Big Sea Monster Found in the UK

Big Sea Monster Found in the UK

There's a big sea monster in the UK. It looks very scary. It's twelve meters long. That's as big as a house!
英國發現一隻巨大的海怪，牠長達12公尺，跟一棟房子一樣大。

It has a lizard's head. But its skull is two meters long! And its mouth has one hundred thirty sharp teeth. This monster might eat you in one bite!
牠的頭部像蜥蜴，光是頭骨就長達兩公尺，還有130顆牙齒。

Ahhh! Thinking about it makes me scared. But do we need to be afraid of this sea monster? Don't worry. It's okay. This animal is NOT alive. Scientists found its skull.
我們需要擔心這頭海怪嗎? 完全不用，因為牠早就死了。科學家找到牠的頭骨。

This animal lived 150 million years ago. That was the time of dinosaurs. This big sea monster is a pliosaur. Pliosaur means "more lizard"!
牠生活在1億5千萬年前恐龍的時代，這頭巨大的海怪是「上龍」。

Long, long ago, it was the king of the ocean. The pliosaur used its four strong flippers to swim very fast. Any other fish or ocean animal was its food.
很久以前，上龍是海洋的掠食者，牠強壯的四肢讓牠游得非常快。

But now it's a fossil. Its teeth and bones are now stones. Scientists want to study this pliosaur. They hope to learn more about this real-world sea monster.
但牠現在變成了化石。科學家想要研究上龍，希望對這頭真的海怪了解更多。

What? You see a big sea monster? Don't worry, it's not a pliosa …

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Vocabulary
上龍可不是童話故事裡的海怪，牠真的在地球上生活過。

1. skull 頭骨
Hey, I just came back from an adventure! 我剛剛探險回來。
Really? What happened? 真的嗎?發生了什麼事?
I was at this dinosaur museum, and saw a giant T-Rex skull. 我去恐龍博物館，看到一個巨大的暴龍頭骨。

2. as big as 一樣大
It's as big as my body! 跟我的身體一樣大!
No way! 不可能!
But it's true. 是真的。

3. scary 讓人害怕的
It's very scary. 它很嚇人。
Okay, what else did you see? 好吧，你還看到什麼?
A fish fossil that has hundreds of teeth! 一個魚的化石，有好幾百顆牙齒!

4. teeth 牙齒
Why so many teeth? 為什麼有那麼多牙齒?
To eat other monsters? 好來吃別的怪物?

請跟我一起讀單字。
skull頭骨
as big as一樣大
scary讓人害怕的
teeth牙齒

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Quiz
1. Where was the sea monster found?
a. The USA
b. The UK
c. The UAE

2. How many meters long is the sea monster?
a. two
b. twelve
c. twenty

3. What is the sea monster called?
a. Pliosaur
b. Lizardsaur
c. Dinosaur

Answers:
1. b
2. b
3. a

Big Sea Monster Found in the UK

There's a big sea monster in the UK. It looks very scary. It's twelve meters long. That's as big as a house!

英國發現一隻巨大的海怪，牠長達12公尺，跟一棟房子一樣大。

It has a lizard's head. But its skull is two meters long! And its mouth has one hundred thirty sharp teeth. This monster might eat you in one bite!

牠的頭部像蜥蜴，光是頭骨就長達兩公尺，還有130顆牙齒。

Ahhh! Thinking about it makes me scared. But do we need to be afraid of this sea monster? Don't worry. It's okay. This animal is NOT alive. Scientists found its skull.

我們需要擔心這頭海怪嗎? 完全不用，因為牠早就死了。科學家找到牠的頭骨。

This animal lived 150 million years ago. That was the time of dinosaurs. This big sea monster is a pliosaur. Pliosaur means "more lizard"!

牠生活在1億5千萬年前恐龍的時代，這頭巨大的海怪是「上龍」。

Long, long ago, it was the king of the ocean. The pliosaur used its four strong flippers to swim very fast. Any other fish or ocean animal was its food.

很久以前，上龍是海洋的掠食者，牠強壯的四肢讓牠游得非常快。

But now it's a fossil. Its teeth and bones are now stones. Scientists want to study this pliosaur. They hope to learn more about this real-world sea monster.

但牠現在變成了化石。科學家想要研究上龍，希望對這頭真的海怪了解更多。

What? You see a big sea monster? Don't worry, it's not a pliosa …

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Vocabulary

上龍可不是童話故事裡的海怪，牠真的在地球上生活過。

1. skull 頭骨

Hey, I just came back from an adventure! 我剛剛探險回來。

Really? What happened? 真的嗎?發生了什麼事?

I was at this dinosaur museum, and saw a giant T-Rex skull. 我去恐龍博物館，看到一個巨大的暴龍頭骨。

2. as big as 一樣大

It's as big as my body! 跟我的身體一樣大!

No way! 不可能!

But it's true. 是真的。

3. scary 讓人害怕的

It's very scary. 它很嚇人。

Okay, what else did you see? 好吧，你還看到什麼?

A fish fossil that has hundreds of teeth! 一個魚的化石，有好幾百顆牙齒!

4. teeth 牙齒

Why so many teeth? 為什麼有那麼多牙齒?

To eat other monsters? 好來吃別的怪物?

請跟我一起讀單字。

skull頭骨

as big as一樣大

scary讓人害怕的

teeth牙齒

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Quiz

1. Where was the sea monster found?

a. The USA

b. The UK

c. The UAE

2. How many meters long is the sea monster?

a. two

b. twelve

c. twenty

3. What is the sea monster called?

a. Pliosaur

b. Lizardsaur

c. Dinosaur

Answers:

1. b

2. b

3. a