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▍原文

A red bronze horse-head statue was donated back by Macao-based tycoon and collector Stanley Ho Hung-sun and handed over to the National Cultural Heritage Administration in Beijing on Wednesday.

The statue appeared in the National Museum of China on Wednesday afternoon and joined a temporary exhibition on cultural relics that have been returned from overseas since 1949.

First built in 1707, the Old Summer Palace, or Yuanmingyuan, the former imperial resort of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) in northwestern Beijing, was often referred to as "the garden of gardens" for its lush landscapes and numerous temples, palaces and pavilions.

▍语言点 

bronze /brɒnz, brɑːnz/ n. 青铜

· gold/gəʊld, ɡoʊld/ n. 黄金

· silver/'sɪlvə, 'sɪlvɚ/ n. 银

donate/dəʊˈneɪt, ˈdoʊneɪt/ vt. 捐赠，捐献

· donate money:  捐钱

· donate blood: 献血

tycoon /taɪ'kuːn/ n. 巨头，大亨

hand over: 转交，移交

· 词组辨析: hand over侧重平级之间的转交和移交，如 hand over the documents；hand in则侧重上下级之间的上交，提交，如hand in (an) essay交论文。

join/dʒɔɪn/ vt. 参加组织；加入某人

· join the Party: 入党

· join the army: 参军

· I’ll join you later.

我随后就加入。

or: 或者说，也就是，即

imperial/ɪm'pɪərɪəl/ adj. 皇家的；帝国的 

resort/rɪˈzɔːrt/ n. 度假胜地

refer to: 指代，提到

lush/lʌʃ/ adj.（地区）郁郁葱葱的，植被茂盛的

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