每日新闻（57）【荷兰将向印尼、斯里兰卡归还多件文物】

Netherlands to return treasures to Indonesia and Sri Lanka

The Netherlands is set to hand back hundreds of precious artefacts

(

taken from Indonesia and Sri Lanka during its

colonial

period

)

.

Objects

to be returned

include a

gem-encrusted

bronze cannon and a looted cache

of jewels from the "Lombok Treasure".

A report had urged the government

to return items if countries request them.

The agreed

restitution

comes as

the Netherlands increasingly confronts its colonial past.

Other countries have also begun returning precious

looted

artefacts

in recent years.

Notable examples include British and German museums

(

signing over some of the so-called Benin Bronzes

(

stolen from Nigeria during a large-scale 1897 British military expedition

)

)

.

重点词汇释义：

colonial 殖民的;殖民国家的;i

restitution

归还;赔偿;补偿;赔款

looted 打劫，抢劫;loot的过去分词和过去式

artefacts 人工制品，手工艺品;artefact的复数

译文： 荷兰将向印度尼西亚和斯里兰卡归还珍宝

荷兰将归还其殖民时期从印度尼西亚和斯里兰卡拿走的数百件珍贵文物。归还的物品包括一门镶有宝石的青铜大炮和一批从“龙目宝藏”中掠夺的珠宝。一份报告敦促政府在各国提出要求时归还物品。双方同意归还之际，荷兰正日益直面其殖民历史。近年来，其他国家也开始归还被掠夺的珍贵文物。值得注意的例子包括英国和德国的博物馆签署归还一些被称为贝宁青铜器的文物，这些文物是1897年英国大规模军事远征期间从尼日利亚偷走的。来自BBC