BBC都市掠影:Imperial War Museum 战争博物馆

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Lily: Hello, I'm Lily. Welcome to "On the Town" from BBC Learning English.

Sun: 我是孙辰。今天的城市掠影节目我们要向大家介绍的是英国著名的战争博物馆。

Lily: Yes. We are taking you to the famous Imperial War Museum in London.

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(Sound of submarine) In the Spring of 1941, the Royal Navy was equipped with more escorts of an improved design...

Sun: 在英国战争博物馆，我们能见到各种各样的战车，武器，战争纪念品。在这家博物馆里面，还有一个图书馆，一个摄影档案馆，还有其他的一些艺术藏品。

Lily: Yes, it is a well-known museum, not only in Britain, but throughout the world. I spoke with Terry Charman, the museum's historian. He started with what he considers to be the unique feature of the Imperial War Museum.

Sun: 接待我们的是战争博物馆史学家 Terry Charman.

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Well, I think the thing that is unique about the Imperial War Museum, perhaps not just in London but worldwide, is that we attempt to record and display items relating to all aspects of international conflict since 1914, since the First World War broke out. Our main objective, of course, is to display to members of the public how war has shaped lives in the 20th and sadly the 21st century.

Sun: 他们的目标，就是力图通过展品把国际冲突的各个方面都能体现出来。All aspects of international conflicts.

Lily: Their main objective is to show people how war has shaped their lives.

Sun: 战争是如何改变人们的生活。

Lily: What you see here in the museum is truly spectacular, with all kinds of military vehicles, airplanes and submarines.

Sun: 各种各样的战车，还有战斗机，和潜艇。这些让人听起来真是过瘾。

Lily: Well, Terry told me that one of his female colleagues described it as the biggest boy's bedroom.

Sun: 为什么叫最大的男生宿舍呢?

Lily: Let's listen.

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Speaking in the main gallery, the atrium of the museum, which one of my female colleagues described as one of the biggest boy’s bedroom in London, displaying as it does, tanks, guns and aircraft, including the most famous of all British aircraft, the super marine Spitfire, that helped to win the Battle of Britain in 1940. As well as, of course, the aircraft, we have on display a small one-man submarine from Germany and also the human torpedo that the Italians used in the Second World War. And of course we have a large number of armoured fighting vehicles.

Sun: 在中厅大厅，我们能看到坦克，各种各样的枪支，还有飞机。这其中还包括英国历史上最著名的功勋战斗机，还有超级喷气式战斗机 Spitfire。

Lily: The Spitfire is very famous as it helped win the Battle of Britain in 1940.

Sun: 这里还展出了二战当中，从德国缴获的一艘潜艇，还有一个从意大利缴获的鱼雷。Torpedo.

Lily: And there are a large number of armoured fighting vehicles as well.

Sun: 武装战斗车辆。

Lily: And there is a unique item that visitors shouldn't miss.