文物的漫漫归家路：英博物馆宣布归还尼日利亚文物【吉言英语】

【头条播报】
The Horniman Museum in London agreed to return a collection of 72 Benin artifacts looted during the colonial era to Nigeria. The artifacts include plaques, animal and human figures, and items of royal regalia made from brass and bronze. In 1897, British soldiers attacked the Kingdom of Benin in West Africa and thousands of artifacts taken from the Kingdom were distributed to museums around the world.
 
【分句讲解】
①The Horniman Museum in London agreed to return a collection of 72 Benin artifacts looted during the colonial era to Nigeria.
伦敦的霍尼曼博物馆同意将殖民时期掠夺的72件贝宁文物归还尼日利亚。

1. a collection of 一批
collection n. 收藏品，收集物
collect v. 收集

private collection 私人收藏
garbage collection 垃圾收集

collect stamps 收集邮票
collect data 收集资料
collect information 收集信息

2. loot v. 抢劫，掠夺 n. 战利品，掠夺品

More than 20 shops were looted. 
有 20 多家商店遭到了抢劫。

②The artifacts include plaques, animal and human figures, and items of royal regalia made from brass and bronze. 
这些文物包括牌匾、动物和人类雕像，以及由黄铜和青铜制成的皇室御用品。

1. plaque n. 牌匾

2. regalia n. 盛装，华服；装饰品，装饰物

3. brass n. 黄铜 

brass band 铜管乐队
brass instrument 铜管乐器

4. bronze n. 青铜，青铜色
bronzed adj. 古铜色的

a bronze statue 青铜像 
bronze medal 铜牌
gold medal 金牌
silver medal 银牌

③In 1897, British soldiers attacked the Kingdom of Benin in West Africa and thousands of artifacts taken from the Kingdom were distributed to museums around the world. 
1897年，英国士兵袭击了西非的贝宁王国，从该国带走的数千件文物被分发到世界各地的博物馆。

1. attack v. 袭击，攻击；抨击

At dawn the army attacked the town. 
军队在拂晓时向这座城镇发动攻击。

The Prime Minister was attacked as incompetent to lead. 
首相被抨击缺乏领导能力。

2. thousands of 上千的

hundreds of 上百的
millions of 上百万的

3. distribute v. 分发，分配
distribution n. 分配，分发

将某物分发给某人
distribute sth to sb / distribute sth among sb

The organization distributed food to the earthquake victims.  
这个机构向地震灾民分发了食品。 
The money was distributed among schools in the area.  
这笔款项是在本地区的学校中分配的。

the unfair distribution of wealth 财富分配不公