VOA慢速英语:Dinosaur Death Leads to Rise of Fish

1. The event led to a global mass extinction that has been linked to the end of the dinosaurs.

lead to 导致; 把…带到
例句：That may lead to a serious split in our class.
那可能导致我们班的严重分裂。

2. But, scientist Elizabeth Sibert says there were other important species as well.

as well 也，还有
例句：Other technologies work as well or better.
其他技术同样可以，或者更好。

3. "We see that instead of having about equal number of shark fossils and fish fossils, we see that the fish fossils more than double and that trend continues while the shark fossils stay approximately the same."

instead of 代替，而不是
例句：I should take my rest now instead of later.
我现在就得休息，而不是一会。

4. This permitted animals in the middle of the chain to increase their numbers.

in the middle of 在...之中
例句：It landed smack(-dab) in the middle of the carpet.
那东西正好落在地毯的中央。

5. She will try to learn from it how the fish dealt with other stresses in the ocean, like global warming. 

learn from 向…学习
例句：It' s necessary for us to learn from each other.
我们之间互相学习是必要的。
deal with 应付; 对待; 惠顾
例句：We need a diplomat to deal with these problems.
我们需要一个外交家来处理这些问题。