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周末，我和妻子带五岁的儿子去参观美国北卡罗来纳州的自然科学博物馆。整个博物馆展览让人印象深刻。刚一开始，博物馆的工作人员给我们讲解蛇，同时还给我们展示各种活生生的蛇。儿子迷上了这些爬行动物，他摸蛇时，一点也不害怕。 博物馆一层展出的是几副惊人的巨型鲸鱼骨架，这些骨架都吊在天花板上。乘电梯上了二层，我们才可以从上面俯瞰鲸鱼骨架。二楼是其他一些有趣的展览，其中有一个区域展示的都是天然野生动植物，其种类覆盖"上自高山下至大海"。接着我们乘电梯到了三楼。 三楼可以很好地全面俯瞰"从高山到大海”景区，还有我喜欢的“史前北卡莱罗纳”展览。几只恐龙的化石，有一只巨大的史前地獭化石；“恐怖南方”展区有世界上唯一的高脊柱蜥蜴化石;还有极为有趣的"山湾”地区和"热带”地区。现在我们乘电梯到了四楼。 四楼可以全面俯瞰“恐怖南方”和“自然中心"。在这里可以近距离看到许多至今尚存的古老动物物种，为展览增添了神秘色彩。 乘电梯回到一楼，我们当然也逛了旅游纪念品商店，给儿子买了几个纪念品。下午的探险之旅结束后，我们打道回府。 我最喜欢的展览部分是鲸鱼骨架和恐龙骨骼化石。我问儿子最喜欢的是什么，他认真想了想，回答说我最喜欢电梯。 他的回答完全出乎我们的意料，这倒是很有趣。 The Best Part My wife and I took our five-year-old son to the N. C. Museum of Natural Sciences one weekend. I must say that the museum is quite impressive. We started out by listening to one of the museum employees talk about snakes as she showed us actual live examples. My son was fascinated by the reptiles and was fearless when he got the chance to touch the live snakes. On the first floor of the museum we observed several sets of huge and very impressive whale skeletons hanging from the ceiling. Moving to the second floor via and escalator, we were able to observe the skeletons from above. Several other interesting exhibits encompasses the second floor including an area that showed natural looking areas with wildlife and foliage that spanned from the "Mountains to the Sea.” Next was the escalator to the third floor. The third floor has a great overlook of the “Mountains to the Sea” area but also houses my favorite exhibit, "Prehistoric North Carolina.” Several dinosaur fossils are there including a huge fossil of a prehistoric ground sloth. The “Terror of the South" section houses the only Acrocanthosaurus fossil in the world. There is also the terribly interesting "Mountain Cove” area and the "Tropical Connections” area to boot. Onward now to the fourth floor via the trusty escalator. The fourth floor has a very nice overlook of the "Terror of the South” as well as the "Naturalist Center." Here one can observe，up close and personal, many preserved species of animals. Most of the specimens are quite old which adds a little mystic to the exhibit. Arriving via escalator to the first floor, we naturally had to take a tour of the gift shop. We bought our son a few items before ending our afternoon adventure and began the trip home. My favorite parts of the museum were the whale skeletons and the dinosaur fossils. I asked my son what his favorite part was and he thought hard before he giving answer. His reply："The best part was the escalator." It’s good to know that he got something out of the experience. |
