VOA慢速英语:Large Creature Swam the Seas 170 Million Years Ago

短语讲解：

1. Thanks to technology, scientists are finally able to separate the bones from the rock.

thanks to 幸亏， 多亏， 由于
例句：I have given thanks to God for delivering me from that pain.
我感谢上帝把我从那种痛苦中拯救出来。

2.“There’s over 100 bones there, so a whole bunch of the skeleton, and now we get to get down to the fun business of actually studying it, figuring out what it is.”

figure out 想出; 解决; 计算出
例句：Slow down, and figure out how to solve your problems.
慢慢来，找出解决问题的方法。

3. The sea monster, like other ichthyosaurs, died out 95 million years ago.

die out （指物种、家族、习惯、观念等） 绝迹，消失
例句：The first half of the nineteenth century saw the duel die out.
19世纪上半叶，决斗现象就已消失。