RECORD-BREAKING DINOSAUR FOOTPRINT FOUND! Learn English With The News (Advanced English Lesson)

Welcome to JForrest English training.

I'm Jennifer.

And in this lesson you're going to learn English with the news.

We're going to read an article together and this is a very interesting article on dinosaurs.

Let's get started.

Let me read our headline.

Record-breaking dinosaur

footprint

appears on the Yorkshire Coast?

All right, dinosaur footprint.

This is the footprint here now

This of course is my hand if I put my hand into sand it will leave a print or mud or

any

type of different surface, sand mud.

Clay I can put my hand in and if I remove my hand it will leave a print on the ground

and that is what they're talking about.

But of course, with your foot, not with your hands I'm not going to show you my foot.

That would be very awkward and weird.

Okay.

Record-breaking, dinosaur footprint.

Record-breaking.

Let's talk about this because this is an adjective.

Record-breaking means either very new and or a big change from other things of its type.

So of course they have

found

other dinosaur footprints in the past.

But this one is a very big change because it is so

Large.

They're showing you the size of it here, so that's why it's record-breaking.

So you could say this year

the amount of rain was record-breaking.

So it was a big change from rain in the past.

So the amount was either really large or really small.

Now, sometimes you can describe

A company change, for example, as not record-breaking, the new initiative is not record-breaking.

So this is almost an insult because you're saying, well, it's not record-breaking, it's

not really new.

It's not really a big change.

It's very similar to what's already been done in the past.

It's not record-breaking.

So, notice here, we're using as an adjective and I'm using my verb to be too.

To be record-breaking or in the - to not be record-breaking.

Let's continue on.

So this is the dinosaur footprint, the record-breaking dinosaur footprint, a giant carnivorous dinosaur.

What is a carnivorous dinosaur?

Who do?

You know?

This is a good science.

Word, carnivorous is an adjective and it describes the eating habits.

Bids of the dinosaur or other animals as well.

Carnivore describes an animal, that eats only meat omnivore describes an animal that eats

meat and plans a bit of both and then herbivore is only

plants.

Now, keep in mind, this is a description for animals.

Only, we don't use this terminology with people to describe our diet.

It's so is an interesting point, did you know that some plans are carnivores a plant, a

plan is a carnivore that eats meat.

Well, there is a plant called the Venus flytrap and the name fly trap because it eats flies,

which is an insect.

So that's pretty cool.

But a lot of large animals including dinosaurs were herbivores.

They only ate plants.

Can you think of a dinosaur that was a herbivore or one?

Was a carnivore.

Think back to Jurassic Park?

Now this is for Animals.

Let's talk about people to describe your diet.

Well you may know the term vegetarian, this is to describe a person who doesn't eat meat,

okay.

Now there are a lot of different diets these days a vegetarian does not eat me.

Meat.

But there's also a vegan and this is a person who doesn't eat describes a person, who doesn't

eat any animal products, for example, milk butter, eggs, and even honey, because honey

is produced from bees and bees are animals.

So vegans,

Don't eat these products, but generally a vegetarian would consume milk because milk

is not the actual animal.

Now, when I say meet this includes things like chicken fish, although obviously fish

is not meat, but we just say meat to mean these products as well.

Chicken fish pork.

So, meat products, I guess you could say, animals to be more specific, who doesn't eat

meat chicken, fish, pork,

Ork animals.

So as a vegetarian vegan, we also have a pescatarian.

Now a pescatarian, this is a person who does not eat meat but does eat fish.

So a more inclusive diet.

So you could say she is she is a vegetarian for example, to be a vegetarian.

Vegan pescatarian.

Now, if you eat meat and everything, well then you don't have to specify anything because

that's just considered the normal diet at least in North America.

So remember these terms are specific to animals and these are the terms we use to describe

people's dietary preferences.

So let's continue on a giant carnivorous dinosaur likely rested or crouched down in Yorkshire

to

Crouch down is when you you lower your body, if this is my leg, I could put my leg down

like this as well.

So I crouched

down

in Yorkshire 166 million years ago whoo long time ago deeply pressing its feet into the

ground and that's how it created this footprint, right?

The Colossal creature colossal, colossal.

Means really, really big colossal.

So, if you want to be dramatic, you could say, I have a colossal problem which means

really, really big problem.

But in this case, we're talking about the creature, the Colossal creature left behind

a record-breaking footprint.

Recently, discovered along the United Kingdom's dinosaur coast, and this is the image of the

dinosaur that they think left.

And The Colossal footprint pretty big right now.

I want to quickly show you where I found this article and a tool that you can use to find

articles and help you read those articles as well.

I found this article from this amazing language learning app called linguistic.

Now, linguistic uses AI technology to help you learn from real-world content, like articles

blogs, and even a sign.

From your school in real time.

