By Rob Broomby, Birmingham

媒体英语会带大家一起学习BBC撰稿人在报道世界大事时常用到的单词和短语。

Background: 英格兰中部的一名文物管理官员作出决定，把一批安格鲁萨克逊积聚黄金定为珍宝。这意味着各地的博物馆将有机会进行投标。据形容，这是来自英格兰中部罕见的考古发现。

The quality of the craftsmanship is supreme.

One thousand five hundred individual items: five kilograms of gold and two and a half kilograms of silver and many decorated with precious stones.

Exquisite sword fittings, parts of helmets and a crumpled golden cross.

It is by far the largest find of Anglo-Saxon treasure ever, much bigger than the 1939 discovery at Sutton Hoo.

It may have belonged to the kings of Mercia and date from the seventh century, a time of great turmoil in the land.

• background [´bækgraund]   n.背景；经历；幕后   (初中英语单词)
• supreme [su:´pri:m, sju:-]   a.最高的，无上的   (初中英语单词)
• exquisite [ik´skwizit]   a.精巧的；敏锐的   (高中英语单词)
• birmingham [´bə:miŋhəm]   n.伯明翰   (英语四级单词)
• anglo-saxon [,æŋgləu ´sæksən]   n.盎格鲁撒克逊人   (英语六级单词)
• turmoil [´tə:mɔil]   n.骚动；混乱   (英语六级单词)