Sun Chen: 今天的城市掠影節目我們要向大家介紹的是英國著名的維多利亞和阿爾伯特博物館。

Lily: Yes. The Victoria and Albert Museum, sometimes referred to as the V and A, is one of the largest museums in London and attracts thousands of visitors from all over the world.

Sun Chen: 你要是有機會來倫敦玩兒的話，我一定會向你隆重推薦這個維多利亞和阿爾伯特博物館。為什么呢？就是因為這座博物館的確太精彩了。

Lily: I went to the V and A last week and talked to one of the senior experts at the museum: Beth McKillop.

Sun Chen: Beth 是這家博物館的亞洲部的主任。

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The V and A is the world's greatest museum of art and design. It has very unusual collections that are very broad and varied in their scope.

Lily: She said the V and A is the world's greatest museum of art and design.

Sun Chen: 在藝術和設計上，這是全球最領先的一家博物館。

Lily: It has a lot of unusual collections which are very broad and varied in their scope.

Sun Chen: 每一種類型的館藏，都覆蓋面極廣，而且種類繁多。

Lily: To find out how big is the collection let's listen to Beth again:

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The collection has over 4 million items in it. We have well over 200 galleries and the galleries cover everything from paintings and sculpture, from architecture, ceramics, furniture, fashion, photography, glass, jewellery, metals and textiles.

Lily: What an impressive list! 200 galleries and 4 million items in their collection.

Sun Chen: 聽到了嗎，在這里的200個展館里，總共展出了四百萬件展品。

Lily: She also said that the galleries cover everything.

Sun Chen: Yes, everything. Let's have a look at the list.

Lily: Paintings and sculpture.

Sun Chen: 有繪畫和雕塑。

Lily: Architecture.

Sun Chen: 建筑。

Lily: Ceramics.

Sun Chen: 陶瓷。

Lily: Furniture.

Sun Chen: 家具。

Lily: Fashion.

Sun Chen: 連時裝都有。

Lily: Photography.

Sun Chen: 攝影作品。

Lily: Glass and jewellery.

Sun Chen: 玻璃器皿和珠寶。

Lily: Metals and textiles.

Sun Chen: 金屬制品和紡織產品。

Lily: All of these words and expressions are associated with museums.

Lily: In BBC Learning English today we are taking you to the famous Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Sun Chen: 說起來，維多利亞和阿爾伯特博物館始建于1852年，當時把它叫做是南肯辛頓博物館。后來到了1899年，這家博物館被改名叫做維多利亞和阿爾伯特博物館，用來記念維多利亞女王和她去世的丈夫，阿爾伯特。

Lily: Like some of the other great museums in London the V and A is free of charge.

Sun Chen: Free of charge 這家博物館可以免費參觀。 但是就這家博物館的館藏內容來看，它和倫敦其他主要博物館，又有什么不同呢？

Lily: That's a very good question. Let's hear what Beth has to say about it:

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The British Museum specialises more in antiquities and archaeology; the Tate Gallery specialises in one place in contemporary art, and in the other in British painting; and the National Gallery is great treasures of European painting. The V and A is an international museum and it has very wide collections of what we call decorative arts.

Lily: That's Beth, a museum expert, telling us about the distinctive features of the major museums in London.

Sun Chen: Distinctive features 區別于其他博物館的明顯特征。

Lily: The British Museum specialises more in antiques and archaeology.

Sun Chen: 說起大英博物館呢，它更側重于文物和考古。

Lily: The Tate Gallery specialises in both contemporary art and British painting.

Sun Chen: 現代藝術和英國繪畫。

Lily: The National Gallery has great treasures of European painting.

Sun Chen: 國家美術館，更是歐洲繪畫的寶庫。

Lily: Now, the V and A is an international museum and has very wide collections of decorative art.

Sun Chen: 看來，跟別的博物館不同，維多利亞和阿爾伯特博物館有兩個明顯的特點。首先，它是一家展示全世界藏品的博物館；其次，它主要側重的是裝飾藝術。

Lily: That's right. If you are interested in applied and decorative art from different countries, then the V and A is the place to visit. And it even allows visitors to take photos in most galleries.

Sun Chen: That's very unusual. So do bring your camera along.

Lily: Hope you've enjoyed this programme and we'll see you soon.

Sun Chen: Bye.

Lily: Bye.

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