103.An Exact Number_英语幽默故事

　a tourist was visiting new mexico and was amazed at the dinosaur bones lying about.

　"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（美国州名）

　(2) be amazed at 对…感到惊诧

　(3) dinosaur n.恐龙（已绝迹的巨大爬行动物）

exercises:

根据短文判断下列句子正（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.准确数字

　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？”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。”

练习参考答案：

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