这儿附近有许多著名的历史遗迹

UnitEightAttheMuseumPartICultureBackgroundPartIIFunctionalLanguagePartIIISampleDialoguesDialogue1PartIVReproductionPartVWords,phrasesandSentencesPartVIISpeakingPracticeMakingaDialogueSpeakingEnglishThroughPictureTranslationWarming-upQuestions(1)Whatplacesofinteresthaveyouevervisited?(2)DoyouknowtheplacesforsightseeingaroundinBeijing?(3)DoyouknowhowmanyfamousmuseumsarethereinBeijing?PartICultureBackgroundTheBritishMuseumholdsintrustforthenationandtheworldacollectionofartandantiquitiesfromancientandlivingcultures.HousedinoneofBritain'sarchitecturallandmarks,thecollectionisoneofthefinestinexistence,spanningtwomillionyearsofhumanhistory.Accesstothecollectionisfree.TheMuseumwasbasedonthepracticalprinciplethatthecollectionshouldbeputtopublicuseandbefreelyaccessible.ItwasalsogroundedintheEnlightenmentideathathumanculturescan,despitetheirdifferences,understandoneanotherthroughmutualengagement.TheMuseumwastobeaplacewherethiskindofhumanecross-culturalinvestigationcouldhappen.Itstillis.TheMuseumaimstoreachabroaderworldwideaudiencebyextendingengagementwiththisaudience.ThisisengagementnotonlywiththecollectionsthattheMuseumhas,buttheculturesandterritoriesthattheyrepresent,thestoriesthatcanbetoldthroughthem,thediversityoftruthsthattheycanunlockandtheirmeaningintheworldtoday.TheMuseumhascontinuallysoughttomakeitscollectionsavailabletogreaterandmorediverseaudiences,firstinLondon,subsequentlytheUKandworldwide.Overthepastfortyyears,theincreasingeaseofinternationaltravelhasmeantnotonlythatmorevisitorsfromabroadcancometoLondontousethecollection,butthatthecollectioncanmoreeasilytraveltothem,andbeputtopublicuseinnewlocalcontexts.PartIIFunctionalLanguageQuestionsWhenwasitbuilt?Wouldyoupleasetellmesomeofsouvenirshere?WherecanIbuyanadmissionticket?Isadmissionfree?DoIhavetobuyanotherticketforthegallery?DoIhavetoleaveallmythingsinthecloakroom?CanIbuysomepostcardsoftheexhibits?DoyouhavearecordedguideinEnglish?CanItakepicturesinsidethemuseum?HowdidtheForbiddenCitygetthisname?ResponsesIn1928.Withpleasure,sir.It’soverthere,nexttothegate.Yes,please.No,The150Yuanticketyoualreadyboughtisgoodforanywhere.No,youmaykeepvaluableswithyou.Certainly.Yes.WehavetherecordedmaterialsinEnglishandFrench.Excuseme.Youwillnotbepermittedtotakepicturesinsidethemuseum.Well,inthefeudalsociety,emperorshadsupremepower,sohisresidencewascertainlyaforbiddenplace.PartIIISampleDialoguesDialogue1(WangHeinvitedSarahandPrestontovisitthemuseum.ShereallyhopedthattheycouldenjoysomeoftheessenceofChineseculture.)WangHe:Preston,thisistheMuseumofHistory.Preston:Therearesomanypeoplethattheticketsareallsoldout!WangHe:Luckilywegotthelasttwo.Sarah:Alice,isthistheHallofAncientChina?WangHe:Yes.Lookatthesehistoricalrelicshere,amazing!Look.TheFourGreatInventions!Gunpowder,compass,thepapermakingandtheprinting.Preston:Ireallyadmirethosewhomadesuchgreatinventions!Sarah:Whyaretheyallinglassboxes?WangHe:Forprotection.Somerelicswillturntodustifexposedtoair.Sarah:Sothereisn’tanyairintheglassboxes?WangHe:No,thereisn’t.Theyareallvacuumed.It’spriceless!Preston:Yeah,Ireallyadmirethosegreatinventors!Sarah:Preston,Idon’tseewhytheyaregreat.Theyarejustsimplethings.Preston:Theylooksimpletoday.Buttheyweremilestonesintheirtimes.Sarah:Milestones?Preston,youmustbekidding.WangHe:JustthinkBillGates,theseinventionsareasimportantastheWindowssystem.Sarah:Well,Isupposetheancientinventorsmadealotofmoneyoutofthem.WangHe:No,quitethecontrary.Sarah:Why?Didn’tyousaythattheyweremilestones?WangHe:Yes,buttheywenttothepublicwithoutanypatentprotection.Sarah:Well,theirinventorswerenotascleverasBillGates.PartIVReproductionsTrytoreproducethesampledialogues.AliceaccompaniedSarahandPrestontovisittheMuseumofHistory.Theyfoundsomanypeoplegoingthereandtheticketswereallsoldout.Butluckily,theyboughttheirticketsanhourbefore.TheywentintotheHallofAncientChinafirst.AliceintroducedtheFourGreatInventionstothem.Prestonshowedhisadmirationtothosewiseinventors,whileSarahshowedherinteresttotheglassboxescoveringthosehistoricalrelics.Aliceexplainedthatthevacuumedboxwasforprotectionofthosehistoricalrelicswhichwerepriceless.Sarahthoughthoseinventionsseemedquitesimple,notsogreatasPrestonhaddescribed.Prestonregardedthemweremilestonesintheirtimesthoughtheylookedsimplenowadays.HetooktheinventionofWindowsSystemasanexampletoillustratehisidea.ThenSarahbelievedthatsuchimportantinventionmusthavegainedlotsofmoneyfortheinventors.Alicetoldthemthatinancienttimes,alltheinventionswenttothepublicwithoutanypatentprotection.3.UsefulSentencesThere’remanyknownhistoricsitesaroundhere.这儿附近有许多著名的历史遗迹。Thesewell-preservedexhibitsareveryimpressive.这些珍藏品给人很深的印象。Oh,unbelievable.Thiswastooluxurious.哦，真难以置信，好奢华啊。Ilovetheseuniquestructuredtowerswiththedelicatecarvingsonthem.It’sreallyartistic.我喜欢这些造型别致的塔，它们上面有很多精致的雕刻。真是艺术啊。It’sdefinitelyaproductofwisdom.它真是智慧的成果。Someofthemaremascotsandsomearesymbolsofpower.有一些是吉祥物，还有一些则是权势的象征。ThebuildingsanddesignsarepeakofChinesetraditionalarchitecture,notonlyscientificbutalsosuitableforliving.这些建筑和设计达到了中国传统建筑的顶峰，不仅科学而且很适合居住。YouknowmorethanIexp