【英语时差8,16】国家海事博物馆

The National Maritime¹ Museum Jean: It sounds like waves on the ocean. Are we on a ship? Lily: No, no, we are here in the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.You know, it’s the leading maritime museum in the UK and the biggest of its kind in the world. Jean: Wow！Is it really? Well, this is the largest maritime museum in the world and it has some 2.5 million items in its collection. The museum has 21 galleries, over 3 different sites so we have the main museum here. Well, the museum has the uniform that Lord Nelson was wearing at the Battle of Trafalgar and you can see the bullet hole just below his shoulder, where the bullet struck him; and he later died. The breeches that he was wearing, that were cut off his body, are also in one of our galleries. We have material from the Titanic², which sank in 1912, including a watch that someone was wearing, amongst many other things. Well this is the Explorer’s Gallery which is one of the most popular galleries in the museum. When you come into it you’re standing³ on board a creaking ship with a horizon in the distance, and then you come in to see a spice table, which shows some of the different spices that were taken across the oceans in the 16th century. We also have material relating to the mapping of the world at that time. And then finally, there’s a small section on Polar exploration, including Franklin’s expeditions and some of the early expeditions to find the North Pole. Britain has such a close relationship to the sea and has had historically, and the sea has been such an important way in which Britain has defined⁴ itself that the Maritime museum provides a snapshot of how exploration, discovery, Empire, colonialism – all these things have contributed to Britain’s place in the world and into Britain’s relationships with other cultures.

1 maritime   

adj.海的，海事的，航海的，近海的，沿海的

参考例句：

• Many maritime people are fishermen.许多居于海滨的人是渔夫。
• The temperature change in winter is less in maritime areas.冬季沿海的温差较小。

2 titanic   

adj.巨人的，庞大的，强大的

参考例句：

• We have been making titanic effort to achieve our purpose.我们一直在作极大的努力，以达到我们的目的。
• The island was created by titanic powers and they are still at work today.台湾岛是由一个至今仍然在运作的巨大力量塑造出来的。

3 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• 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。

4 defined   

adj 定义的; 清晰的

参考例句：

• These categories are not well defined. 这些类别划分得不太明确。
• The powers of a judge are defined by law. 法官的权限是由法律规定的。