Day 36: A Seashell in a Moscow Quarry
On a geology field trip to a limestone quarry near Moscow, a first-year student shows his professor a stone he has just found.
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Dialogue
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A
Виктор Павлович, смотрите! В камне раковина, совсем как морская.
Viktor Pavlovich, look! There's a shell in the stone, just like one from the sea.
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B
Не удивляйтесь. Триста миллионов лет назад здесь было тёплое море.
Don't be surprised. Three hundred million years ago there was a warm sea here.
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A
Море под Москвой? И она сохранилась, несмотря на такой возраст?
A sea near Moscow? And it survived, despite being that old?
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B
Её засыпало илом, а ил за миллионы лет превратился в известняк.
It was buried in silt, and over millions of years the silt turned into limestone.
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A
А можно мне её оставить? Это же моя первая находка.
Can I keep it? It's my very first find, after all.
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B
Можно, поскольку карьер давно изучен. Только подпишите образец: где и когда найден.
You may, since this quarry was studied long ago. Just label the specimen: where and when it was found.
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