发现无限18-英语听力

[00:02.97]The plants in the ceiling range from the common to the exotic,
屋顶上既有寻常植株，也有异国奇葩 [00:07.30]a seemingly random assortment which perhaps reflects the nature of the museum's own herbarium collection.
这种看似随意的组合，却与博物馆卷帙浩繁的植物藏品暗合 [00:15.55]But for Sandy, the choice was much more deliberate.
但在珊迪看来，这背后却大有深意 [00:19.54]For her, this beautiful ceiling is here for more than mere decoration.
对她来说，美丽的天花板，意义远大于装饰 [00:25.42]I think their plants to sort of show what made the British Empire great.
我认为这些植物，隐射出大英帝国之伟大 [00:31.02]It was built at the absolute height of its powers as a kind of colonial and top cheese nation.
它建筑于帝国权力的巅峰，那时英国是个强大的殖民国家 [00:37.24]Things like cotton, tobacco, tea, all those plants which were grown in the colonies
像棉花，烟草，茶叶，这些生长于殖民地的植物 [00:43.67]and then sold on and really did make the empire.
通过贸易来到帝国，为帝国崛起推波助澜 [00:50.44]I love the ceiling, but you get a sort of zero one reaction.
我爱极了这个屋顶，不过人们的反应是两种极端 [00:54.42]People either say, "Oh, yes, it's amazing, it's absolutely incredible,"
他们要么说 "哇，这个太不可思议了，它非常震撼" [00:57.00]or people say, "What ceiling?"
要么问"什么屋顶？" [00:58.90]And so you either know it's there and think it's marvellous, or you haven't,
所以，他们或是知道在那，觉得壮丽非凡，或是从未注意到 [01:02.54]you know, crane your neck back like that and look.
从未抬起头，看看天花板 [01:06.45]It's one of those things that I felt was one of the hidden secrets of the museum.
我觉得，这是博物馆隐藏秘密之一 [01:10.61]Odd to think that a hidden secret is something that's sort of the entire top of the museum,
想想也挺奇怪，居然藏在整个博物馆的屋顶上 [01:14.70]but it is hidden in a sort of ways, "who looks up?"
但这藏得很好，谁知道要抬头呢。