So you can see on the left hand side, they have these different categories.

So I went into the science category because a lot of students ask me to review science

articles.

So I came on to linguistic I went to the science category and I found the article.

Now I also

chose

this article because as you can see it's rated as C1 and a lot of my students asked me for

advanced articles.

So here's the article on

The linguistic app.

Now, as you're reading along, you can highlight a sentence here and it will show you the breakdown

of the sentence.

So you can learn all the vocabulary, you can save it to flashcards, you can do quizzes

with it, and you can see the top words and the article the vocabulary break down, and

you can even hear the audio and practice your pronunciation.

Now, there's this really cool quiz feature.

It will give you comprehension questions to see if you really understood the article.

So as you're reading it will quiz you to see what you remember from the article.

And right now, linguistic is giving all j4s English students, a free account.

So you can look in the description or the comment section and go create your free linguistic

account right now to help you learn from the news a lot easier.

Now, let's continue on with our

Kle thousands of dinosaur, footprints and many fossils.

Fossils are part of a plant or animal, or just the shape that's been preserved in rock,

or Earth for a very long time.

So this footprint, we would consider a fossil as well because it's the shape of the dinosaurs

foot and it's preserved in Rock.

So that is a fossil and they've been recovered

over

the years along the Yorkshire Coast, but this discovery was made in April 20-21 by local

archaeologist.

Listen to the pronunciation, don't look at the word.

Just listen, close your eyes.

Listen archaeologists, archaeologists, archaeologists an archaeologist.

Well, this is a profession, it's a job title and it's someone who's

These the building's Graves tools or other objects, a people who lived in the past.

So when you go to a museum and you look at a bowl that was from 2,000 years ago, it was

likely an archaeologist who found that bowl.

Let's continue.

Now, this is a quote from the archaeologist Western named Marie woods and she found the

footprint, the dinosaur footprint, the fossil?

I

Couldn't believe what I was looking at.

I had to do a double take a double take is when you look at something.

And then you look again really quickly, because you want to confirm that what you just saw

was accurate.

So let's say you're walking down the street and you see, Brad Pitt.

You look at this guy and then you're going to look again, was that just Brad Pitt?

You do a double take and it happens really quickly.

To do a double-take, okay, to do a double take but let's say you just got an assignment

back and you see that you got 100%.

So you look at it and then you

might

look.

Again, you have to do a double take because you can't believe you got 100%.

So you can use this in many different situations.

It's just an expression to say that you want to confirm that.

What?

You saw is correct because it's very surprising or unlikely like seeing a celebrity Brad Pitt.

So Marie Woods had to do a double take because it was so surprising seeing this giant colossal

footprint.

She said in a statement, I have seen a few smaller.

Prince went out with friends, but nothing like this.

Now notice her verb tense.

What verb tenses this?

This is the present.

Perfect.

And in this case, let me write this present perfect.

Because our timeline is an unfinished timeline.

So let's say she has seen 10 fossils.

But it's possible for her to see more fossils because she's alive.

And tomorrow, if she goes for a walk on the coast, she might see 11 fossils or one more

fossil, which makes 11 total fossils.

And then the next year, she might see another fossil.

And then her total is 12 Apostles.

So because this number can increase its considered an unfinished timeline.

And we use the present perfect.

So you might say I've been to three different

countries

but you can still go to other countries next year in the next 10 years.

20 years as long as you're alive so that's an unfinished timeline and that's why it's

in the present perfect.

Let's continue on.

Woods reached out to paleontologist, dr.

Dean Lomax test.

If there are any friends fans watching, you may know that Ross Geller, one of the main

characters from the TV show.

Friends was obsessed with Dinosaurs because he was a paleontologist.

A paleontologist is someone who studies fossils as a way of getting information about the

history of life on Earth pronunciation.

Asian listen, paleontologists, archaeologists paleontologists now Woods reached out.

This is a very common business phrasal verb, and when you reach out to someone, it simply

means that you contact someone for a specific purpose.

And that specific purpose is to discuss this fossil this colossal.

A fossil that rhymes colossal fossil, okay to reach out to now notice this preposition

because you always reach out to someone.

You do not reach out someone that's grammatically.

Incorrect.

You reach out to someone.

So make sure you got that, too.

Let's continue on.

So, Woods reached out to paleontologist, dr.

Dean Lomax to get his thoughts on what she found at.

Bernis stdin Bay.

So to get one's thoughts on is just another way of asking someone what they think about

it, their opinion to get one's thoughts on.

So that's a nice alternative.

You can add to your vocabulary.

The three-toed footprint.

So three-toed we are five well fingers on my hands toes on your feet, right?

So I have a five-fingered hands but

Dinosaurs had a three-toed foot, okay?

Remember, I'm using my hand, but they're talking about their feet.

So three toes fingers on your hands toes on your feet is one of only six to be found in

the area and the first one was found in 1934.

