This is actually, has been a big challenge for me, and it's been a great responsibility to be in charge of the collection. Every day you need to expand your knowledge, and know every single question that people comes to. So it's a big responsibility. Still, I can manage. When I was younger I used to be a fanatical insect collector. Now insect collecting has always been popular amongst naturalists one, because they're easy to catch, and two, there are still loads to be discovered. One of the greatest insect collectors was the naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace. But Wallace should be famous for a different reason. In fact, he should be as famous as that man down there. Charles Darwin is the natural history superstar. Across the world his name, his image and his work is widely recognised. The same cannot be said for Alfred Russel Wallace.


这对我是一个很大的挑战，掌管收藏工作，责任重大，每一天都要扩充知识量，才能对人们的提问应答自如。所以责任很重，但我能处理好。早些年，我狂热地收集昆虫，博物学家一直都热衷收集昆虫。原因一，是它们易于捕获，二是还有很多昆虫未经发现。博物学家阿尔弗勒德·拉塞尔·华莱士是史上最伟大的昆虫收集者之一，但华莱士本不应以昆虫出名。实际上，他应该和下面那人一样著名。查尔斯·达尔文堪称自然历史界泰斗，他的名字，形象和著作，为全世界所广泛认知，阿尔弗勒德·拉塞尔·华莱士可无此待遇。