| The plants in the ceiling range from the common to the exotic, a seemingly random assortment which perhaps reflects the nature of the museum's own herbarium collection. But for Sandy, the choice was much more deliberate. For her, this beautiful ceiling is here for more than mere decoration. I think their plants to sort of show what made the British Empire great. It was built at the absolute height of its powers as a kind of colonial and top cheese nation. Things like cotton, tobacco, tea, all those plants which were grown in the colonies and then sold on and really did make the empire. I love the ceiling, but you get a sort of zero one reaction. People either say, "Oh, yes, it's amazing, it's absolutely incredible," or people say, "What ceiling?" And so you either know it's there and think it's marvellous, or you haven't, you know, crane your neck back like that and look. It's one of those things that I felt was one of the hidden secrets of the museum. Odd to think that a hidden secret is something that's sort of the entire top of the museum, but it is hidden in a sort of ways, "who looks up?" | |
| 屋顶上既有寻常植株，也有异国奇葩。这种看似随意的组合，却与博物馆卷帙浩繁的植物藏品暗合。但在珊迪看来，这背后却大有深意。对她来说，美丽的天花板，意义远大于装饰。我认为这些植物，隐射出大英帝国之伟大。它建筑于帝国权力的巅峰，那时英国是个强大的殖民国家，像棉花，烟草，茶叶。这些生长于殖民地的植物，通过贸易来到帝国，为帝国崛起推波助澜。我爱极了这个屋顶，不过人们的反应是两种极端。他们要么说 "哇"，"这个太不可思议了，它非常震撼"。要么问，什么屋顶。所以，他们或是知道在那，觉得壮丽非凡，或是从未注意到，从未抬起头，看看天花板。我觉得，这是博物馆隐藏秘密之一，想想也挺奇怪，居然藏在整个博物馆的屋顶上，但这藏得很好，谁知道要抬头呢。 |
| The plants in the ceiling range from the common to the exotic, a seemingly random assortment which perhaps reflects the nature of the museum' s own herbarium collection. But for Sandy, the choice was much more deliberate. For her, this beautiful ceiling is here for more than mere decoration. I think their plants to sort of show what made the British Empire great. It was built at the absolute height of its powers as a kind of colonial and top cheese nation. Things like cotton, tobacco, tea, all those plants which were grown in the colonies and then sold on and really did make the empire. I love the ceiling, but you get a sort of zero one reaction. People either say, " Oh, yes, it' s amazing, it' s absolutely incredible," or people say, " What ceiling?" And so you either know it' s there and think it' s marvellous, or you haven' t, you know, crane your neck back like that and look. It' s one of those things that I felt was one of the hidden secrets of the museum. Odd to think that a hidden secret is something that' s sort of the entire top of the museum, but it is hidden in a sort of ways, " who looks up?" | |
| wu ding shang ji you xun chang zhi zhu, ye you yi guo qi pa. zhe zhong kan si sui yi de zu he, que yu bo wu guan juan zhi hao fan de zhi wu cang pin an he. dan zai shan di kan lai, zhe bei hou que da you shen yi. dui ta lai shuo, mei li de tian hua ban, yi yi yuan da yu zhuang shi. wo ren wei zhei xie zhi wu, yin she chu da ying di guo zhi wei da. ta jian zhu yu di guo quan li de dian feng, na shi ying guo shi ge qiang da de zhi min guo jia, xiang mian hua, yan cao, cha ye. zhei xie sheng chang yu zhi min di de zhi wu, tong guo mao yi lai dao di guo, wei di guo jue qi tui bo zhu lan. wo ai ji le zhe ge wu ding, bu guo ren men de fan ying shi liang zhong ji duan. ta men yao me shuo " wa"," zhe ge tai bu ke si yi le, ta fei chang zhen han". yao me wen, shen me wu ding. suo yi, ta men huo shi zhi dao zai na, jue de zhuang li fei fan, huo shi cong wei zhu yi dao, cong wei tai qi tou, kan kan tian hua ban. wo jue de, zhe shi bo wu guan yin cang mi mi zhi yi, xiang xiang ye ting qi guai, ju ran cang zai zheng ge bo wu guan de wu ding shang, dan zhe cang de hen hao, shei zhi dao yao tai tou ne. |
| The plants in the ceiling range from the common to the exotic, a seemingly random assortment which perhaps reflects the nature of the museum' s own herbarium collection. But for Sandy, the choice was much more deliberate. For her, this beautiful ceiling is here for more than mere decoration. I think their plants to sort of show what made the British Empire great. It was built at the absolute height of its powers as a kind of colonial and top cheese nation. Things like cotton, tobacco, tea, all those plants which were grown in the colonies and then sold on and really did make the empire. I love the ceiling, but you get a sort of zero one reaction. People either say, " Oh, yes, it' s amazing, it' s absolutely incredible," or people say, " What ceiling?" And so you either know it' s there and think it' s marvellous, or you haven' t, you know, crane your neck back like that and look. It' s one of those things that I felt was one of the hidden secrets of the museum. Odd to think that a hidden secret is something that' s sort of the entire top of the museum, but it is hidden in a sort of ways, " who looks up?" | |
| wū dǐng shàng jì yǒu xún cháng zhí zhū, yě yǒu yì guó qí pā. zhè zhǒng kàn sì suí yì de zǔ hé, què yǔ bó wù guǎn juàn zhì hào fán de zhí wù cáng pǐn àn hé. dàn zài shān dí kàn lái, zhè bèi hòu què dà yǒu shēn yì. duì tā lái shuō, měi lì de tiān huā bǎn, yì yì yuǎn dà yú zhuāng shì. wǒ rèn wéi zhèi xiē zhí wù, yǐn shè chū dà yīng dì guó zhī wěi dà. tā jiàn zhù yú dì guó quán lì de diān fēng, nà shí yīng guó shì gè qiáng dà de zhí mín guó jiā, xiàng mián huā, yān cǎo, chá yè. zhèi xiē shēng cháng yú zhí mín dì de zhí wù, tōng guò mào yì lái dào dì guó, wèi dì guó jué qǐ tuī bō zhù lán. wǒ ài jí le zhè gè wū dǐng, bù guò rén men de fǎn yìng shì liǎng zhǒng jí duān. tā men yào me shuō " wa"," zhè gè tài bù kě sī yì le, tā fēi cháng zhèn hàn". yào me wèn, shén me wū dǐng. suǒ yǐ, tā men huò shì zhī dào zài nà, jué de zhuàng lì fēi fán, huò shì cóng wèi zhù yì dào, cóng wèi tái qǐ tóu, kàn kàn tiān huā bǎn. wǒ jué de, zhè shì bó wù guǎn yǐn cáng mì mì zhī yī, xiǎng xiǎng yě tǐng qí guài, jū rán cáng zài zhěng gè bó wù guǎn de wū dǐng shàng, dàn zhè cáng de hěn hǎo, shéi zhī dào yào tái tóu ne. |
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