开心一刻：An Exact Number 准确数字

开心一刻：An Exact Number 准确数字

2016-07-13 

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

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。

"How old are these bones?" The tourist asked an elderly Native American, who served as a guide.

“这些化石有多长的历史？”游客问一个上了年纪的当地美国向导。

"Exactly one hundred million and three years old."

“整整一亿零三年了。”

"How can you be so sure?" inquired the tourist.

“你怎么这么肯定？”游客问道。

"Well," replied the guide, "a geologist（地质学家） came by here and told me these bones were one hundred million years old, and that was exactly three years ago."

“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一亿年了，再加上那是整整三年前的事了。”