练习材料
Lesson 26-3The past life of the earth
This is what happened to the famous Beresovka mammoth which was found preserved and in good condition. In his mouth were the remains of fir trees -- the last meal that he had before he fell into the crevasse and broke his back. The mammoth has now been restored in the Palaeontological Museum in ST. Petersburg. Other animals were trapped in tar pits, like the elephants, sabre-toothed cats, and numbers other creatures that are found at Rancho la Brea. Which is now just a suburb of Los Angeles. Apparently what happened was that water collected on these tar pits, and the bigger animals like the elephants ventured out on to the apparently firm surface to drink, and were promptly bogged in the tar. And then, when they were dead, the carnivores, like the sabre-toothed cats and the giant wolves, came out to feed and suffered exactly the same fate. There are also endless numbers of birds in the tar as well.
/ˈlɛsən/ 26-3/ðə/ /pæst/ /laɪf/ /ʌv/ /ði/ /ɜrθ/
/ðɪs/ /ɪz/ /wʌt/ /ˈhæpənd/ /tu/ /ðə/ /ˈfeɪməs/ Beresovka /ˈmæməθ/ /wɪʧ/ /wʌz/ /faʊnd/ /prəˈzɜrvd/ /ænd/ /ɪn/ /gʊd/ /kənˈdɪʃən/. /ɪn/ /hɪz/ /maʊθ/ /wɜr/ /ðə/ /rɪˈmeɪnz/ /ʌv/ /fɜr/ /triz/ -- /ðə/ /læst/ /mil/ /ðæt/ /hi/ /hæd/ /bɪˈfɔr/ /hi/ /fɛl/ /ˈɪntu/ /ðə/ crevasse /ænd/ /broʊk/ /hɪz/ /bæk/. /ðə/ /ˈmæməθ/ /hæz/ /naʊ/ /bɪn/ /rɪˈstɔrd/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ Palaeontological /mjuˈziəm/ /ɪn/ /strit/. /ˈpitərzbərg/. /ˈʌðər/ /ˈænəməlz/ /wɜr/ /træpt/ /ɪn/ /tɑr/ /pɪts/, /laɪk/ /ði/ /ˈɛləfənts/, /ˈseɪbər/-/tuθt/ /kæts/, /ænd/ /ˈnʌmbərz/ /ˈʌðər/ /ˈkriʧərz/ /ðæt/ /ɑr/ /faʊnd/ /æt/ /ˈrænʧoʊ/ /lɑ/ /bri/. /wɪʧ/ /ɪz/ /naʊ/ /ʤʌst/ /ə/ /ˈsʌbərb/ /ʌv/ /loʊs/ /ˈænʤəlɪs/. /əˈpɛrəntli/ /wʌt/ /ˈhæpənd/ /wʌz/ /ðæt/ /ˈwɔtər/ /kəˈlɛktəd/ /ɑn/ /ðiz/ /tɑr/ /pɪts/, /ænd/ /ðə/ /ˈbɪgər/ /ˈænəməlz/ /laɪk/ /ði/ /ˈɛləfənts/ /ˈvɛnʧərd/ /aʊt/ /ɑn/ /tu/ /ði/ /əˈpɛrəntli/ /fɜrm/ /ˈsɜrfəs/ /tu/ /drɪŋk/, /ænd/ /wɜr/ /ˈprɑmptli/ /bɑgd/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /tɑr/. /ænd/ /ðɛn/, /wɛn/ /ðeɪ/ /wɜr/ /dɛd/, /ðə/ /ˈkɑrnəˌvɔrz/, /laɪk/ /ðə/ /ˈseɪbər/-/tuθt/ /kæts/ /ænd/ /ðə/ /ˈʤaɪənt/ /wʊlvz/, /keɪm/ /aʊt/ /tu/ /fid/ /ænd/ /ˈsʌfərd/ /ɪgˈzæktli/ /ðə/ /seɪm/ /feɪt/. /ðɛr/ /ɑr/ /ˈɔlsoʊ/ /ˈɛndləs/ /ˈnʌmbərz/ /ʌv/ /bɜrdz/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /tɑr/ /æz/ /wɛl/.
