参观景点第11期 参观古代中国馆文物

A May, is this the Hall of Ancient China?
阿美，这是古代中国馆吗？

B Yes. Look at these historical relics here, amazing!
是啊。看这些历史遗址，真令人惊叹！

A Why are they all in glass boxes?
为什么它们都被装在玻璃瓶里呢？

B For protection. Some relics will turn to dust if exposed to air.
为了保护它们啊。一些文物放在空气中就会变成粉末。

A So there isn't air in the glass boxes?
那么玻璃瓶中没有空气了？

B No, there isn't. They are all vacuumed.
没有。它们都是真空的。

A I wonder how old these things are, thousands of years?
真不知这些东西有多古老，几千年？

B Yeah, they all come from a very ancient time.
是啊，它们都是来自古代。

A Hey, look at the three-leg cup. I've seen it on TV.
嘿，看这个三只脚的杯子。我在电视上看到过。

B The bronze cup was made 4,000 years ago. It's priceless!
四千年前的青铜杯子。这可是无价之物！

A Yeah, it has no value at all. Who will use this cup today?
是啊，没有一点价值。如今谁会用这种杯子啊？

B Danny, priceless means so valuable that you can't put a price on it.
丹丹，无价意味着价值大得无法计算。

A Oh, it does?
哦，是吗？