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　　Ever thought you’d get to experience the smell of ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra’s hair, or the scent(气味)of the sun?Visitors to the Reg Vardy Gallery will soon be able to do just that．

　　The gallery, at Sunderland University, England, is holding a new exhibition, If There Ever Was．It focuses on scent rather than sight．

　　The innovative(创新的)idea is the brainchild of curator(馆长)Robert Blackson．His inspiration came from reading the book Fast Food Nation．The book discussed the use of artificial chemicals to flavor things such as milkshakes, making them smell and taste like strawberries, when they’re not actually made from them．

　　A smell can often conjure up(召唤)memories such as school dinners or a childhood holiday by the sea, but the smells on display, will allow visitors to experience smells their noses won’t have been able to pick out before．

　　“There’s a whole variety of different smells, including some extinct flowers,”explains Blackson．“Some have been gone for hundreds of years．”

　　One extraordinary fragrance(香气)is the aftermath(灾难的后果)of the first atomic bomb, dropped on Japan on August 6, 1945．

　　There is also the smell of Cleopatra’s hair, based on incense(熏香)that was popular among ancient Egyptians．

　　The Soviet Mir space station, which burnt up in the atmosphere in 2001, smells of charred(烧焦的)material(the space station caught fire)．

　　Among the stranger smells is the“surface of the sun”．

　　“It is hard to sum up．It is an atmospheric smell, like walking into a room when the sun has been pouring in,”says Blackson．“It gives a freshness, a sun kissed feel with a bit of metal．If you can say something smells hot, this is it．”

　　A team of 11, including perfume designers, have been working on recreating the smells for the exhibition．James Wong, a botanist at Botanic Gardens Conservation International, UK, helped in the recreation of the smells of four extinct flowering plants．

　　He did this by closely linking the extinct flowers with the smells of existing ones．With the help of historical reports of how the extinct flowers smelled, he was able to remix the aromas(芳香)．

　　The exhibition runs until June 6．Fourteen extinct and impossible smells are on display．

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　　“World War Ⅱ was terrible,”said Sophie．“Do you think countries will 　　1　　 learn to live together 　　2　　?”

　　“They might——one day,”said Jake．“Let’s 　　3　　 what happens when people leave the Earth and explore other 　　4　　．”He typed“SPACE EXPLORATION．

　　Whirligig’s voice began：

　　“The first man-made satellite was 　　5　　 in October 1957 by the 　　6　　 Soviet Union．It was called Sputnik 1．The next month, they sent the first 　　7　　 creature into orbit——a dog called Laika．From then on, it was a match between the USSR and America to put the first 　　8　　 into space．The USSR won the game 　　9　　 some amazing news was reported in 12 April 1961：Yuri Gagarin had 　　10　　 a single orbit of the Earth．”

　　The America won 　　11　　 race on 20 July 1969 when their spacecraft 　　12　　 in the Moon．As Neil Armstrong walked on to the Moon’s dusty 　　13　　, he took“one small step for man and one giant leap 　　14　　 mankind”．“Even in space, 　　15　　 compete instead of helping one another,”　　16　　 Sophie．

　　Whirligig went on：“The Russians launched the first space station, Salyut, in 1971．Then the Americans 　　17　　 it with Skylab．The most successful space station was the Russian Mir, which 　　18　　‘peace’．　　19　　 of many nations, including Britain and America, spent hours in Mir before it crashed 　　20　　 into the earth’s atmosphere．”

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The exploration of space has been important in American’s history．American astronauts have walked on the moon, lived on the Mir space station, and orbited the earth many times in the space shuttle．

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