When you visit a museum, you will typically see some signs that read, “No Touching.” It should be common sense that one is not supposed to touch any of the exhibits. Occasionally, as with the Louvre’s Touch Gallery or the British Museum’s Hands On desks, visitors are (B)granted the opportunity—even encouraged—to directly touch certain art displays. Most times, however, museums do not allow the handling or touching of valuable pieces. If everyone could touch the Mona Lisa, for example, the face, eyes, and smile of the lady (C)would be wiped off the canvas. Fiona Candlin, a professor of museology at Birkbeck College in London, has long contemplated why people want to engage directly with objects of art.
common sense常識（不可數） be supposed to V應該（做）…… as with...如同∕就像…… museology [ ˌmjʊzɪˈɑlədʒɪ ] n. 博物館學
延伸學習｜exhibit 的其他用法及衍生字：
exhibition [ ˌɛksəˈbɪʃən ] n. 展覽（會），展出
exhibit [ ɪgˈzɪbɪt ] n. 展品，展出物
作名詞時，亦可表「展覽（會）」。
We checked out the calligraphy exhibit at the National Palace Museum.（我們在故宮博物院看了書法展。）
作名詞時，還可表「（法庭上出示的）物證∕證據」。
The lawyer presented some exhibits in court during the trial.（該名律師於審判中在法庭上提交一些物證。）
作動詞時，可表「展出，展覽」。
Ashley’s paintings have been exhibited all around the world over the past 10 years.（艾希莉的畫作過去十年來一直在世界各地展出。）
作動詞時，亦可表「顯示（特性、情感等）」。
The patient exhibited some early signs of the disease.（該名病患顯現出這種疾病的一些早期症狀。）
Candlin speculated that there must be a rational explanation for why people have the impulse to touch (D)what they look at. For most people, a museum visit is considered a purely visual experience, but that may be because we are told not to touch the items (A)on display. In fact, one museum attendant hired to keep an eye out for visitors who cannot resist the urge to touch art pieces without (C)permission said, “You stop a hundred people touching and there are two hundred more. It’s like trying to turn back the sea.” Candlin wrote the book Art, Museums, and Touch (2010) to better explain this phenomenon. Candlin concluded in the book that people instinctively touch new things because touch is an integral part of humans’ learning experience. Perhaps this is why most people learn better through “hands-on” experiences.
speculate [ ˈspɛkjəˌlet ] vt. 推測，猜測 impulse [ ˈɪmpʌls ] n. 衝動 on impulse一時衝動∕興起，不加思索地 attendant [ əˈtɛndənt ] n. 服務員 phenomenon [ fəˈnɑməˌnɑn ] n. 現象（單數形） phenomena [ fəˈnɑmənə ] n. 現象（複數形） instinctively [ ɪnˈstɪŋktɪvlɪ ] adv. 出於本能地；直覺地
克漏字測驗選項
1. (A) denied (B) granted (C) assigned (D) installed
2. (A) are wiped off (B) had been wiped off (C) would be wiped off (D) can have been wiped off
3. (A) that (B) this (C) which (D) what
4. (A) on display (B) in charge (C) at length (D) off duty
5. (A) certificate (B) allowance (C) permission (D) intuition
