Giant1Millipedes2 巨型千定虫

陈佳选译

If you are afraid of insects3， the news might be difficult to read. A fossil4found on a beach in England shows that the biggest bug5 that ever lived was thesize of a small car. The fossil is of a giant millipede. This bug could have hadhundreds of legs. Although the name“millipede”means“one thousand legs”， fewspecies6 actually have 1，000 feet. The scientists said the millipede was around 2.7meters long and weighed over 50kg.

如果你害怕昆虫，这个新闻你可能读起来很吃力。在英格兰海滩上发现的一块化石表明，有史以来最大的虫子有一辆小汽车那么大。这是一种巨型千足虫的化石。这只虫子可能有几百条腿。虽然“千足虫”这个名字的意思是“一千条腿”，但实际上很少有物种有 1000 只脚。科学家们说这只千足虫长约 2.7 米，重量超过 50 公斤。

A scientist said， “It was an exciting find.”He explained that the fossil datesback over 326 million years. The scientists said， “While we cant know for surewhat they ate， there was plenty of nutritious7 food available at the time.”

一名科學家说：“这是一个令人兴奋的发现。”他解释说，这块化石可以追溯到 3.26 亿年前。科学家们说：“虽然我们不能确定它们吃什么，但当时有很多营养丰富的食物。”

（英语原文选自：breakingnewsenglish.com）

1. giant [ ] 巨大的 2. millipede [ ] . 千足虫

3. insect [ ] 昆虫 4. fossil [ ] . 化石

5. bug [ ] 昆虫，虫子 6. species [ ] 物种