準確數字
An Exact Number
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（美國州名）
（2） be amazed at 對…感到驚詫
（3） dinosaur n.恐龍（已絕跡的巨大爬行動物）
Exercises：
根據短文判斷下列句子正（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.
一位游客在新墨西哥游覽。他對隨處可見的恐龍化石甚感驚奇。
“這些化石有多長的歷史？”游客問一個上了年紀的當地美國人。他是作向導的。
“整整十億零三年了。”
“你怎么這么肯定？”游客問道。
“哦，”向導回答道，“一個地質學家來過這兒，他告訴我說這些化石有十億年了，再加上那是整整三年前的事了。”
練習參考答案：
①F②T③F④F⑤T
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