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Triceratops written by Pam Holden

帕姆·霍尔顿写的《三角龙》

One of the last dinosaurs on Earth was Triceratops. It was an enormous animal that looked like a giant rhinoceros. It may have lived with lots of other Triceratops in a herd. They were such large animals that they had to go a long way to find enough food.

地球上最后的恐龙之一是三角龙。 这是一种巨大的动物，看起来像一头巨大的犀牛。 它可能和许多其他三角龙生活在一起。 它们是如此之大的动物，它们必须走很远的路才能找到足够的食物。

Triceratops was long, tall, and heavy, with a huge head and a pointed tail. It walked slowly on four short, strong legs with hard hooves and sharp claws.

三角龙又长又高又重，有一个巨大的头和一条尖尖的尾巴。 它用四条短而强壮的腿和坚硬的蹄子和锋利的爪子慢慢地走着。

The name Triceratops means "three-horned face". It had one short horn on its nose and two much longer ones pointing forward over its eyes.

三角龙这个名字的意思是“有三个角的脸”。 它的鼻子上有一个短角，两个长得多的角向前指向眼睛上方。

Some of its bones were found as fossils more than one hundred years ago. Scientists called paleontologists put together horns and claws and teeth. They built a skeleton of Triceratops.

它的一些骨头在一百多年前被发现为化石。 被称为古生物学家的科学家将角、爪子和牙齿组合在一起。 他们建造了三角龙的骨架。

Scientists think that most kinds of dinosaurs laid eggs to hatch their babies. Triceratops grew to be one of the biggest dinosaurs. It grew and grew until it was about the size of a school bus! It had a large shield around its neck, with a zig-zag of bone at the top.

科学家们认为大多数恐龙都是通过产卵来孵化后代的。 三角龙成长为最大的恐龙之一。 它越长越大，直到有一辆校车那么大!它的脖子上有一个大盾牌，顶部有一个锯齿形的骨头。