新托福tpo 13综合写作详细解析(十三)

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1、智课网TOEFL备考资料新托福TPO13综合写作详细解析（十三）摘要：新托福TPO13综合写作详细解析阅读材料：Privatecollectorshavebeensellingandbuyingfossils,thepetrifiedremainsofancientorganisms,eversincetheeighteencentury.Inrecentyears,however,thesaleoffossils,particularlyofdinosaursandotherlargevertebrateshasgrownintoabigbusiness.Rar

2、eandimportantfossilsarenowbeingsoldtoprivateownershipformillionsofdollars.Thisisanunfortunatedevelopmentforbothscientistsandthegeneralpublic.私人化石收藏家们从十八世纪就开始涉足化石买卖。所谓化石是指那些古代有机体的石化物。然而最近几年，化石买卖，尤其是恐龙和其他大型脊椎动物的化石的买卖变得繁荣起来了。稀有而重要的化石现在以百万计的价格在私人搜藏家之间流通。这种现象无论对于科学家还是对于公众来说，都不是一件好事情。Thepub

3、licsuffersbecausefossilsthatwouldotherwisebedonatedtomuseumswhereeveryonecanseethemaresoldtoprivatecollectorswhodonotallowthepublictoviewtheircollections.Makingitharderforthepublictoseefossilscanleadtoadeclineinpublicinterestinfossils,whichwouldbeapity.化石不在捐赠给博物馆而是由私人收藏家持有，而不是像过去那样捐赠给

4、博物馆。私人收藏家不会让公众看他的藏品，而博物馆里的展品却是人人有机会看到的。这样对于公众来说是受损的。接触化石的机会变少会让大众失去对化石的兴趣的，而这一点显然是令人遗憾的。Moreimportantly,scientistsarelikelytoloseaccesstosomeofthemostimportantfossilsandtherebymissoutonpotentiallycrucialdiscoveriesaboutextinctlifeforms.Wealthyfossilbuyerswithadesiretoowntherarestandmo

5、stimportantfossilscanspendvirtuallylimitlessamountsofmoneytoacquirethem.Scientistsandthemuseumsanduniversitiestheyworkforoftencannotcompetesuccessfullyforfossilsagainstmillionairefossilbuyers.更重要的是，科学家将错失很多研究珍贵化石的机会，进而可能同一些关于灭绝生物的重大发现失之交臂。富有的化石购买者因为对稀有而重要化石的强烈渴望，将会不计成本地想得到这些化石。科学家和他们所

6、服务的博物馆和大学都无力同那些身价百万的化石购买者竞争，也只能坐视失去化石。Moreover,commercialfossilcollectorsoftendestroyvaluablescientificevidenceassociatedwiththefossilstheyunearth.Mostcommercialfossilcollectorsareuntrainedoruninterestedincarryingoutthecarefulfieldworkanddocumentationthatrevealthemostaboutanimallifein

7、thepast.Forexample,scientistshavelearnedaboutthebiologyofnest-buildingdinosaurscalledoviraptorsbycarefullyobservingtheexactpositionofoviraptorsfossilsinthegroundandthepresenceofotherfossilsintheimmediatesurroundings.Commercialfossilcollectorstypicallypaynoattentiontohowfossilslieinthe

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