VOA慢速英语:比较大东西最小版本——纽约博物馆

From Huge to Extra Small, at New York City Museum
By VOA

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14 August, 2014

Welcome to American Mosaic from VOA Learning English. I'm Caty Weaver.

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A part of the 'Panorama of the City of New York.'

Inside the Queens Museum in New York City there is another New York City. It is a 50-year-old model, of the town in which every street, building and park was reproduced in small.

在纽约皇后区艺术博物馆内还有一个纽约城，那是一个具有50年历史的模型，或者成为一种复制品。纽约城市的每一条街道，建筑，公园都在模型里清晰展现出来。

The so-called "Panorama of the City of New York" was built as an exhibit for the New York World's Fair in 1964. Over time, artists added to the model. Now it represents the way the city looked in 1992.

这个所谓的“纽约城全貌”模型在1964年为了作为纽约世界博览会展览品而建成。时隔多年，艺术家又在模型原型基础上添加一些新内容，现在，它是1992年纽约城市的象征。

The model is huge. It covers 870 square meters. Visitors to the Panorama observe from beside and above it as day turns to night every 20 minutes. Little lights shine from buildings until the morning light appears.

这个模型非常巨大，占地面积达870平方米。参观模型的游客在模型周围进行浏览，悬挂在模型上空的灯光每20分钟进行一次白天-夜晚模式切换。建筑物上闪烁着柔和灯光，直到清晨阳光普照。

Iwasaki is the museum exhibitions organizer and director. She says the Panorama presents an unusual problem – even though it is the museum's main appeal.

Iwasaki是博物馆展览组织者和董事。她说，全景模型象征着一种不寻常的问题，尽管如此它依然是整个博物馆的焦点。

"No matter what fantastic you think， exhibition you put outside， everybody goes back to the Panorama and goes ‘wow!'"

不管你认为这个展览品有多奇妙，每个人都可以通过这个模型追溯到那个时代的纽约，并发自内省的欢呼。

Currently the Queens Museum is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the fair and the Panorama. The show is called "Bringing the World Into the World." Ms. Iwasaki said she decided not to try to compete with the Panorama. Instead she made it part of the exhibition.

目前皇后区艺术博物馆正在庆祝展览会和模型50周年纪念日，此次庆祝主题为“把全世界融入进来”。Iwasaki表示她决定不完全把全景模型作为展览的全部，而是一部分。

The show includes the museum's largest piece, the Panorama. It also includes its smallest piece: a microscopic reproduction of the Queens Museum itself. Artist and engineer Jessica Rylan created that piece using nanotechnology. It is just 120 micrometers long and it cannot be seen by visitors. Guess why? It is hidden inside the model of the Queens Museum itself within Panorama of New York City.

此次展览包括博物馆最大的物件，纽约全景模型，同时也包括最小的物件，皇后区艺术博物馆本身的微观产物。艺术家和工程师Jessica Rylan利用纳米技术创造了这一物件。这件模型产物仅有120微米长，游客们用肉眼是看不到的。为什么呢?因为这个模型隐藏在纽约全景模型里面。

Other objects include a scale model of our solar system made in 1983 by artist Chris Burden. The sun hangs over the Panorama of New York City. Earth, Mercury, Mars and Venus hang in other museum rooms.

其他展览物品包括1983年由艺术家Chris Burden设计完成的太阳系模型，太阳星悬挂在纽约全景模型的上空，其它星球包括地球，水星，火星和金星则悬挂在博物馆其他房间。

But, the outer planets are not even on museum property. Jupiter hangs at the nearby Queens Zoo. Neptune is in a restaurant more than a kilometer and a half away.

但是外行星则不受博物馆管理，木星悬挂在了皇后区动物园附近，海王星则悬挂在了一公里开外的餐馆里。

The show at the Queens Museum in New York City will end October 14th.

在纽约皇后区艺术博物馆的展览将在十月14日结束。

I'm Caty Weaver

我是Caty Weaver.