230901 “相信诚实的人会归还！”大英博物馆主席公开回应失窃事件
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About 2,000 treasures are thought to have been stolen from the British Museum, but recovery has begun of some of them, chairman George Osborne has said.
Asked where the missing items were located, he said: "Some members of the antiquarian community are actively co-operating with us" and that recoveries so far were a "silver lining to a dark cloud".
He said he was confident that "honest people" would return items found to have been stolen, but acknowledged that "others may not".
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- treasure /ˈtreʒə/ n. 珍宝，宝物
- recovery /rɪˈkʌv(ə)ri/ n. (对某物的)寻回，追回 · recover /rɪˈkʌvə/ v. 失而复得；寻回，追回
- locate /ləʊˈkeɪt/ v. 定位
- antiquarian community 对古董感兴趣的一群人，古董界的收藏迷、爱好者、专家学者 · antiquarian /ˌæntɪˈkweəriən/ adj. 与古董相关的 · antique /ænˈtiːk/ n. 古董 · community /kəˈmjuːnəti/ n. (因相同兴趣、社会身份等聚焦在一起的)团体
- actively co-operating 积极合作 · actively /ˈæktɪvli/ adv. 积极地 · active /ˈæktɪv/ adj. 主动的，积极的 · co-operate /kəʊ-ˈɒp(ə)reɪt/ v. 合作，协作；配合 · 构词：co表示together 同时、一起，operate表示操作
- a silver lining to a dark cloud在困难过后的一丝慰藉、一线希望 · silver lining 银色的丝线
- be confident that… 相信、确信某事(比think, believe用词上显得更确切) · confident /ˈkɒnfɪd(ə)nt/ adj. 自信的
- acknowledge /əkˈnɒlɪdʒ/ v. 承认，认可(某种情况的发生或存在)