Nelson's Ship in a Bottle 瓶中的納爾遜戰艦

By Will Gompetz, London

媒體英語會帶大家一起學習BBC撰稿人在報道世界大事時常用到的單詞和短語。

Background:背景：倫敦特拉法加廣場上的納爾遜圓柱是為了紀念在特拉法加海戰中帶領艦隊擊敗拿破侖的納爾遜海軍上將。150年后的今天，納爾遜上將終于將和自己的戰艦團圓。藝術家殷卡·紹尼巴爾設計并制作的瓶中的納爾遜戰艦勝利號（HMS Victory）的精美復制品現在已經被放置在了特拉法加廣場第四基座。

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.