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1、： 世界三大博物馆之大英博物馆游览攻略 小编给你一个美联英语官方试听课申请链接： 旅游英语：When the British Museum opened in 1753, it was the world s first national publicmuseum, free (as it still is) to all “ studious and curious persons.”It contains abreathtaking collection of over 8 million objects that paint an interconnected portrait of t
2、he world s cultures. But it also epitomizes the long British traditions ofexploration, quirkiness and obsessive collecting. You could spend weeks here. But don t worry; we ll guide you through.大英博物馆于1753 年对外开放，是世界上第一个国立公共博物馆，免费(至今仍然如此)对所有“勤奋与好奇的人”开放。它的藏品达到惊人的 800 多万件，为多种世界文化描绘出一幅彼此相联的画卷。但它也体现了英国长期以来
3、探索、怪趣与收藏癖的悠久传统。你可以 在这里一连呆上几个星期。但是不要担心：我们可以为你做个向导。Five Must-Sees五个必看之处If you don t have time to idly wander, start your visit with these collections.如果你没时间到处闲逛，那就从这些藏品开始吧。THE KEY TO THE ANCIENT WORLD通往古代世界的钥匙The Egyptian Galleries | Room 4埃及馆| 4号展厅This long, spectacular gallery, stretching almost the
4、 length of the museumside, houses sculptures and artifacts from about 3,000 years of ancient Egyptiancivilization. It features spectacular busts, elaborately engraved sarcophagi and themuseum s most popular exhibitthe Rosetta Stone, dating from 196 B.C. andinscribed with near-identical texts in thre
5、e scripts, which allowed linguists to develop an understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphs through comparison.这个长而壮观的展馆几乎贯穿整个博物馆西翼，藏有横跨3000 年古埃及文明的雕塑与文物。其中有壮观的半身像、精心雕刻的石棺，以及博物馆最受欢迎的展品罗塞塔石碑(Rosetta Stone) ，它大约来自公元前196 年，以三种文字刻着几乎相同的文本，令语言学家能够通过比较来发展对埃及象形文字的理解。Why It sMust See: These exhibits give an inst
6、ant idea of the magnificence, ambition and sophistication of ancient Egyptian culture.必看原因：这些展品能令人立刻了解到古埃及文化的宏伟、抱负与复杂性。What to Look For: A giant sculpture of a scarab beetle, with tenderly carved andcurving legs, and an enormous bust of Ramesses II, which inspired Percy ByssheShelley s poem “ Ozyman
7、dias. ”看点： 一座巨大的圣甲虫雕塑，有着柔和的线条和弯曲的腿，还有一座巨大的拉美西斯二世(Ramesses II)半身像，正是它启发珀西比希雪莱(Percy Bysshe Shelley)写下了奥兹曼s Middle E迪亚斯(Ozymandias) 这首诗。Nearby: Adjacent to the long Egyptian gallery is part of the museumcollecti on. In Room 6, you ll find the incredible human -headed, wingedlionstatues (883-859B.C.) t
8、hat formed the gates to the throne room of KingAshurnasirpal II of Assyria (which we now call northern Iraq). And yes, they do have five legs, because they were designed to be seen either from the front or from the side.附近：长长的埃及馆旁边是博物馆中东藏品的一部分。在6 号展厅里，可以看到不可思议的人面狮身有翅雕像(公元前883-859 年 )， 它们构成了通往亚述(今伊拉克
9、北部)的阿淑尔纳西尔帕王二世(King Ashurnasirpal II) 王座宫殿的大门。是的，它们有五条腿，因为它们是被设计为从正面或侧面观看的。ART AND MYTH IN ATHENS雅典的艺术与神话The Parthenon Sculptures | Room 18帕台农 (Parthenon) 神殿雕塑| 18 号展厅These beautiful friezes and sculptures formed part of the Parthenonon theAcropolis of Athens, built between 447 and 438 B.C. They wer
10、e removed in 1805 byLord Elgin, the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, in an attempt to savethem from further degradation, but the British Museum s possession of the ElginMarbles, as they came to be called, has long been a subject of intense controversy.这些美丽的中楣横条(friezes) 和雕塑曾经是雅典卫城帕台农神殿的一部分，
11、该神殿于公元前447 到 438 年之间建成。1805 年，英国驻奥斯曼帝国大使埃尔金勋爵(Lord Elgin) 为保护它们免遭进一步损坏，将它们拆下来带走，此后它们便被称为埃尔金大理石雕，但是大英博物馆对它们的所有权一直存在激烈的争议。Why It sMust See: These intricately carved friezes and stand -alone sculpturesoffer a richly detailed portrait of Athenian society and mores.必看原因：这些雕刻精美的中楣横条以及独立存在的雕塑丰富详尽地描绘出雅典的社会风
12、貌与习俗。What to Look For: The riveting horse shead, with its bulging eyes and veined cheeks, exhausted from drawing the chariot of the moon across the night sky. 看点：雕塑上迷人的马头，眼珠凸起，面颊上血脉贲张，它拉着月神的战车飞过夜空，已经筋疲力尽。Nearby: The Nereid Monument, a large Lucian tomb found at Xanthos (in modernTurkey), in the adja
13、cent Room 17 and is a wonderful melding of Greek and MiddleEastern figures, with nereids (mythical sea nymphs), a Persian king and a Greek army all depicted on its decorative panels.附近：旁边的17 号展厅内有涅内伊德碑像(The Nereid Monument) ，以及在桑瑟斯古城(Xanthos ，位于现在的土耳其)发现的一个巨大的卢西安(Lucian) 坟茔，这座展厅是希腊与中东文物的精彩融合，装饰板上描绘着
14、涅内伊德(神话里的海中仙女)、 波斯国王和希腊军队。THE INVENTION OF PORCELAIN瓷器的发明Chinese Ceramics (Sir Percival David collection) | Room 95中国陶瓷(珀西瓦尔大维德爵士 Sir Percival David 收藏)| 95号展厅This stunning collection of Chinese ceramics is outstanding for its beauty, rarity andhistorical value. Some pieces date back to the inventio
15、n of porcelain around 2,000years ago.这个令人惊叹的中国瓷器系列以其美丽、稀有和历史价值而闻名。一些展品可追溯到2000年前瓷器刚刚发明出来的时代。Why It sMust See: The gallery has more than 1,700 examples of breathtaking beautiful ceramic objects, both practical and fanciful.必看原因：展厅内有超过1700 件陶瓷器物，既有实用器，也有供人赏玩之物，它们的美丽 令人惊叹。What to Look For: The David Vases, probably the most important blue-and-white porcelain pieces in existence, have inscriptions near their tops that date them to1351. Sir Percival David reunited the vases in 1935, after buying them from twoseparate collections.看点：大维德
