BBCLearningEnglish–ListeningPageAboutthisscriptPleasenotethatthisisnotawordforwordtranscriptoftheprogrammebroadcast.Intherecordingandeditingprocesschangesmayhavebeenmadewhichmaynotbereflectedhere.關(guān)于臺詞的備注Forover2000yearsthey’veguardedChina’sfirstemperor,nowhisTerracottaArmyareonthemove.Forthefirsttime,they’recomingtotheBritishMuseumforamajorexhibition. o,歡迎收聽BBC英語教學，我是Oliver AndI’mHelen.TodaywestartwithaninvasionofLondonbywarriorsfromanancientChinesearmywhosesoldiershavestoodguardoveradeademperorforover2000years. 我們正在談論的是世界上最著名的一支陶俑，Helen,doyouknowwhy兵馬俑istranslatedas‘TerracottaArmy’? Well,Ithinkthenamecomesfromthefactthatthefiguresaremadewithterracottawhichisakindofbrown-orangeclay. Terracotta是用來制作這些陶俑的褐色粘土，這也就是兵馬俑英文名稱的由 Now,let’shearabitmoreaboutwhenthishugeTerracottaArmywasunearthed.ThestoryoftheTerracottaArmyamazedtheworldwhenfiguresfirstbegantoemergefromChinesesoilin1974. AlthoughtheTerracottaArmywasmadeover2000yearsago,it’sreallyarecentdiscovery,isn’titOliver? unbelievablethatsomethingasbigasthiswasn’tfound AndIthinkthediscoveryisn’toveryet.Onlypartofthetombhasbeenexcavatedsofar.TheystoodinundergroundpitsnearthetombmoundofthefirstEmperor,QingShuangDi,themanwhoconqueredkingdomsandformedanewnationwhichsurvivestothisdayasChina. That’saveryquicklessoninhistory.做為，我知道兵馬俑的創(chuàng)造 Hewasthemanwhoconqueredkingdomsandformedanewnation.Conquermeanstotakecontrolofforeignlandoragroupofpeoplebyforce. Conquer征服，通過占領，取得權(quán)。征服了很多小國家，并Hewasalsoamegalomaniac,andhewantedtoruleforever.Herecreatedhisentireimperialcourt:soldiers,generals,entertainersandanimalsinlife-sizedterracotta,topanyhimintheafterlife. Hewasalsoamegalomaniac,it’sabigword.Basically,itmeansawhohasgreatdesireforpowerandcontrol.Hebelievedthathewasveryveryimportantandwantedtohavepower A SothefirstEmperorofChinarecreatedhisentireimperialcourtin 完整的entire,皇宮庭院imperialcourt.完整的再造了他的皇宮庭 panyhiminthe 死后afterlife,希望在他死后在仍然可以他的王國。That’sprobablyeveryemperor’sdream. Amonthbeforethe‘FirstEmperor’showisduetoopen,themuseumhasalreadysoldnearly60,000advancetickets. ThisshowsthattheBritishpublicisgenuinelyinterestedintheTerracottaArmy. 據(jù)了解，這個展覽將一直持續(xù)到明年四月。Andhowmanypeopleareexpectedtovisittheshow? Well,themuseumpredictsthathalfamillionpeopleareexpectedtoseetheexhibition. That’spretty Yes,andasthefirstshipmentarrivedinLondon,NeilMcGregor,directorofBritishMuseum,wasexcitedtoshowusaround. HealsoremindeduswhythestoryofthefirstemperorisworthIt’simportantbecausethefirstEmperorisoneofthemenwhochangedthehistoryoftheworld.HemakesChinaandinsomesenseit’stheChinathatwe’restilllivingwithtoday.Buthealsomakeshistomb,andit’satombonascalethatreallydoesn’thaveanyequalanywhereintheworld. 嗯，剛才我們聽到了一個西方人眼中的是什么樣子的。Neil說是 Hechangedthehistoryoftheworld.HemadeChinaandit’sChinawe’restilllivingwith Andthetombhecreatedisonsuchascale. Ascale,在這里是指范圍大小。 