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Our knowledge of dinosaurs has been transformed over recent years. And that means that when it opens, Luis' exhibition will aim to be the most scientifically accurate representation of dinosaurs ever. The science will be brought to live by a wide and varied cast of dinosaurs. But right now, the exhibition hall is a building site.
近年來人類關于恐龍的知識已經發生轉變。這意味著劉易斯的展覽開放時，必定會展現給世人最有科學依據，最準確的恐龍形象。科學將通過廣泛、多樣的角色重現恐龍的世界，但是目前展覽大廳還是一處施工場地。
We are approaching the centre piece of the exhibit, a large platform that will support three Tyrannosaurus rex, what we call a gross series of the Tyrannosaurus rex.
我們正走向展覽的中心，一個將支撐三個霸王龍的巨大平臺，我們稱之為霸王龍系列。
Because a complete T-rex skeleton has never been found, Luis' team will have to reconstruct the missing bones. Then he will have to choose poses that reflect the latest scientific thinking on how these animals stood and moved.
因為從來沒發現過完整的霸王龍骨骼化石，所以劉易斯的團隊不得不重建缺失的骨骼部位。然后還得選擇反應動物如何站立、移動的姿勢，這是最后一步科學構想。
And with three T-rexes on a single platform, he'll even be considering how they interacted, all this for animals that went extinct 65 million years ago. But dinosaurs weren't all big and scary. We are still learning more about some of T-rex's relatives and Luis will also be reconstructing a tiny chicken-sized dinosaur called Fruitadens.
要將三個霸王龍放在同一個平臺上，他甚至要考慮這些早于650萬年前就滅絕的動物之間怎么互動。然而并不是所有的恐龍體積都很龐大，恐怖。我們仍然要學習更多關于霸王龍系列的知識，劉易斯也會重建一只叫做果齒龍小型恐龍，它的尺寸只相當于一只雞。
As you come in to the other gallery, there's gonna be a platform with a very large dinosaur, a long neck called Mamenchisaurus and a tiny little one, the tiny Fruitadens—the smallest dinosaur in North America.
當你走進另一間展館，里面將有一個平臺用來展示一只名叫馬門溪龍的長頸巨型恐龍，以及一只小型的果齒龍——南美最小的恐龍。
They have to build Fruitadens from a little more than these fossil remains. It's never been reconstructed before. So working out what it looked like is a huge challenge. And Luis' team will be doing much more than just piecing bones back together, they'll be creating a life-like model of the animal, which means adding muscles and skin.
他們必須從這些僅存的化石遺跡中塑造一個果齒龍模型。之前從未重建過果齒龍。因此推算果齒龍的摸樣是一個巨大的挑戰。劉易斯的研究團隊要做的遠遠不止將骨骼片段拼湊在一起。他們會創造一個個栩栩如生的動物模型，這就意味著要在骨骼上添加肌肉和皮膚。
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