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The actual construction itself was a, you know, a work of art and a great work of science. Ironically, things that the team complained about was seasickness because the model actually began to sway as they were applying the colour and the external characteristics so in order to prevent the guys feeling seasick, they actually had to block the model up to stop it from moving. Seasickness aside, the exhibit opened in December 1938 to great public acclaim. The initial reaction from people was just complete and utter awe. 70 years later, the blue whale has lost none of its power. Even Richard is still bewitched, acknowledging the model as the inspiration for his career. I visited on a school trip here in 1976, and I stood pretty much in this spot and I do remember the sense of fascination and complete shock, I think. I just couldn' t quite get it into my head that something could grow so large and I' d no idea that I' d ever end up working in a place like this and let alone be responsible for the model. |
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shí jì jiàn zào bù jǐn shì yì shù gōng zuò, gèng shì kē xué gōng zuò yǒu qù de shì, duì yuán men jū rán bào yuàn yùn chuán. yīn wèi zài kāi shǐ shàng sè, kè huà wài bù tè diǎn shí, mó xíng kāi shǐ yáo huàng. wèi le fáng zhǐ yùn chuán gǎn, tā men xū yào gù dìng zhù mó xíng bù ràng tā yáo huàng. piē kāi yùn chuán bù tí, zhǎn lǎn zài 1938 nián 10 yuè kāi fàng, huò dé le dà zhòng gāo dù de chēng zàn. nà shí suǒ yǒu cān guān zhě dōu mù dèng kǒu dāi, 70 nián hòu, lán jīng de mèi lì sī háo bù jiǎn, lǐ chá dé zì jǐ yě chén mí qí zhōng. tā shuō shì zhè gè mó xíng xī yǐn tā rù xíng de. 1976 nián wǒ suí xué xiào lái zhè ér cān guān, wǒ zài tā miàn qián zhàn le hěn jiǔ, nà zhǒng xīn qí hé zhèn jīng gǎn, xiàn zài réng jì yì yóu xīn, wǒ wú fǎ xiǎng xiàng, rú cǐ jù dà shēng wù de cún zài, yě cóng wèi xiǎng guò wǒ yǐ hòu huì zài zhè lǐ gōng zuò. gèng bù yòng shuō fù zé hù lǐ tā le. |