It’ssobig,there’snoothertombintheworldlikeit,oratleastnotdiscoveredyet. Goodquestion.HowcanvisitorsgetafeelofthismassivetombintheBritishMuseum?We’renotgoingtobeabletogiveyouthesenseofthemassivescale,althoughwe’llbeabletoshowthatbyprojectionsonthescreensaroundthereadingroom. No,themuseumcan’tgiveusthesenseofmassivescale.Buttherewillbeprojectionsoftheactualtombsiteonscreens. Projection投影，在陵和兵馬俑坑拍攝的畫面將會通過投影展示在屏 SowhatelsecanvisitorsdoattheLondonexhibitionWhatyouwillbeabletodointheBritishMuseumislookthesefiguresintheeye.You’regoingtobeabletoseehowtheyweremade,whatextraordinaryworksofart,worksofsculpturetheyare,andexaminethemonebyoneandengagewiththemasseparateobjects.Andthat’ssomethingveryhardtodoinXian,butwithasmallernumberintheBritishMuseum,you’llbeabletodoithere. Neil關(guān)于這次兵馬俑倫敦之行的介紹非常有，盡管倫敦觀眾不能感受到 That’sthekeysellingpointhere.Youcangetveryclosetothesefigures.Youcanlookthemintheeye. 可以和或某物面對面tolooksomeoneintheeye.這是一個常用短語，它還包括了另一個意思，那就是問心無愧的正視。 Youcanseehowtheyweremade. Appreciatewhatextraordinaryworksofartandworksofsculpturetheyare. Youcanalsoexaminethemas Lookateachoneofthemindetail,engagewiththemandthat’ssomethingyoucan’tdoin That’sright如果說在西安看到的是氣勢恢宏的兵馬俑坑，那在倫敦大英博WhatyouwillbeabletodointheBritishMuseumislookthesefiguresintheeye.You’regoingtobeabletoseehowtheyweremade,whatextraordinaryworksofart,worksofsculpturetheyare,andexaminethemonebyoneandengagewiththemasseparateobjects.Andthat’ssomethingveryhardtodoinXian,butwithasmallernumberintheBritishMuseum,you’llbeabletodoithere. o,you’relisteningtoBBCLearningEnglishandtodaywe’reatthepreparationgroundforthenewTerracottaArmyexhibitionin Eventhoughwealreadyknowthatthere’sonlygoingtobeadozenterracottafiguresondisplay,themuseumhasdedicatedabigexhibitionareaforit. There’saraisedplatform,underneathanamazingdomedit’salmost araisedplatform.adomedceiling你別說，That’swhatworkedoutverypleasingly,becausetheonlyspacebigenoughtoshowthisexhibitionwasthereadingroom.Sowebuiltaplatformoverthedesksandtables,andwhatyouhaveleftisthiswonderfulcylinderanddome,anditdoesfeelasifyou’reinatomb. Andinthemiddleofthisnewlycreatedexhibitionspace,thereareboxesandbigcontainers. ThisisChristmas,asyoucansee,theboxesonthetable,they’reallwrappedandwe’reslowlyunwrapthe It’sChristmastothemuseum ThisisthegreatmomentwherecolleaguesfromChinaareheretosupervisetheopening,andtheconditioncheckconductedbybothsides,theChineseandtheBritishMuseumside.Andit’sthemostexcitingmomentofanyexhibition,becausethisiswhatwe’veseenindifferentplacesinChina,orsometimesinseenonlyfromphotographs,andnowtheboxesarehere,andasweunwrapthem,thethingsarehereinLondon. Everythingishandledwithextreme Ofcourse,thatgoeswithoutsaying現(xiàn)場還有來自中國的專家對開箱工 Supervisetheopening.Thereisaconditioncheckbybothsides,theChineseandtheBritish. AndNeilexplainsthatthere’sa24hourperiodfortheclayfigurestoacclimatize. That’swhatwehope.Imeanthesearethemostexcitingthingstolookat,becauseweknowthatinherearethefirstofthefull-sizedterracottafigures.Andafterthey’vecomeofftheplaneandthroughcustoms,theysitforabitheretoadapttothechangeintemperature,hu