Unit 5 Dinosaurs
2.Listen.Read.
Bill:Fossils are boring!I wanted to go to the zoo.
Dean:Bur fossils are how we know about dinosaurs.
They walked the Earth for 150 million years!
Bill:Were any dinosaurs bigger than this one?
Dean:Oh,yes!Some grew ot be bigger than houses.
And some were smaller than my backpack.
Bill:Why aren't there any dinosaurs now?
Dean:The last ones died out about 64 million years ago.
Maybe this happened because the Earth got too cold for them.
Or some people think a comet hit the Earth.
Bill:Oh,I'm glad we weren't around then.
Hey,let's go now.How about a really exciting movie?
Dean:OK.I think I know just the noe for you.I saw it last week.
It's called Dinosaur Park!
5.Listen.Fill in the blanks.
7.Listen.Are there dinosaurs today?
Deep in a lake called Ness,in waters calm and black,
Lives a monster with large fins and a hump upon its back.
People say they see this monster in waters dark and cold.
They say it's big and brown,and probably very old.
The name the people give it is"The Monster of Loch Ness."
Could it be a Plesiosaurus?Wow!One can only guess!
Anitcl's Bones by Robert Newell
"Look at the size of those teeth!"said Marcos.
"They are huge!Like sharp spikes!
And those bony plates on its head are a meter longer than those of most other dinosaurs.
Just what kind of dinosaur is this,Dr.Anita?"
Anita smiled and looked at the big foossil again.
"I named her Anitasaurus,"Anita told him.
"Isn't she sweet?I hunted for her for years.
She's bigger than a T.rex.She's bigger than anything!"Anita picked up a chisel.
"Come on,Marcos.Help me cut the rock from her leg bone."
"The last dinosaurs died 65 million years ago,"said Marcos.
"But they are still making work for me now!"
Anita looked at Anitasaurus.The fossil was so different!
Its head was the size of a car.
And it had four horns on its head and five claws on every foot.
Anita was so happy she found Anitasaurus."Come on,Marcos,"she said.
"We want to get an award for finding this dinosaur,so let's finish working."
Clank!Clank!Clank!Anita felt as if she were falling.
But Anita's hat was hitting the bed.
She was not digging up the dinosaur,after all.
She was just dreaming she was digging up the dinosaur!
"I am going to find a real dinosaur one day,"Anita said.
"I really am.And when I find it,I am going to name it Anitasaurus!"