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A Chinese social media mini-series is casting the British Museum into the limelight and stoking international calls for the repatriation of looted treasures. Named “Escape from the British Museum”, the viral three-part series has captured the imagination of millions by humanizing a jade teapot, a relatively recent addition to the museum’s collection, on a quest to return to China.

The runaway success of the series comes at a time of mounting pressure for the museum, as it reels from last month’s revelation that 2,000 of its items are “missing, stolen or damaged”.

生词短语:

cast

演员阵容；选派；扮演

limelight

聚光灯；众人瞩目

stoke

激起；煽动

repatriation

归还；遣返

looted treasures

被抢劫的珍宝

capture

吸引；俘获

humanize

使人性化；赋予人性

runaway

风靡一时的；失控的

mounting

不断增加的；逐渐上升的

reel from

受到...的冲击；受...的影响

revelation

披露；揭示