The main locales are the United Federation of Britain, where the upper classes live, and the dystopian precincts of the Colony, which could have passed in our time for Australia.

HSBC ought to move, perhaps along with Standard Chartered, the other product of the former British empire that is starting to look out of place in a discontented UK.

汇丰应该迁离英国，也许可以与前大英帝国的另一产物渣打银行（Standard Chartered）一起，后者在不满足的英国也开始显得格格不入。

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Perhaps it is no coincidence then to find one of the majors sponsoring the brilliant and highly recommended new exhibition of treasures from the Ming Dynasty at the British Museum in London.

伦敦大英博物馆（British Museum）新近举办的美奂美仑、备受推崇的中国明朝珍宝展，赞助商就是这样一家大型能源公司，这或许并非偶然。

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William Wilberforce later spent fifty years of his life to abolish slavery in the British Empire.

之后William Wilberforce用了他五十年的生命，终于废除了大英帝国中的奴隶制度。

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Things start looking up, however, when on a visit to the British Museum the young man sees a photo of an old ship that has weathered many storms.

不过，有一次在参观大英博物馆（British Museum）时，这名年轻人看到了一幅照片，拍的是一艘饱经风雨的旧船。从此，情况开始好转起来。

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I was working as an archaeologist at the British Museum and we eventually settled down in a little cottage in Rutland, close to Jon's base at RAF Scampton.

我当时是大英博物馆（British Museum）的考古学家。最后，我们在拉特兰郡一座农家小屋安下了家，这里离乔恩所在的皇家空军斯坎普顿基地很近。

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Even museums that don't charge admission to their permanent collections, like the British Museum and the National Gallery in London, have special exhibitions that require paying tickets.

甚至连那些对自己的永久藏品不收门票的博物馆，比如大英博物馆和伦敦的国家美术馆（National Gallery），也开设需要支付门票的特别展览。

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Q. When ( if ever) did the Sun finally set on the British Empire?

Q.什么时候（如果有的话）在所有大英帝国的土地上都看不到太阳？

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The historian Jan Morris has described urbanism as the most lasting of the British imperial legacies.

历史学家珍莫里斯（Jan Morris）曾经将城市化描述为最持久的大英帝国遗产。

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Rare treasures from the golden period of Chinese civilisation under the Ming dynasty are to go on display in a flagship exhibition at the British Museum.

中华文明黄金时期明代的稀世珍宝将在大英博物馆（British Museum）的一个旗舰展亮相。

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I was sitting in the rare books room at the British Library surrounded by scholars in scuffed shoes for whom the recession is not even of academic interest.

我呆在大英图书馆（British Library）的善本室中，周围是一些鞋子都磨旧了的学者，他们对于经济衰退一点学术兴趣都没有。

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Many of the marble sculptures of the Parthenon were removed by the British in1803 and are today held by the British Museum.

帕台农神庙的许多大理石雕塑在1803年被英国人运走，今天保存在大英博物馆（British Museum）。

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empire The United States was once a part of the British Empire.

n.帝国；帝王统治，君权美国曾一度是大英帝国的一部分。

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The foundation was instrumental in taking a British Museum exhibition, Britain meets the world 1714-1830, to Beijing in 2007.

在把大英博物馆（british museum）的展览《英国与世界（1714-1830）》于2007年带至北京的过程中，该基金起到了很大作用。

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The British began to copy the French, and the restaurant idea spread throughout the British Empire.

英国人开始仿效法国人,餐馆的概念传遍了大英帝国。

中考真题- 2018 广州 阅读B

When planning Encyclopaedia Britannica ( 《》), I had to create a table of contents based on the topics of its articles.

在策划《大英百科全书》时,我不得不根据它的文章主题编写一个目录。

高考真题- 2016 天津 阅读D

It is now at the British Library.

《金刚经》现藏于大英图书馆（British Library）。

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The British Museum opened in 1759?

大英博物馆于1759年开放?

高考真题- 2017 江苏 阅读A

Fourth the channel of this crime is not only finance constitute.

四是从对洗钱渠道的限定性方面考察，洗钱不仅限于金融机构，还有其他途径。

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Money laundering is to legalize the proceeds of crime.

洗钱，是将犯罪收益合法化的行为。

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The activity of money laundering has formed organization net.

洗钱活动已经形成犯罪网络组织。

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