新奇事件簿 大英博物馆迎来最成功的一年

The British Museum in London had its most successful year ever in 2013. More than 6.7 million visitors passed through its doors. The previous record of 5.9 million was set in 2008. Over a million more people visited the museum last year than in 2012. The biggest attractions were two big exhibitions. One was Life and Death in Pompeii, the other was Herculaneum. The director of the museum said he was very happy that so many people came. He told reporters that many things happened last year. Many exhibits were loaned to the museum. He also said online access meant more people decided¹ to visit. He added: "This is truly a dynamic collection that belongs to and is used by a global citizenship²."

2013年的伦敦大英博物馆成为了有史以来最成功的一年。今年，博物馆接待了670万名游客。而之前所创造的590万是在2008年创造的。2013年的接待数量比2012年多出了100多万人。其中最吸引人的是两处展览。其中之一是“庞贝的生与死”，另一个是“赫库兰尼姆”。博物馆馆长称他对游客的到来表示高兴。他告诉记者说去年发生了许多事情。许多展览品都借贷给了博物馆。他还说网络使更多的人决定来参观博物馆。他补充道：“这是真真正正的展览，全球人民共享这一成果。

The British Museum has many exhibitions about human history and culture. It has about 13 million exhibits from all over the world. Some countries want the museum to return some of them. Greece wants the Elgin Marbles back. They were originally from the Parthenon in Athens. China wants the museum to return many thingsthe British took from China in the 19th century, and Egypt wants the Rosetta Stone. The museum first opened to the public in 1759. Back then, only about 75 people a day visited it. They could look at 71,000 objects, including 40,000 printed books, 7,000 manuscripts³, and many stuffed animals, birds and insects. There were also very old objects from Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Near East, the Far East, and North and South America.

大英博物馆有许多关于人类历史和文化的展览。它囊括了全球大约1300万件展览品。许多国家希望能够物归原主。希腊想要回埃尔金大理石。埃尔金大理石最初来源于雅典的万神庙。中国想要收回英国在19世纪夺走的多件宝物，埃及想要要回罗塞塔石碑。大英博物馆于1759年向公众开放，当时每天的参观人数只有大约75人。游客能够参观7万1000件物品，包括4万件印本书籍、7000件手稿以及许多动物、飞禽和昆虫标本。还有许多来自埃及、希腊、罗马、近东、远东、北美以及南美的古老物件。

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

3 manuscripts   

手稿( manuscript的名词复数 )； 原稿； 底稿； 手写本

参考例句：

• The old librarian illuminated some old books and manuscripts. 这个老图书馆员把一些古书和旧抄稿加上各种装饰。
• At his death he left a great mass of undigested manuscripts. 他去世时留下大量尚未整理的文稿。