时间:2019-01-16 作者:英语课 分类:人与地方


英语课
BBC Learning EnglishPeople and PlacesChinese warriors 1 in LondonAmber: Hello, I’m Amber 2 and you’re listening tobbclearningenglish.comIn People and Places today, the Director of the BritishMuseum, Neil Macgregor, introduces us to some extraordinary(and incredibly old and valuable) people who have justarrived in London from China, for the first time!
  That’s right; there’s just been an invasion of London bythe famous Terracotta Warriors. These life-size modelsoldiers - made of terracotta (a reddish-brown potteryclay) - are over 2,000 years old! They were made for China’s First Emperor who wanted to rule forever, and soordered the recreation of his entire court – soldiers,generals, entertainers and animals – in life-sizeterracotta statues. They were to accompany the Emperor intothe afterlife and guard his tomb – his grave, his burialchamber – at the ancient city of Xian.
  Let’s go now to the British Museum where Neil is preparingfor an exciting exhibition of a number of these statues, orthree-dimensional ‘figures’. He says the exhibition won’
  t give a sense of the ‘massive scale’ – the huge size –of the figures standing 4 in the tomb in Xian, although therewill be images of the tomb projected onto the walls of themuseum.
  As you listen, try to catch what Neil says it will bepossible to do at the exhibition, that it’s ‘hard to doin Xian’.
  Neil MacgregorWe’re not going to be able to give you the sense of themassive scale, although we’ll be ableto show that by projections 5 on the screens around theReading Room. What you will be able to do in the BritishMuseum is look these figures in the eye. You’re going tobe able to see.
  how they were made, what extraordinary works of art, whatworks of sculpture they are, and examine them one by one,and engage with them as separate objects, and that’ssomething that’s very hard to do in Xian, but with asmaller number in the British Museum, you’ll be able to doit here.
  Amber: Did you catch it? Neil says in the British Museumyou can ‘look these figuresin the eye’. The expression ‘to look someone in the eye’
  means to connect with them, to make a real attempt to getto know them or understand them.
  Listen again and notice the different ways the statues aredescribed – ‘figures’,‘works of art’, ‘works of sculpture’, ‘objects’.
  Neil MacgregorWe’re not going to be able to give you the sense of themassive scale, although we’ll be ableto show that by projections on the screens around theReading Room. What you will be able to do in the BritishMuseum is look these figures in the eye. You’re going tobe able to see how they were made, what extraordinary worksof art, what works of sculpture they are, and examine themone by one, and engage with them as separate objects, andthat’s something that’s very hard to do in Xian, but witha smaller number in the British Museum, you’ll be able todo it here.
  Amber: The story of the Chinese terracotta army amazed theworld when the figures were first discovered in 1974, andthere are more figures still being unearthed 6. So thewarriors are ‘archaeological treasure’! Archaeology 7 isthe study of ancient cultures through the examination oftheir material remains 8.
  Here’s Neil describing the significance of the figures’
  arrival in London.
  Neil MacgregorThat is what is so exciting is that there’s a real chanceto see new archaeology, the newdiscoveries, that are being allowed out of China for thefirst time. And we’re just about to open them!
  Amber: Now let’s join Neil and BBC presenter 9 John Wilsonin the Reading Room ofthe British Museum as the treasure is being unwrapped!
  ‘This is Christmas!’
  – Neil exclaims!
  Neil also explains why the exhibition space has worked outso well – try to catch what shape the Reading Room is, andwhy Neil thinks it’s a good place to exhibit the ancientwarriors.
  Neil MacgregorThat’s what’s worked out very pleasingly because the onlyspace big enough to show thisexhibition was the Reading Room so we built a platform overthe desks and the tables and what you have left is thiswonderful cylinder 10 and dome 11. And it does feel rather asthough you are in a tomb.
  (So Neil, this is the moment! The first of the treasures…)This is Christmas! This is Christmas! As you can see, theboxes are on the table and they’re all wrapped up and we’
  re slowly unwrapping the presents!
