(man) How do they know it was the same tortoise? Could it have been a different tortoise that died there in 1918?
(woman) Tortoises don’t occur naturally on Mauritius, so Marion’s tortoise was the only tortoise on the island of Mauritius.
(man) And so this tortoise had been on the island of Mauritius for 152 years when it died.
(woman) That’s right. Marion’s tortoise arrived in Mauritius in 1766 and died in 1918, so that would make it at least 152 years old.
(man) But didn’t you say that the tortoise that was captured and brought to Mauritius by Marion de Fresne was an adult when it was captured?
(woman) Yes. So Marion’s tortoise was known to have lived for 152 years on Mauritius. But because it was an adult when it was captured in 1766 and it’s unclear how old it was at that time, it could have been considerably older than 152 years when it died, maybe 180 years or more. Two hundred years old for this type of tortoise isn’t inconceivable.
(man) So a tortoise living to the age of 200 may be possible, but there’re no verified records of such a tortoise.
(woman) Exactly!
(1)Why does the man say this: Now we can move on to discuss the next part of the chapter, the part on land tortoises
(a) To indicate the next topic for discussion
(b) To suggest a new location for the discussion
(c) To state what has previously been said
(d) To clarify why they are having the discussion
(2)Listen again——Woman: There are lots of traditional stories about tortoises that lived for hundreds of years. I do remember hearing, when I was young, about tortoises that were supposed to be one-to two-hundred years old.
Man: That couldn’t be…No way.
How does the seem to feel when he says this: “That’s couldn’t be… No way”
(a) Unhappy
(b) Incredulous
(c) Incapable
(d) Disturbed
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