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BBCLearningEnglish–ListeningPageAboutthisscriptPleasenotethatthisisnotawordforwordtranscriptoftheprogrammebroadcast.Intherecordingandeditingprocesschangesmayhavebeenmadewhichmaynotbereflectedhere.关于台词的备注Forover2000yearsthey’veguardedChina’sfirstemperor,nowhisTerracottaArmyareonthemove.Forthefirsttime,they’recomingtotheBritishMuseumforamajorexhibition. o,欢迎收听BBC英语教学，我是Oliver AndI’mHelen.TodaywestartwithaninvasionofLondonbywarriorsfromanancientChinesearmywhosesoldiershavestoodguardoveradeademperorforover2000years. 我们正在谈论的是世界上最著名的一支陶俑，Helen,doyouknowwhy兵马俑istranslatedas‘TerracottaArmy’? Well,Ithinkthenamecomesfromthefactthatthefiguresaremadewithterracottawhichisakindofbrown-orangeclay. Terracotta是用来制作这些陶俑的褐色粘土，这也就是兵马俑英文名称的由 Now,let’shearabitmoreaboutwhenthishugeTerracottaArmywasunearthed.ThestoryoftheTerracottaArmyamazedtheworldwhenfiguresfirstbegantoemergefromChinesesoilin1974. AlthoughtheTerracottaArmywasmadeover2000yearsago,it’sreallyarecentdiscovery,isn’titOliver? unbelievablethatsomethingasbigasthiswasn’tfound AndIthinkthediscoveryisn’toveryet.Onlypartofthetombhasbeenexcavatedsofar.TheystoodinundergroundpitsnearthetombmoundofthefirstEmperor,QingShuangDi,themanwhoconqueredkingdomsandformedanewnationwhichsurvivestothisdayasChina. That’saveryquicklessoninhistory.做为，我知道兵马俑的创造 Hewasthemanwhoconqueredkingdomsandformedanewnation.Conquermeanstotakecontrolofforeignlandoragroupofpeoplebyforce. Conquer征服，通过占领，取得权。征服了很多小国家，并Hewasalsoamegalomaniac,andhewantedtoruleforever.Herecreatedhisentireimperialcourt:soldiers,generals,entertainersandanimalsinlife-sizedterracotta,topanyhimintheafterlife. Hewasalsoamegalomaniac,it’sabigword.Basically,itmeansawhohasgreatdesireforpowerandcontrol.Hebelievedthathewasveryveryimportantandwantedtohavepower A SothefirstEmperorofChinarecreatedhisentireimperialcourtin 完整的entire,皇宫庭院imperialcourt.完整的再造了他的皇宫庭 panyhiminthe 死后afterlife,希望在他死后在仍然可以他的王国。That’sprobablyeveryemperor’sdream. Amonthbeforethe‘FirstEmperor’showisduetoopen,themuseumhasalreadysoldnearly60,000advancetickets. ThisshowsthattheBritishpublicisgenuinelyinterestedintheTerracottaArmy. 据了解，这个展览将一直持续到明年四月。Andhowmanypeopleareexpectedtovisittheshow? Well,themuseumpredictsthathalfamillionpeopleareexpectedtoseetheexhibition. That’spretty Yes,andasthefirstshipmentarrivedinLondon,NeilMcGregor,directorofBritishMuseum,wasexcitedtoshowusaround. HealsoremindeduswhythestoryofthefirstemperorisworthIt’simportantbecausethefirstEmperorisoneofthemenwhochangedthehistoryoftheworld.HemakesChinaandinsomesenseit’stheChinathatwe’restilllivingwithtoday.Buthealsomakeshistomb,andit’satombonascalethatreallydoesn’thaveanyequalanywhereintheworld. 嗯，刚才我们听到了一个西方人眼中的是什么样子的。Neil说是 Hechangedthehistoryoftheworld.HemadeChinaandit’sChinawe’restilllivingwith Andthetombhecreatedisonsuchascale. Ascale,在这里是指范围大小。 It’ssobig,there’snoothertombintheworldlikeit,oratleastnotdiscoveredyet. Goodquestion.HowcanvisitorsgetafeelofthismassivetombintheBritishMuseum?We’renotgoingtobeabletogiveyouthesenseofthemassivescale,althoughwe’llbeabletoshowthatbyprojectionsonthescreensaroundthereadingroom. No,themuseumcan’tgiveusthesenseofmassivescale.Buttherewillbeprojectionsoftheactualtombsiteonscreens. Projection投影，在陵和兵马俑坑拍摄的画面将会通过投影展示在屏 SowhatelsecanvisitorsdoattheLondonexhibitionWhatyouwillbeabletodointheBritishMuseumislookthesefiguresintheeye.You’regoingtobeabletoseehowtheyweremade,whatextraordinaryworksofart,worksofsculpturetheyare,andexaminethemonebyoneandengagewiththemasseparateobjects.Andthat’ssomethingveryhardtodoinXian,butwithasmallernumberintheBritishMuseum,you’llbeabletodoithere. Neil关于这次兵马俑伦敦之行的介绍非常有，尽管伦敦观众不能感受到 That’sthekeysellingpointhere.Youcangetveryclosetothesefigures.Youcanlookthemintheeye. 可以和或某物面对面tolooksomeoneintheeye.这是一个常用短语，它还包括了另一个意思，那就是问心无愧的正视。 Youcanseehowtheyweremade. Appreciatewhatextraordinaryworksofartandworksofsculpturetheyare. Youcanalsoexaminethemas Lookateachoneofthemindetail,engagewiththemandthat’ssomethingyoucan’tdoin That’sright如果说在西安看到的是气势恢宏的兵马俑坑，那在伦敦大英博WhatyouwillbeabletodointheBritishMuseumislookthesefiguresintheeye.You’regoingtobeabletoseehowtheyweremade,whatextraordinaryworksofart,worksofsculpturetheyare,andexaminethemonebyoneandengagewiththemasseparateobjects.Andthat’ssomethingveryhardtodoinXian,butwithasmallernumberintheBritishMuseum,you’llbeabletodoithere. o,you’relisteningtoBBCLearningEnglishandtodaywe’reatthepreparationgroundforthenewTerracottaArmyexhibitionin Eventhoughwealreadyknowthatthere’sonlygoingtobeadozenterracottafiguresondisplay,themuseumhasdedicatedabigexhibitionareaforit. There’saraisedplatform,underneathanamazingdomedit’salmost araisedplatform.adomedceiling你别说，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现场还有来自中国的专家对开箱工 Supervisetheopening.Thereisaconditioncheckbybothsides,theChineseandtheBritish. AndNeilexplainsthatthere’sa24hourperiodfortheclayfigurestoacclimatize. That’swhatwehope.Imeanthesearethemostexcitingthingstolookat,becauseweknowthatinherearethefirstofthefull-sizedterracottafigures.Andafterthey’vecomeofftheplaneandthroughcustoms,theysitforabitheretoadapttothechangeintemperature,hu