All the small country arts of life which once added to the little pleasures of country people were lost.

曾经为乡下人增添乐趣的所有小乡村生活艺术都消失了。

That is the question a French court is considering this week at the trial of a Congolese activist who wants his country's art returned.

这就是本周法国法庭在审判一名刚果活动人士时正在考虑的问题。这位活动人士希望归还自己国家的艺术品。

We can think of armies going into another country and taking the most valuable parts of that country's art or other things in the country.

我们可以想象军队进入另一个国家并夺取该国艺术中最有价值的部分或该国的其他东西。

But since the Soviet invasion of the 1980s, Afghanistan has had nearly 40 years of war and much of the country's art, artifacts and architecture has been destroyed.

但是自从20世纪80年代苏联入侵以来，阿富汗经历了近40年的战争，而且该国的许多艺术、手工艺品和建筑都被摧毁了。