A Delaware man was sentenced on Wednesday to five years of probation
周三,美国特拉华州一名男子被判5年缓刑,
after he broke off the finger of an ancient statue while inside a Philadelphia museum.
原因是他在费城一家博物馆里折断了一尊古代雕像(兵马俑)的手指。
Michael Rohana, 29, apologized to his family and the Chinese government,
29岁的迈克尔·罗哈纳向家人和中国政府作出道歉,
saying he would make no excuses for his drunken prank at the museum's 2017 ugly sweater Christmas party.
表示他不会为自己2017年在博物馆丑毛衣圣诞派对上的醉酒恶作剧找任何借口。
"These archaeological items are not to be messed with, broken or damaged."
“这些文物不能被乱动、打破或损坏。”
Known as "The Cavalryman," the warrior is worth $4.5 million.
据悉,该兵马俑的价值高达450万美元。
The Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Center, which loaned 10 of the terra-cotta sculptures to the American museum,
陕西省文物交流中心向该美国博物馆共出借了10座兵马俑,
said it was the first such incident in more than four decades of organizing overseas exhibitions.
该中心称,这是组织海外展览40多年来第一次发生此类事件。
"Michael Rohana's actions not only caused irreversible damages to the terra-cotta warrior itself, but also endangered the inheritance of human civilization,"
“迈克尔·罗哈纳的行为不仅对兵马俑本身造成了不可逆的损害,也危害了人类文明的传承。”
administrators at the Shaanxi History Museum in China wrote in a letter to the judge.
中国陕西历史博物馆的管理人员致本案法官的信中如此写道。