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Background:背景：伦敦特拉法加广场上的纳尔逊圆柱是为了纪念在特拉法加海战中带领舰队击败拿破仑的纳尔逊海军上将。150年后的今天，纳尔逊上将终于将和自己的战舰团圆。艺术家殷卡·绍尼巴尔设计并制作的瓶中的纳尔逊战舰胜利号（HMS Victory）的精美复制品现在已经被放置在了特拉法加广场第四基座。

Yinka Shonibare is the first black artist to make a sculpture for the fourth plinth.

He's also the first artist to address directly the historic nature of Trafalgar Square and its connections to Britain's imperial past.

Two facts which he says are not unconnected:

"In a way the legacy of Nelson's victory is the kind of city, the kind of dynamic, a multicultural city, we have today. So Nelson's ship in a bottle is a way of celebrating that, celebrating that diversity of culture, you know, the wealth of our city."

Shonibare was born in London but grew up in Nigeria and his work is heavily influenced by the relationship between the two continents.

The ship in his bottle is a scale replica of Nelson's HMS Victory.

He has gone to some trouble to ensure that it looks authentic. There are cannons, real brass fittings, twine and canvas.

But the 31 set sails are not the brilliant white sheets of the original, but printed richly-patterned fabrics more commonly associated with African dress.

Glossary 词汇表

plinth 基座 

address directly 直爽地谈论 

historic nature 历史性 

imperial past 帝国的过去 

legacy 遗留之物 

dynamic 充满活力的 

multicultural 多元文化的 

diversity of culture 文化多样性 

heavily influenced 深受影响 

scale replica 按原物比例放大或缩小的复制品 

gone to some trouble 费了很大功夫 

authentic 逼真的 

fittings 装置，配件 

twine 线 

set sails 张开的帆 

richly-patterned 有大量图案的

Questions and Answers

How many sails are on the ship? 

There are 31 patterned sails on the ship.

Where did the artist grow up? 

The artist, Yinki Shonibare, grew up in Nigeria but was born in London.

What has the artist added to ensure the ship is authentic? 

He has added cannons, real brass fittings, twine and canvas to ensure the ship is authentic.

True or false? The ship is a scale replica of Lord Nelson's. 

True. The ship is a scale replica of Lord Nelson's HMS Victory.