德艺术家沙滩埋30金条 英国民众掀起寻金热

 　　The gold bars, worth a total of ?10,000 (13,000 euros, $17,000), were buried in Folkestone, southeast England, by Berlin-based Michael Sailstorfer as part of an upcoming arts festival.

　　Members of the public will be allowed to keep any of the 24-carat bullion¹ which they find.

　　"There are 30 gold bars buried there, along with a lot of washers, so if you bring your metal detector² you will find a lot of washers before you find any gold," festival curator Lewis Biggs told the BBC.

　　"We will never know if the gold has been found or not."

　　One treasure hunter, John Coker, told the Guardian³ newspaper: "It is the first art in the world where I've hopped⁴ in a car and drove to see it straight away, so that's something."

　　The bars, worth around ?300 each, are a few centimeters long.

　　The Folkestone Triennial's website said the German artist behind the project was interested in "the disruption of the everyday".

　　"Sailstorfer is intent on expanding the notion of classical sculpture and Folkestone Digs is a continuation of his aim 'to make art that comes less from the head and more from the stomach,'" it said.

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　　英国肯特郡福克斯通一个平日人迹罕至的沙滩近日吸引了大批稀客，他们带齐挖沙装备，由早到晚长期作战，目的是寻找德国行为艺术家迈克尔?塞斯托夫早前埋下的30条24K金条。

　　这批金条共30条，每条长约2寸，总值达1万英镑（约10万元人民币），是塞斯托夫对当地一个艺术节的“参展作品”。尽管艺术节周六才开幕，塞斯托夫告诉人们从当地时间28日下午4：00起大家便可开始“掘金”，且淘到的金子全部归自己所有。

　　自英国媒体报道了沙滩埋金的消息，大批淘金者随即涌至，直至黄昏已有约200人前来。有淘金者表示只要找到一条金条留念便心满意足，但也有人希望由此一朝致富。

　　由于金条所埋沙滩仅在退潮时才可前往，这意味着淘金者每天的寻宝时间极其有限。现在的季节，退潮时间为上午6：00至11：30，以及下午4：00至9：00。据报道，在未来数天内，这些被分割成10克、20克的金条或将吸引数千人前来。

　　此次寻宝活动被冠名“福克斯通大寻宝”，由布里斯托尔设计师协会赞助。该协会负责人克莱尔?多尔蒂表示：“公共艺术资金常常被用于静态雕塑或其他小玩意上，而我们正在进行的活动将产生更大影响，将创造长期集体记忆。”

1 bullion   

n.金条，银条

参考例句：

• In the London bullion market yesterday,the price of gold was steady.昨天伦敦金银市场黄金价格稳定。
• Police have launched a man-hunt for the bullion robbers.警方已大举搜捕抢劫金条的罪犯。

2 detector   

n.发觉者，探测器

参考例句：

• The detector is housed in a streamlined cylindrical container.探测器安装在流线型圆柱形容器内。
• Please walk through the metal detector.请走过金属检测器。

3 guardian   

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。

4 hopped   

跳上[下]( hop的过去式和过去分词 )； 单足蹦跳； 齐足（或双足）跳行； 摘葎草花

参考例句：

• He hopped onto a car and wanted to drive to town. 他跳上汽车想开向市区。
• He hopped into a car and drove to town. 他跳进汽车，向市区开去。