【大家说英语】 第358期:参观博物馆(2)

 　　How was the exhibit¹ at the art museum, Susie? 苏西，美术馆的展览怎么样？

　　It was a big success. I saw a lot of great paintings. 非常成功。我看到了很多优秀的画作。

　　Was the museum crowded? 美术馆里很拥挤吗？

　　Yes. It was so crowded that it was hard to see everything. 是的。太挤了，以至于很难看到每样作品。

　　Did you see many paintings by famous artists? 你看到著名画家的作品了吗？

　　Yes. Michelle T's paintings were in the exhibit. 是的。米歇尔·T的画作就在展览里。

　　I like her work. I can't wait to see the exhibit. 我喜欢她的作品。我等不及去看展览了。

　　Hi, Susie. Have you finished your report on the museum exhibit? 嗨，苏西。你完成有关博物馆展览的报道了吗？

　　Yes. It was interesting. 完成了。很有趣。

　　I love museums. I especially like visiting weird² museums. 我喜欢博物馆。我尤其喜欢参观古怪的博物馆。

　　Weird museums? 古怪的博物馆？

　　Yes. My favorite is Ripley's Believe It or Not. They have lots of strange and funny things. 是的。我最喜欢的是里普利信不信由你奇趣馆。哪里有很多奇怪又有趣的东西。

　　Where is it? 这个博物馆在哪里？

　　I went to the one in New York City. 我去过纽约的一家。

　　Maybe I can visit it sometime³! 说不定我也找个时间去参观！

　　Hi, Alex. What is that? 嗨，阿莱克斯。那是什么？

　　Hi, Linda. It's a book of postcards. I bought it to support the art museum. 嗨，琳达。这是一本明信片集。我为了支持美术馆而买的。

　　You went to the art museum? 你去了美术馆了？

　　Yes. Susie told me about the new exhibit, so I wanted to go. 是的。苏西跟我提到了新的展览，所以我就想去了。

　　Was it good? 还不错吧？

　　Yes. I liked it so much that I bought these postcards. 是的。我非常喜欢，然后买了这些明信片。

　　They are a good souvenir⁴. I like to buy souvenirs⁵ from museum gift shops. 这些事很好的纪念品。我喜欢从博物馆的礼品店里买纪念品。

1 exhibit   

vt.展览，展出，陈列；n.展览品；陈列品

参考例句：

• Next week those goods will exhibit in that shop. 下个星期，这些货物将在那家商店展出。
• The economy continued to exhibit signs of decline in September.9月份，经济继续呈现出衰退的迹象。

2 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

3 sometime   

adv.将来某一时候；改天

参考例句：

• He came sometime last month.上个月某个时候他曾经来过。
• It will happen sometime and somewhere.有朝一日这总会在什么地方发生的。

4 souvenir   

n.纪念品，纪念物

参考例句：

• Please accept this little gift as a souvenir.请留下这个小小礼物作为纪念。
• I was going to save that as a souvenir.我本来准备把它做为纪念品保存下来的。

5 souvenirs   

n.纪念品( souvenir的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• These souvenirs were gathered from all parts of the world. 这些纪念品是从世界各地收集来的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He has a pitch on the High Street where he sells souvenirs. 他在大街上有个卖纪念品的摆摊处。 来自《简明英汉词典》