Specimens from all over the world come in, still encased in the rock or mud where they were found, and it's the job of the fossil preparators to get the skulls, femurs and teeth out.

世界各地的标本在被运到这里时，还被密封在岩石或发现源地的污泥之中，只有经过化石准备工作以后，那些头颅、股骨和牙齿才能显露出来。

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I tried for one last time to get my car out of the mud.

我最后一次尝试把我的车从泥巴里弄出来。

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If we all take a push at the truck, we might get it out of the mud.

如果我们都来推一把，也许能使卡车从泥里开出来。

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There, by making it harder for anything to get out of the top, the junk will give the drilling mud a better chance in a second bout of arm wrestling.

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