  Amber: So the Reading Room feels rather like you’re in atomb! This is because it’s a‘wonderful cylinder and dome’ – a cylinder is a shapewith straight sides and circular ends, a dome is a grandbuilding with a high curved roof.
  Now here’s a recap of the language in the programme.
  warriors – soldiersa tomb – a grave, a burial chamber 3 or cave‘to look someone in the eye’ – to connect with someone,to make a real attempt to get to know them or understandthemarchaeology – the study of ancient cultures through theexamination of their material remains.

武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 )
  • I like reading the stories ofancient warriors. 我喜欢读有关古代武士的故事。
  • The warriors speared the man to death. 武士们把那个男子戳死了。
n.琥珀;琥珀色;adj.琥珀制的
  • Would you like an amber necklace for your birthday?你过生日想要一条琥珀项链吗?
  • This is a piece of little amber stones.这是一块小小的琥珀化石。
n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所
  • For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说,牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
  • The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
预测( projection的名词复数 ); 投影; 投掷; 突起物
  • Their sales projections are a total thumbsuck. 他们的销售量预测纯属估计。
  • The council has revised its projections of funding requirements upwards. 地方议会调高了对资金需求的预测。
出土的(考古)
  • Many unearthed cultural relics are set forth in the exhibition hall. 展览馆里陈列着许多出土文物。
  • Some utensils were in a state of decay when they were unearthed. 有些器皿在出土时已经残破。
n.考古学
  • She teaches archaeology at the university.她在大学里教考古学。
  • He displayed interest in archaeology.他对考古学有兴趣。
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
n.(电视、广播的)主持人,赠与者
  • Most people think being a television presenter is exciting.很多人认为当电视节目主持人是一件刺激的事情。
  • The programme dispensed with its most popular presenter.这个节目最受欢迎的主持人被换掉了。
n.圆筒,柱(面),汽缸
  • What's the volume of this cylinder?这个圆筒的体积有多少?
  • The cylinder is getting too much gas and not enough air.汽缸里汽油太多而空气不足。
n.圆屋顶,拱顶
  • The dome was supported by white marble columns.圆顶由白色大理石柱支撑着。
  • They formed the dome with the tree's branches.他们用树枝搭成圆屋顶。
学英语单词
'splodey
Abyyskaya Nizmennost'
acid-labile
Active contour
all-day sucker
anaesthaesias
anticyclonic winds
auditing from trail balance
baby capsules
borrowing potential
brom-
C. S. D.
castor meal
cheer ... up
circadian desynchronization
clean-up fund
cob money
common use terminal equipment (cute)
completest
connecting bridge
cosynes
counterbored hole
crosswind stability test
cymbidium gyokuchin makino
depnes
duty-free zone
encalypta giraldii c. mull.
engaged upon
error of item
evaporating pressure
export advanced system
express sorrow for
fair body line
fixated consumption behavior
fm/pm
free rotor gyro-stabilized inertial reference platform
fried shrimp ball
frog-eyed
fur fiber
gabb
Galanta
george is
get sb.'s number
glovemakers
Graphics Standards
Grinds my gear
hommoss
Ibba
ifscc
image retention time
iridochoroidal
jengkol
job involvement
liquid cubic
made their market of
mcbee
meat-spoilage organism
megawatt hour (mwh)
miles of travel
murried
natrium acetate
naturistically
nematocerous
new issue department
Olympic View
pee-ed
phacelias
playin
plectopheras
potws
pre-Linnean
QA analyst
Ramalina denticulata
roller friction wheel
san feliu de guixols
Sarcoptidae
serpent-
setting basin
shock acceleration acceleration
snotrag
soft surface steel hammer
soulangeana
stenostomatous
survey and tender clause
T.B.P.
thread-stitching
timetable poster
to-reose
tracheopathia osteoplastica
tricolor vidicon
two-speed hysteresis synchronous motor
two-way beam
unrustable
vasoparesis
vector root
venae basivertebrales
what for
Wolowaru
Xiyu Formation
yminted