Sprigg moved on to other, more rewarding pursuits in the oil, gas, and mining industries.

斯普里格于是转而研究石油、天然气、矿产这些回报更高的课题去了。

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Sprigg interpreted the patterns as the fossil remains of soft-bodied creatures like jellyfish or their relatives.

斯普里格认为这是某种类似水母的软体动物化石。

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But when Sprigg first showed the imprints to leading authorities, they dismissed them as artifacts made by the weathering of the rocks.

然而他第一次拿给权威专家看的时候，专家认为这只是岩石风化留下的痕迹，不值一提。

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The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Peter Sprigg.

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Former pupil Jade Sprigg, 20, was at school with Mr Rippington's son, and went to the funeral to pay her respects to the man who taught her for four years .

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"I'm skeptical how often somebody will say, 'Hey, if you don't tell me your test results then we're not doing it, '" says Peter Sprigg, a senior fellow for policy studies at the Family Research Council.

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