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Now listen to part of the lecture on the topic you just read about.
現(xiàn)在來聽一段有關(guān)你剛剛讀到的話題的演講。
Of course there are some negative consequences of selling fossils in the commercial market, but they have been greatly exaggerated.
當然在商業(yè)市場賣化石有一些消極的后果，但是它們被極力夸大了。
The benefits of commercial fossil trade greatly outweigh the disadvantages.
商業(yè)化石交易的好處大大超過了它的壞處。
First of all, the public is likely to have greater exposure to fossils as a result of commercial fossil trade, not less exposure.
首先，因為商業(yè)化石交易，公眾能更好地而不是更少地接觸化石。
Commercial fossil hunting makes a lot of fossils available for purchase,
商業(yè)化石尋找使得許多化石都能買到，
and as a result, even low-level public institutions like public schools and libraries can now routinely buy interesting fossils and display them for the public.
所以，即使是像公立學(xué)校和圖書館這樣的低層公共機構(gòu)現(xiàn)在通常也能買到有趣的化石并把它們展示給公眾。
As for the idea that scientists will lose access to really important fossils, that's not realistic either.
關(guān)于科學(xué)家們會失去接觸非常重要的化石的機會一說，也不現(xiàn)實。
Before anyone can put a value on a fossil, it needs to be scientifically identified, right?
在任何人給一個化石冠上價值前，它都需要被科學(xué)地鑒定，對嗎？
Well, the only people who can identify fossils,
那么，唯一能鑒定化石的人，
who can really tell what a given fossil is or isn't, are scientists, by performing detailed examinations and tests on the fossils themselves.
能真正辨別一個化石是真是假的人就是在化石上做詳細的檢查和測驗的科學(xué)家們。
So even if a fossil is destined to go to a private collector, it has to pass through the hands of scientific experts first.
所以，即使一個化石注定要被私人收藏家所擁有，它首先也必須經(jīng)過科學(xué)專家的手。
This way, the scientific community is not going to miss out on anything important that's out there.
這樣，科學(xué)界不會錯過在那里的任何重要的東西。
Finally, whatever damage commercial fossil collectors sometimes do, if it weren't for them, many fossils would simply go undiscovered,
最后，不管商業(yè)化石收藏者有時候會帶來的什么樣的損失，如果不是他們，許多化石都不會被發(fā)現(xiàn)，
because there aren't that many fossil collecting operations that are run by universities and other scientific institutions.
因為大學(xué)和其他科學(xué)機構(gòu)沒有組織很多的化石收集作業(yè)。
Isn't it better for science to at least have more fossils being found,
對于科學(xué)來說，比起很多的化石完全不被發(fā)現(xiàn)這樣不是更好嗎？
even if we don't have all the scientific data we'd like to have about their location and surroundings than it is to have many fossils go completely undiscovered?
至少有更多的化石被發(fā)現(xiàn)，即使我們不能擁有全部想要的關(guān)于它們的位置和環(huán)境的科學(xué)數(shù)據(jù)。