Concern, that the footprint might erode more.

If left along the coast to a road, this comes from the word erosion.

A road is the verb.

Erosion is the noun erosion, erosion is when something solid like soil or stone or Rock,

but it's gradually reduced or destroyed by the natural elements by water.

Rain or wind so that footprint that we saw right now it's a solid footprint but over

time

water is going to hit it and is going to gradually reduce reduce reduce reduce and that's from

erosion and eventually it will be gone.

Of course this will take many many, many years now.

Did you know that the Grand Canyon was produced by erosion?

It was produced by this giant.

Giant rock being worn Away by water and eventually it was worn away so much that it produced

the Grand Canyon.

Okay.

Concerned.

That the footprint might erode.

So be destroyed be by the natural elements.

Might erode more.

So it's already eroded some because it is very old, right?

If left along the coast, the team arranged for it to be

Safely moved fossil collectors Mark Aaron and Shea Smith carefully collected the footprint

and donated it to the Scarborough Museum and galleries.

Well that's nice.

Hudson and Lomax were able to study the footprint in detail once it was relocated.

So notice they have re here in front of the verb locate.

When something is relocated, it means it's moved from one location to another location.

Haitian.

So that's relocated moved from one location to another location and often it's done for

security reasons to protect something so they might relocate the Mona Lisa painting from

the museum to protected area, if they think there's a threat to it and then return it

to the original location.

Once a thread,

Is over.

Which enabled the researchers to learn more about the dinosaur, who left the impression

behind.

In this case, the impression is just the footprint.

The print is.

Also the impression the mark you see in the Rock.

Now enable this is just a formal way of saying, allow it was relocated which enabled the researchers,

which allowed the researchers allowed the researchers,

Searchers to learn more about it.

The duo duo means to.

So in this case, the duo represents Hudson and Lomax.

That's our Duo because Duo means to sometimes.

We see this on food menus, you might see a Duo of dips.

So you have one dip, maybe salsa and the other dip maybe guacamole so those are your two

dips so you can say chips with a

Duo of dips, which means to dips.

So you can see this on food items but it commonly refers to people a Duo that means to analyze

the shape of the foot print number of toes and claw marks.

So if I were to scratch into something that would leave a mark, I don't have claws, I

have nails.

But on animals generally they call them Claws and

Stead of nails.

So if a dinosaur scraped into the rock or the tree that would be the claw marks as well

as Impressions.

Remember, impressions are just marks left behind from the dinosaurs feet or hands made

by the dinosaur skin will.

In this case is Impressions from the skin because if the dinosaur was lying down it

would leave marks on the ground from any part of the body, the dying.

This or was touching.

Once work has been completed on the fossilized footprint.

This is just the adjective form of footprint, that's fossilized just means it's preserved

in the rock, it has become a fossil, it will go on public display, so to go on public display,

just means to be available publicly available.

Likely it will go on public display.

It will be available publicly which means if you were in Scarborough Museum wherever

that is, you would be able to see this fossil.

Wouldn't that be cool?

You can go take a selfie with it.

It will go on public display among others at the Scarborough Museum and galleries rotunda

Museum.

So that's where you can see the fossil.

So that's where article a

Lot of advanced vocabulary but very common vocabulary and now I will read the article

in full from start to finish.

So you can follow along and focus on my pronunciation.

Record-breaking dinosaur footprint appears on the Yorkshire Coast.

A giant carnivorous dinosaur, likely rested or crouched down in Yorkshire 166 million

years ago, deeply pressing its feet into the ground.

The Colossal creature left behind a record-breaking footprint.

Recently, discovered along the United Kingdom's, dinosaur Coast, thousands of dinosaur footprints,

and many fossils have been recovered over the years along the Yorkshire Coast, but this

discovery was made in April 20-21 by local archaeologist Marie Woods as she walked along

the coast, I couldn't believe what I was.

Looking at, I had to do a double take wood said, in a statement, I have seen a few smaller.

Prince went out with friends, but nothing like this Woods reached out to paleontologist,

dr.

Dean Lomax to get his thoughts on what she found.

At burn Aston Bay, the three-toed footprint is one of only six to be found in the area

and the first one was found in 1934.

Concern that the footprint might erode more.

If left along the coast the team arranged for it to be safely moved fossil collectors

Mark Aaron and Shea Smith carefully collected the footprint and donated it to the Scarborough

Museum and galleries Hudson.

And Lomax were able to study the footprint in detail.

Once it was relocated which enabled the researchers to learn more about the dinosaur who left

the impression behind

The duo analyze the shape of the foot print number of toes and claw marks as well as Impressions

made by the dinosaurs skin.

Once work has been completed on the fossilized footprint, it will go on public display among

others at the Scarborough Museum and galleries, Rotonda Museum.

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