シャドーイング練習: Reading Explorer Foundation, Unit-11 Ichthyosaurs - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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While dinosaurs walked the Earth,
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sea monsters called ichthyosaurs ruled the world's oceans.
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Icthyosaurs were ancient reptiles.
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They first appeared about 251 million years ago,
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during the Triassic period, about 20 million years before dinosaurs came about.
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True to their name, which means fish lizards in Greek, the earliest ichthyosaurs looked much like lizards with fins.
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Over a period of 100 million years, their bodies changed and they developed fish-like tails.
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They had long, narrow skulls and jaws with sharp teeth.
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These teeth were used to catch and eat animals like fish and squid.
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Their eyes were the largest ever recorded of any animal.
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In fact, one species, Temnodontosaurus, had eyes that were over 10 inches wide.
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Large eyes helped ichthyosaurs see through the dark waters of the deep ocean.
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Icthyosaurs were different sizes.
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Some were only around 60 centimeters long, but the longest were about 26 meters long.
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Icthyosaurs had paddle-like fins and a large tail,
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which helped them swim at speeds of around 35 kilometers per hour.
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Altogether, these qualities put ichthyosaurs at the top of the food chain.
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By the late Cretaceous period,
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about 25 million years before an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, ichthyosaurs became extinct.
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Some scientists believe it may have been a result of climate change.
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But the exact reason why these early sea monsters died out is still a mystery.

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