Pliocene names a stretch of Earth’s past. It started about five million years ago and went on until about three million years ago — just before the time of the great ice ages.

Pliocene names a stretch of Earth's pastPliocene指的是地球歷史上的一段時期 It started about five million years ago and went on until about three million years ago大約從五百萬年前開始，一直到三百萬年前左右 just before the time of the great ice ages就在大冰期來臨之前

Rocks, old bones in the rock, and weather from that stretch are called Pliocene. You will meet it in science class and on museum signs.

Rocks, old bones in the rock, and weather from that stretch are called Pliocene那段時期的岩石、岩石裡的老骨頭化石、還有氣候，都會被稱為Pliocene You will meet it in science class and on museum signs你會在自然課和博物館的說明牌上看到這個字

We write a capital P because it is the name of that time. It can describe something (“Pliocene fossils”) or name the time itself (“in the Pliocene”).

We write a capital P because it is the name of that time因為這是那段時期的名稱，所以P要大寫 It can describe something ("Pliocene fossils")它可以拿來形容東西，像是「Pliocene fossils」 or name the time itself ("in the Pliocene")也可以直接指那段時期本身，像是「in the Pliocene」

Though actually, it is one of a set of -cene words scientists built from Greek “new.” William Whewell coined it in 1831 for the geologist Charles Lyell, who put it in a book in 1833. Pliocene means “more new”: newer than the Miocene before it, older than the Pleistocene after it.

Though actually, it is one of a set of -cene words scientists built from Greek "new."不過其實它是科學家用希臘文「新」造出來的一整組-cene字之一 William Whewell coined it in 1831 for the geologist Charles LyellWilliam Whewell在1831年幫地質學家Charles Lyell造出這個字 who put it in a book in 1833Lyell後來在1833年把它寫進一本書裡 Pliocene means "more new"Pliocene的意思是「更新」 newer than the Miocene before it, older than the Pleistocene after it比它之前的Miocene更新，比它之後的Pleistocene更舊

We say PLY-uh-seen.

We say PLY-uh-seen唸法是PLY-uh-seen