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Body World – Under the Skin
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دنیای بدن - زیر پوست
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`See the mysteries under the
skin.' Maybe you have heard about
the famous exhibition that has
shocked and
fascinated
people from
all over the world. Body Worlds is the exhibition that uses real people's dead
bodies to show us how our bodies
work.
More than nine million people have visited the exhibition in Japan,
Germany
,
Austria and Belgium and now it is touring in the United Kingdom and
Korea. This makes it the most successful exhibition of all
time.
In the exhibition, bodies of people that lived are on
display
.
Their skin is taken off so that you can see the
muscles
and organs of the
bodies. They have been
plastinated
so that they will stay as they are for many, many years. After plastination, the bodies can be displayed in lifelike ways. In the exhibition one man rides a horse. Another person is playing chess and thinking about the next move. And another is holding up his skin as if it is a coat. There are many different thoughts and
opinions
of
Body Worlds.
Many people are angry about the exhibition. They say that it is wrong to
use body parts from real men and women as art. They are shocked that
dead bodies are in an exhibition where anyone can see. Usually these
things are only seen by doctors and people who work in medicine. But,
many others say that Body Worlds is a good thing. It is fascinating and
people can learn about their bodies. The person who made the
exhibition, Professor Gunther Von Hagens says that he wanted to help
people to learn about the body and how it works. He strongly believes
that it is important for everyday people to know things about the body
that are usually known only by doctors. Is this a good thing? Many
people who see the exhibition think so. Fifty percent leave the
exhibition wanting to look after their health more. Ten per cent of people who smoke stop
immediately
(
In the exhibition people can see
different organs, They can compare healthy and
diseased
organs. For
example, there is a pair of pink, healthy lungs next to a black, unhealthy pair).
Diseased/adjective/:
an illness
Display
/verb/:
arrange or spread out for public view
Fascinated
/adjective/:
attract and hold the interest or attention of
Immediately
/adverb/:
at once
Muscle
/noun/:
(one of) the pieces of elastic material in the body that can
tighten to produce movement
Opinion /noun/:
what a person thinks about something
Palatinate
/adjective/:
plastinate: when the water, blood and fat in a body is taken out and special plastics are put in
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