A tourist was visiting New Mexico and was amazed at the dinosaur bones lying about.
"How old are these bones?" the tourist asked an elderly Native American, who served as a guide.
"Exactly one hundred million and three years old.
"How can you be so sure?" inquired the tourist.
"Well," replied the guide, " a geologist came by here and told me these bones were one hundred million years old, and that was exactly three years ago.
一位遊客在新墨西哥遊覽。他對隨處可見的恐龍化石甚感驚奇。
“這些化石有多長的'歷史?”遊客問一個上了年紀的當地美國人。他是作嚮導的。
“整整十億零三年了。” “你怎麼這麼肯定?”遊客問道。 “哦，”嚮導回答道，“一個地質學家來過這兒，他告訴我說這些化石有十億年了，再加上那是整整三年前的事了。”