兩個月前，中國兵馬俑文物在美國費(fèi)城富蘭克林學(xué)會博物館展出時，被游客破壞并盜走手指的事件，引發(fā)了全球范圍的關(guān)注。作案男子的行為和博物館方面的失職，讓人們感到痛心和強(qiáng)烈的不滿。
The Philadelphia City Government has issued an official written apology to China for the damage done to an exhibiting terracotta warrior caused by a visitor at the Franklin Institute in Pennsylvania, where 10 of the figures were on display.
美國費(fèi)城政府就兵馬俑在費(fèi)城展出時被游客損壞一事向中方書面道歉，當(dāng)時有10余件展品在賓夕法尼亞的富蘭克林學(xué)院展出。
David Oh, of the Philadelphia City Council, wrote in the apology that the city council “unanimously passed a Resolution” to apologize to China for the damage.
費(fèi)城市議會成員大衛(wèi).歐在道歉書中寫道，市議會“一致通過決議”，為兵馬俑受損一事向中國道歉。
The written apology was replied to by Zhang Qiyue, China’s Consul General in New York, and forwarded to the Shaanxi Cultural Relics Exchange Center on April 5.
中國駐紐約總領(lǐng)館總領(lǐng)事章啟月作出回應(yīng)，該書面道歉函已于4月5日轉(zhuǎn)呈至陜西省文物交流中心。
Zhang said in the reply that the isolated case "will not affect the robust cultural and people-to-people exchanges between the two sides."
章啟月在回信中稱，這起個案“不會影響兩國人民和兩國文化的健康交流”。
A World Heritage Artifact loaned by the Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Center was on show from the end of September last year.
去年9月底，從陜西文物交流中心借出的世界遺產(chǎn)文物開始展出。
According to an arrest affidavit filed by an FBI agent, the visitor, Michael Rohana, 24, snuck into the closed exhibit on December 21 and took a "selfie" with the warrior, worth US$4.5 million.
根據(jù)一聯(lián)邦調(diào)查員遞交的逮捕宣誓書，24歲的游客邁克爾.羅哈納于12月21日潛入閉館的展館中，與價值450萬美元的兵馬俑像“自拍”。
He then allegedly broke off the statue’s left thumb and pocketed it before leaving the event with friends. FBI recovered the thumb some weeks later.
據(jù)稱，他在與朋友離開展館之前，折斷了兵馬俑的一根左手指，放進(jìn)口袋里。幾周后，F(xiàn)BI將斷指收回。
Rohana is currently on bail after his arrest and awaiting trial. He faces up to 30 years in jail.
被捕后的羅哈納目前正在保釋候?qū)彙Ｋ罡邔⒚媾R長達(dá)30年的監(jiān)禁。
Some Chinese netizens commented on Weibo that no punishment can make up for the damage of historic relics.
一些中國網(wǎng)民在微博上評論道，任何懲罰都無法彌補(bǔ)歷史文物受到的損害。
Built around 209 BC to stand guard over the tomb of the first emperor, the 8,000-strong Terracotta Army is one of China’s most important archaeological discoveries.
約于公元前209年鑄造的8000人兵馬俑像，為守衛(wèi)秦始皇陵所建，是我國最重要的考古發(fā)現(xiàn)之一。
The army has been a UNESCO world heritage site since 1987, and a major tourist attraction in Xi’an, capital of the northwestern province of Shaanxi.
1987年，兵馬俑便入選為聯(lián)合國教科文組織的世界文化遺產(chǎn)，也是陜西省省會西安的主要旅游景點(diǎn)。
