.

电力工业消耗大量的矿物燃料。

Different fossils have been preserved in different ways-some as moulds or casts.

不同类别的化石是以不同的方式保存下来的 ― ―有的如同模型或模压品.

They were searching for fossils.

他们在找化石.

The rocks themselves bear another kind of evidence -- the fossils.

岩石本身还拥有另一种证据 ― ―化石.