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Scans: Fight Killed T. Rex

scienceSeptember 7, 2026·83 words·1 min read

This is a A1 (beginner) English article about scans: fight killed t. rex. Read the article below, then check the key words and test your understanding with 4 exercises. You can also listen to the audio and tap any word to see its meaning.

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Scans: Fight Killed T. Rex
Scotty was the biggest T. Rex ever found. It lived 66 million years ago. People found its bones in Canada in 1991. Scotty was very big and very heavy.
One bone still had soft parts inside. This is very rare. Scientists used special scans to look inside the bone. They saw small blood tubes in it. Nobody had seen this before.
The blood tubes tell a story. Another dinosaur hurt Scotty in a fight. The bone broke. Scotty died soon after the fight.

Key Vocabulary

n.
a very big animal from long ago
n.
hard white parts inside a body
n.
the red water inside a body
n.
pictures that show the inside of a body
v.
when two animals hit each other
adj.
not seen many times
Vocabulary Translations· 6 words · 12 languages

Every definition is context-aware — translated based on how the word is used in this article, not a dictionary.

dinosaurn.

a very big animal from long ago

khủng longdinossauro恐竜dinozordinosauriodinozaurديناصورdinosaurusдинозавр恐龙공룡
bonen.

hard white parts inside a body

xươngossoskemiklerhuesoskościعظامbottenкости骨头
bloodn.

the red water inside a body

máusanguekansangrekrewدمbloedкровь血液
scann.

pictures that show the inside of a body

ảnh chụp bên trongexames de imagemスキャン(体内画像)taramalarescaneosskanyصور مسحيةscansснимки (сканирование)扫描影像스캔 영상
fightv.

when two animals hit each other

cuộc đánh nhauluta戦いkavgapeleawalkaعراكgevechtдрака打斗싸움
rareadj.

not seen many times

hiếmraro珍しいnadirrarorzadkiنادرzeldzaamредкий罕见的드문

Check Your Understanding

Question 1: True or False

1

Many bones have soft parts inside them.

2

Scotty died soon after the bone broke.

3

Scientists saw small blood tubes in the bone.

4

Scotty lived one hundred years ago.

Question 2: Multiple Choice

How did Scotty die?

Question 3: Multiple Choice

What did scientists use to look inside the bone?

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