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"Howoldarethesebones
"thetouristaskedanelderlyNativeAmerican,whoservedasaguide
"Exactlyonehundredmillionandthreeyearsold
"Howcanyoubesosure
"inquiredthetourist
"Well,"repliedtheguide,"ageologistcamebyhereandtoldmetheseboneswereonehundredmillionyearsold,andthatwasexactlythreeyearsago
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②TheelderlynativeAmericanservedasaguide
③Theguideknewexactlyhowoldtheboneswere
④Theguidetoldthetouristthehistoryofthebones
⑤Theguidebelievedwhatthegeologisthadsaid
准确数字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
“这些化石有多长的历史
”游客问一个上了年纪的当地美国人
他是作向导的
“整整十亿零三年了
”“你怎么这么肯定
“哦,”向导回答道,“一个地质学家来过这儿