挖掘过去2-英语听力

[00:00.183]Hawkins was a British artist who'd made a name for himself building life-size model dinosaurs for the Crystal Palace.
霍金斯是一位英国艺术家，他曾在水晶宫建造了一座一比一恐龙模型。 [00:07.603]He came up with an elaborate metal frame and reconstructed his first real prehistoric animal.
他因造出了制作精良的金属框架而在学界扬名，并首次使史前生物化石重新直立， [00:14.980]It was an instant sensation.
此举即刻引起轰动。 [00:17.316]Visitor numbers to the Philadelphia Museum doubled overnight.
费城博物馆的参观人数立即翻了一番。 [00:21.663]Suddenly, no museum of natural history could be without a standing dinosaur.
不久，全世界的自然历史博物馆纷纷展出直立恐龙模型。 [00:27.899]Today, with over 2 million people a year passing through this gallery, not much has changed.
如今，博物馆每年游客超过两百万人，而恐龙的魅力依旧如故。 [00:34.088]But this isn't just an exhibition.
不过，这不仅是一场展览秀， [00:36.647]It's a growing scientific resource with new dinosaurs adding to our understanding all the time.
更是一座建筑中的科学大厦，新出土的恐龙化石，不断为其添砖加瓦。 [00:48.789]Liz Bonnin joined the museum team on a dig near Johannesburg, South Africa,
利兹·博尼加入了挖掘小组，前往南非约翰内斯堡附近， [00:53.500]in search of the Holy Grail of dinosaur exploration, a missing link.
参观恐龙探索的一项神奇发现，进化纽带"迷失的一环"。