剑桥大学的多彩博物馆
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Museums are a vital part of a world-famous university, which are often run by a university, typically founded to aid teaching and research within the university. In the University of Cambridge, there are altogether seven such museums-Fitzwilliam Museum, Museum of Archaeology1 and Anthropology2, Museum of Zoology3, Museum of Classical Archaeology, Whipple Museum of the History of Science, The Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, Museum of the Scott Polar Research Institute. Only few museums of the same kind can rival the collections in those museums in the world.
在一所世界闻名的大学里,博物馆是 必不可少的。这样的博物馆通常由大学自 己经营,其设立通常是为了辅助大学的教 学和研究。剑桥大学就共有7座这样的博 物馆——费兹威廉博物馆、考古与人类学 博物馆、动物学博物馆、古典考古博物馆、惠普科学历史博物馆、塞德威克地球科学 博物馆、史考特北极研究所博物馆等。这 些博物馆的藏品之多,在世界上鲜有同类 的博物馆能与之匹敌。
 
Among all of those, Fitzwilliam Museum is perhaps the most famous one. Praised by some as Britain's Best Museum and Gallery, Fitzwilliam Museum houses world-class collec- tipns of works of art and antiquities4 spanning centuries and civilizations. Everyone who comes here often could not wait to see the manuscript of Einstein. As stated by the University itself, “ Like the University itself, the Fitzwilliam Museum is part of the national heritage, but, much more, it is part of a living and continuing culture which it is our statutory duty to transmit*'.
在这些博物馆中,费兹威廉博物馆最负盛名。馆中有很多世界一流的藏品,其中 包括诸多各个文明时期和不同世纪的艺术真品和珍稀文物。每一个来到这里的人都 迫不及待要去亲眼一睹爱因斯坦的数学手稿《正如剑桥大学校方所说:‘‘和剑桥一样,费兹威廉博物馆是国家遗产的一部分。但它更是鲜活生动而又延绵不绝的文化的一部 分,传承这种文化,我们义不容辞。”
 
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology offers a feast of images and ideas. The Guardian5 has even said that it holds “the discoveries of some of the most remarkable6 explorers and scholars of their time”. You can see in it world-class collections of Oceanic, Asian, African and native American art — canoes, sculptures, masks, and textiles — and major archaeological discoveries, ranging from the earliest stone tools, discovered by Louis Leakey in Olduvai Gorge7, to British finds from Roman and medieval periods. Today the Museum remains8 a base for wide-ranging archaeological and anthropological9 research.
参观考古与人类学博物馆绝对是一场视觉与思想的盛宴。英国《卫报》曾经说它 藏有“当时世界上最为著名的探险家和学者的发现”。来自大洋洲、亚洲、非洲和美 国本土的世界一流艺术作品独木舟、雕刻、面具和纺织品——还有考古学史上最 重要的发现,从路易斯李基在奥杜威峡谷发现的早期石器*到从罗马时期到中世纪 的英国考古发现应有尽有。现在这所博物馆仍然是考古学和人类学研究的重要基地之
 
The Museum of Classical Archaeology is one of the few surviving collections of plaster casts of Greek and Roman sculpture in the world. The collection of about four hundred and fifty casts is open to the public and housed in a purpose-built Cast Gallery on the first floor of the Classics Faculty10. Although nothing here is an original, nearly all the well-known works from the Classical world can be seen together under one roof.
古典考古博物馆是世界上少数收藏有古希腊和古罗马石膏铸体的博物馆之一。馆 里收藏的450余尊石膏雕塑都是对外开放的,古典区一楼还特意建造了一个石膏展览 厅,以陈列这些物品。尽管这里的物品都不是真品,但是能在同一个地方蛇饱览所有 闻名世界的经典作品也十分难得。
 
The other museums are unmentioned here not because of their insignificance11 but the length of the article; they all played an important part in either studies or researches within and out of the university. You can have a general idea of their collections from the names. In addition, Kettles Yard, The University Library, Botanic Garden, though not entitled “nuise- um,,,are worth a visit.
这里没有提到其他的博物馆,并不是因为它们不重要。在剑桥校内外人士的学习 和研究中,它们都起着非常重要的作用。因为篇幅有限,这里就不多作介绍了。根据 名字,读者就能对它们的馆藏内容略知一二。除了这些博物馆之外,壶园、大学图书 馆和植物园这些不叫博物馆的“博物馆”也是非常值得一去的地方。


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1 archaeology 0v2zi     
n.考古学
参考例句:
  • She teaches archaeology at the university.她在大学里教考古学。
  • He displayed interest in archaeology.他对考古学有兴趣。
2 anthropology zw2zQ     
n.人类学
参考例句:
  • I believe he has started reading up anthropology.我相信他已开始深入研究人类学。
  • Social anthropology is centrally concerned with the diversity of culture.社会人类学主要关于文化多样性。
3 zoology efJwZ     
n.动物学,生态
参考例句:
  • I would like to brush up my zoology.我想重新温习一下动物学。
  • The library didn't stock zoology textbooks.这家图书馆没有动物学教科书。
4 antiquities c0cf3d8a964542256e19beef0e9faa29     
n.古老( antiquity的名词复数 );古迹;古人们;古代的风俗习惯
参考例句:
  • There is rest and healing in the contemplation of antiquities. 欣赏古物有休息和疗养之功。 来自辞典例句
  • Bertha developed a fine enthusiasm for the antiquities of London. 伯沙对伦敦的古迹产生了很大的热情。 来自辞典例句
5 guardian 8ekxv     
n.监护人;守卫者,保护者
参考例句:
  • The form must be signed by the child's parents or guardian. 这张表格须由孩子的家长或监护人签字。
  • The press is a guardian of the public weal. 报刊是公共福利的卫护者。
6 remarkable 8Vbx6     
adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的
参考例句:
  • She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
  • These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。
7 gorge Zf1xm     
n.咽喉,胃,暴食,山峡;v.塞饱,狼吞虎咽地吃
参考例句:
  • East of the gorge leveled out.峡谷东面地势变得平坦起来。
  • It made my gorge rise to hear the news.这消息令我作呕。
8 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
参考例句:
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
9 anthropological anthropological     
adj.人类学的
参考例句:
  • These facts of responsibility are an anthropological datums- varied and multiform. 这些道德事实是一种人类学资料——性质不同,形式各异。 来自哲学部分
  • It is the most difficult of all anthropological data on which to "draw" the old Negro. 在所有的人类学资料中,最困难的事莫过于“刻划”古代的黑人。 来自辞典例句
10 faculty HhkzK     
n.才能;学院,系;(学院或系的)全体教学人员
参考例句:
  • He has a great faculty for learning foreign languages.他有学习外语的天赋。
  • He has the faculty of saying the right thing at the right time.他有在恰当的时候说恰当的话的才智。
11 insignificance B6nx2     
n.不重要;无价值;无意义
参考例句:
  • Her insignificance in the presence of so much magnificence faintly affected her. "她想象着他所描绘的一切,心里不禁有些刺痛。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
  • It was above the common mass, above idleness, above want, above insignificance. 这里没有平凡,没有懒散,没有贫困,也没有低微。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
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