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Cultural relics from Britain on display in Forbidden City

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Chinanews, Beijing, Mar¹. 8 – The Palace Museum of China and the British Museum will jointly² launch an exhibition called “Britain and the world” on March 9 in the exhibition center inside Forbidden City, the former Imperial Palace in Beijing.

Hundreds of cultural relics³, owned by the British Museum will offer the visitors glimpses of the history of Britain from the reign⁴ of King George Ⅰ to King George Ⅳ (1714-1830)in the Hanoverian line of British rulers. Organizers hope the exhibition will also enable the visitors to understand why Britain, remote islands in the northwestern Europe, could rise as a main world power in the 19th century. The Palace Museum has also selected several kinds of its cultural relics to be exhibited at the grand show.

Li Ji, deputy curator of the Palace Museum, revealed that the exhibition would demonstrate the rising process of the Britain as a world power, which may become an interesting topic for Chinese visitors.

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1 mar
vt.破坏，毁坏，弄糟
参考例句：
It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。 Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。

2 jointly
ad.联合地，共同地
参考例句：
Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。 She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。

3 relics
[pl.］n.遗物，遗迹，遗产；遗体，尸骸
参考例句：
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。

4 reign
n.统治时期，统治，支配，盛行；v.占优势
参考例句：
The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪。 The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years.朱元璋统治了大约三十一年。

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