Small dinosaur fit for the living room to be sold at Paris auction

 

適合客廳的小恐龍將在巴黎拍賣會上出售

【摘要2023-02-18.六.自由】◎周虹汶

A small dinosaur skeleton will go on sale in Paris next month and is estimated to sell for between 400,000 and 500,000 euros, auction house Giquello said.

「吉奎羅」拍賣行說，一具小型恐龍的骨架下月將於巴黎開賣，預估售價在40萬至50萬歐元之間。

Unlike huge dinosaur skeletons sold at earlier auctions, the fossilized iguanodon skeleton stands just 1.3 metre high and is three metres long. It was discovered in 2019 in Colorado, U.S., during road-building on private land.

與先前拍賣會上出售的巨大恐龍骨架不同，這具已經變成化石的禽龍屬骨架，立起來僅1.3公尺高、3公尺長。它於2019年在美國科羅拉多州私人土地築路時被發現。

"It’s a dinosaur for a living room," auctioneer Alexandre Giquello said, referring to the size.

拍賣商亞歷山得‧吉奎羅說，「這是客廳的恐龍」，他指的是尺寸。

The creature is estimated to have lived more than 150 million years ago. Its remains have been restored by a team of Italian paleontologists.(Reuters)

此生物估計生活在逾1.5億年以前。它的遺骸已由一個義大利古生物學家團隊修復。（路透）

Dictionary 新聞辭典

skeleton：名詞，指骨骼、骨架、框架、架構、綱要。例句：His long illness reduced him to a skeleton.（長期疾病使他瘦到皮包骨。）

fossilized：形容詞，指變成化石的、石化的、因循守舊的、一成不變的。例句：This could not be achieved eventually due to the fossilized policy.（由於政策僵化，終究未能成事。）

refer to：片語動詞，指簡短提及、涉及、相關、請教、參考、打聽、歸因於、歸類於。例句：Don’t refer to this matter again.（別再提這件事了。）