流失文物，歸途漫漫

山東 李全忠

主題語境：文化遺產 篇幅：306詞 建議用時：6分鐘

近年來，文化遺產及其歸屬問題成為中國民眾關注的話題。《逃出大英博物館》系列短視頻正吸引越來越多的人觀看。

1A Chinese short video series that has gone viral on social media has sparked heated discussions about the return of Chinese cultural relics from overseas.

2TitledEscape from the British Museum,the threeepisode series tells the story of how a Chinese jade teapot, having turned into a woman and escaped from the British Museum, returned to China with the help of a Chinese journalist.The series, released from August 30 to September 5, had received more than 20 million likes on social media, and each episode had been played over 5 million times on another Chinese video platform,by September 8.

3A Chinese vlogger posted a video online earlier this year describing her visit to the British Museum, saying that the cultural relics must miss home.A comment under the post suggested that someone should one day make an animation about cultural relics escaping from the museum.The idea in the comment inspired another two Chinese vloggers to research the topic and travel to the UK to shoot the video, but not as an animation.The story has touched Chinese web users with its theme of homecoming,and has added calls for the British Museum to return cultural relics taken from China in the aftermath of a recent scandal(丑聞)regarding thefts at the museum.

4About 2000 items from the British Museum collection were reported to be missing,stolen or damaged.The thefts caused renewed calls from many countries—including Sudan, Nigeria and Greece—demanding the return of their artifacts held by the museum,which has long claimed the relics are better protected in the British Museum than in their home countries.

5The British Museum announced on its website that the museum has a collection of 23,000 Chinese cultural relics, which is believed to be the largest collection outside of China.

1.What is the function of paragraph 1?

A.It serves as a summary.

B.It serves as a comment.

C.It serves as a lead-in.

D.It serves as an introduction to background.

2.What do we know aboutEscape from the British Museum?

A.It's a fairy tale.

B.Its main actor is a journalist.

C.Its release time lasts for a month.

D.It was played first in the 18th century.

3.What contributes to the creation ofEscape from the British Museum?

A.An animation.

B.The public's concerns.

C.A Chinese video platform.

D.A suggestion under the post.

4.What can be learned about the relics in the British Museum from paragraph 4?

A.They are protected very well.

B.Their situation is greatly worrying.

C.They will return home in the future.

D.They enjoy their stay in the museum.

Ⅰ.日積月累

discussionn.討論

releasev.釋放；松開；免除n.釋放；發布

commentn.評論v.表達意見

animationn.動畫片

inspirev.激勵；鼓舞

claimv.聲稱

go viral 走紅

escape from 逃離

a collection of 一批……

be believed to 據信

Ⅱ.單句填空

1.We had a ________(discuss) with them about the differences between Britain and the US.

2.To my surprise,he could escape ________that big fire.

3.Police have ________(release)no further details about the accident.

4.She was one of the most ________(inspire)people I've ever met.

5.The government ________(claim) that the fall in unemployment was the sign of economic recovery.