National Museum closes for for 3-year overhaul

时间：2007-02-02 01:26:20

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Chinanews, Beijing, Jan. 31 - The National Museum of China, located on the east side of Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, closed on Wednesday for a three-year renovation1.

 

The museum's floor space will be expanded from the current 65,000 square meters to 192,000 square meters turning it into the world's largest arts and history museum, according to Xinhua citing2 a source with the museum.

 

The source said the museum did not have enough display and storage space, and some exhibition halls were becoming less safe due to old age.

 

The construction work will start in April and finish in 2010.

 

Built in 1959, the museum was renamed the National Museum of China in 2003, after it assimilated3 the former revolutionary museum and the history museum.

 

It houses hundreds of thousands of cultural relics4 from different periods of China's 5,000-year history.

 



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1 renovation xVAxF     
n.革新，整修
参考例句：
  • The cinema will reopen next week after the renovation.电影院修缮后，将于下星期开业。
  • The building has undergone major renovation.这座大楼已进行大整修。
2 citing 427b66591bb8bd1253f3e2ffd9f0fb93     
引用( cite的现在分词 )； 传唤； 记起； [军事]传（或通）令嘉奖
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  • It's no use citing the Bible to somebody who doesn't believe in God. 对不信上帝的人引用圣经的话是没用的。
  • It's no use citing the Bible to a non-Christian. 对非基督徒引用《圣经》是没用的。
3 assimilated 368bb5da201966b1a3393205662b2ba2     
吸收，消化( assimilate的过去式和过去分词 )； 同化； 透彻理解； 使吸收
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  • America has assimilated millions of immigrants into its way of life. 美国使数百万移民适应了其生活方式。
  • They assimilated their customs and behavior to the new environment. 他们改变了他们的风俗和行为以适应新环境。
4 relics UkMzSr     
[pl.］n.遗物，遗迹，遗产；遗体，尸骸
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  • The area is a treasure house of archaeological relics. 这个地区是古文物遗迹的宝库。
  • Xi'an is an ancient city full of treasures and saintly relics. 西安是一个有很多宝藏和神圣的遗物的古老城市。

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