1. I found that there were these rings in every specimen except for the smallest. 我发现这些环在所有的标本中都存在，最小的除外。
2. The snake has been named Silver Boa because it is metal-colored and the first specimen found was climbing a silver palm tree. 这条蛇被命名为银蟒，因为它呈金属色，并且第一个被发现的标本当时正在爬一棵银色棕榈树。
3. The snake has been named silver boa because it is metallic colored and the first specimen found was climbing a silver palm tree. 这种蛇被命名为银蟒，因为它是金属色的，而且发现的第一个标本是爬一棵银色的棕榈树。
4. If evolution had been a continuous, gradual process, one might expect that almost every fossil specimen would be slightly different from every year. 如果进化一直以来都是一个持续的、渐进的过程，人们可能会认为，几乎每年的化石样本都会存在细微的差别。
5. The specimen, complete with surrounding rock, had been on display for the past 50 years at a museum in Poland, but amazingly no one had spotted the footprint. 这个标本连同周围的岩石，在过去的50年里一直在波兰的一家博物馆陈列，但令人惊讶的是，从未有人发现这个脚印。
