含有化石的

Fanned by a constant updraught of ventilation between the kitchen and the chimneyflue, ignition was communicated from the faggots of precombustible fuel to polyhedral masses of bituminous coal, containing in compressed mineral form the foliated fossilised decidua of primeval forests which had in turn derived their vegetative existence from the sun, primal source of heat, transmitted through omnipresent luminiferous diathermanous ether.

这种煤炭含有原始森林的落叶堆积后凝缩而成的矿物状化石；森林之发育生长靠的是热源--太阳，而热又是由那普遍存在、传光并透热的能媒传导的。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。