Calls for the return of cultural relics流失文物，归途漫漫

李全忠

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1 A Chinese short video series that has gone viral on social media has sparked heateddiscussions about the return of Chinese cultural relics from overseas.

2 Titled Escape from the British Museum， the three?episode series tells the story of how a Chinese jadeteapot， having turned into a woman and escaped fromthe British Museum， returned to China with the helpof a Chinese journalist. The series， released fromAugust 30 to September 5， had received more than 20million likes on social media， and each episode had been played over 5 million times onanother Chinese video platform， by September 8.

3 A Chinese vlogger posted a video online earlier this year describing her visit to theBritish Museum， saying that the cultural relics must miss home. A comment under the postsuggested that someone should one day make an animation about cultural relics escapingfrom the museum. The idea in the comment inspired another two Chinese vloggers toresearch the topic and travel to the UK to shoot the video， but not as an animation. Thestory has touched Chinese web users with its theme of homecoming， and has added calls forthe British Museum to return cultural relics taken from China in the aftermath of arecent scandal （丑闻） regarding thefts at the museum.

4 About 2000 items from the British Museum collection were reported to be missing，stolen or damaged. The thefts caused renewed calls from many countries— includingSudan， Nigeria and Greece—demanding the return of their artifacts held by the museum，which has long claimed the relics are better protected in the British Museum than in theirhome countries.

5 The British Museum announced on its website that the museum has a collection of23，000 Chinese cultural relics， which is believed to be the largest collection outside ofChina.

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1. What is the function of paragraph 1？

A. It serves as a summary.

B. It serves as a comment.

C. It serves as a lead?in.

D. It serves as an introduction to background.

2. What do we know about Escape from the British Museum？

A. It's a fairy tale.

B. Its main actor is a journalist.

C. Its release time lasts for a month.

D. It was played first in the 18th century.

3. What contributes to the creation of Escape from the British Museum？

A. An animation.

B. The public's concerns.

C. A Chinese video platform.

D. A suggestion under the post.

4. What can be learned about the relics in the British Museum from paragraph 4？

A. They are protected very well.

B. Their situation is greatly worrying.

C. They will return home in the future.

D. They enjoy their stay in the museum.

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Ⅰ. 日積月累

discussion n. 讨论

release v. 释放；松开；免除

n. 释放；发布

comment n. 评论

v. 表达意见

animation n. 动画片

inspire v. 激励；鼓舞

claim v. 声称

go viral 走红

escape from 逃离

a collection of 一批……

be believed to 据信

Ⅱ. 单句填空

1. We had a_________（discuss） with them about the differences between Britain and the US.

2. To my surprise， he could escape_________that big fire.

3. Police have_________（release） no further details about the accident.

4. She was one of the most_________（inspire） people I've ever met.

5. The government_________（claim） that the fall in unemployment was the sign of economic recovery.