F2F Class Notes (Nemo) [R]

Vocabulary

scorching (adv/adj): 1-very hot:
E.g.: a scorching summer day
E.g.: It was scorching hot inside the greenhouse.

scorch (v): 1- to (cause to) change colour with dry heat, or to burn slightly:
E.g.: The iron was too hot and he scorched the shirt.
E.g.: The surrounding buildings were scorched by the heat of the explosion.

penguin (n): 1-a black and white bird that cannot fly but uses its small wings to help it swim. 2-企鹅

acclaimed (adj): 1- publicly approved and praised:
E.g.: an acclaimed artist/writer/poet
E.g.: “Dinner Party”, based on the critically acclaimed novel by Bill Davies, was made into a film last year.

extraordinary (adj): 1-very unusual, special, unexpected, or strange:
E.g.: He told the extraordinary story of his escape.
E.g.: Her voice had an extraordinary hypnotic quality.
E.g.: an extraordinary coincidence

encyclopedia (n): 1-a book or set of books containing many articles arranged in alphabetical order that deal either with the whole of human knowledge or with a particular part of it, or a similar set of articles on the internet: 2-百科全书
E.g.: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language

humble (adj): 1-not proud or not believing that you are important:
E.g.: He’s very humble about his success.

Pronunciation

scorching-ˈskɔːr.tʃɪŋ
exhibition-ˌek.səˈbɪʃ.ən

“HAVE you visited ‘A History of the World in 100 Objects from the British Museum’?”  This has probably been the most-asked question for the past weeks among local art lovers.

The exhibition has so far attracted more than 110,000 visitors since it opened at the Shanghai Museum at the end of June. Even now in the scorching heat, people still need to line up for at least three hours to get into the exhibition.

Inspired by the highly acclaimed 2010 radio series and book, which was produced in partnership with the BBC and Penguin Books, this exhibition tells one version of an extraordinary story — the history of the world.

Using 100 key objects from the British Museum’s encyclopedic collection, the exhibition highlights remarkable stories revealed through the most humble of objects, such as a tiny stone seal that led to the rediscovery of a lost civilization, and fragments of pottery discarded on a beach in Africa that point to the vast distances travelled by early traders across the Indian Ocean.