史上最大胆的艺术品盗窃案：英语精读讲义

It's a hot summer's evening in Paris.

这是巴黎一个炎热的夏夜。

For weeks, a record-breaking heatwave has been cooking the city, 講解

几周以来，破纪录的热浪一直炙烤着这座城市，

leaving the streets empty and the Louvre quieter than ever. 語法

街道空无一人，卢浮宫也比以往任何时候都要安静。

No one dares to go outside,

没人敢出门，

but for one man, it's time to strike. 用詞

但对一个人来说，是时候行动了。

Throughout the night, he pulls off the heist of the century, 講解

整整一夜，他完成了世纪大盗窃，

plucking the Mona Lisa from the Louvre and disappearing into the city.

将蒙娜丽莎从卢浮宫摘下，然后消失在城市中。

This set off a worldwide investigation, 短語動詞

这引发了一场全球范围的调查，

leading French police down a 2-year rabbit hole of false leads and famous arrests 習語

让法国警察在两年的时间里陷入了虚假线索和名人逮捕的泥潭，

before a mysterious letter eventually gave the thief away. 短語動詞

直到一封神秘信件最终让窃贼露出了马脚。

We modeled the entire thing

我们对整个事件进行了建模，

to show you how a single man stole the Mona Lisa,

向你展示一个男人是如何偷走蒙娜丽莎的，

how he almost got away with it,

他是如何险些逃脱惩罚的，

and the elaborate plan behind the heist

以及这场盗窃案背后精心策划的阴谋，

that was eventually revealed decades later.

这些阴谋直到几十年后才最终浮出水面。

As the sun went down that Sunday evening,

那个周日傍晚，随着太阳下山，

the last few tourists were trickling out of the Louvre, 短語動詞

最后几名游客正陆陆续续离开卢浮宫，

but just before it closed,

但就在闭馆前，

a man entered the museum dressed in the Louvre's official white uniform. 語法

一名男子穿着卢浮宫官方的白色制服走进了博物馆。

Blending in as an employee, 短語動詞

他伪装成工作人员混入其中，

he quickly found his way to a small storage closet, 語法

很快找到了一间小储藏室，

squeezed his way in,

挤了进去，

and waited out the entire night. 短語動詞

然后等了一整夜。

The Louvre was closed the next day,

卢浮宫第二天闭馆，

so very few employees were going to be patrolling the museum.

所以只有极少数员工会在博物馆内巡逻。

At precisely 7:15 the next morning,

第二天早上7点15分整，

the thief emerged into an almost empty Louvre.

窃贼出现在几乎空无一人的卢浮宫里。

With no one in sight, 短語搭配

趁四下无人，

he quickly made his way into the Salon Carré,

他迅速来到了方形沙龙，

and there it was.

它就在那里。

At the time, the Mona Lisa didn't have its own room,

当时，蒙娜丽莎并没有自己的专属展厅，

and it wasn't nearly as famous as it is today, 語法

也远没有今天这么出名，

but the thief was about to change that. 語法

但这个窃贼即将改变这一切。

With no one in sight,

趁四下无人，

he pulled the painting off its metal pins

他把画从金属销钉上取下，

and carried it to a nearby stairwell.

带着它来到了附近的楼梯间。

Using a screwdriver,

他用一把螺丝刀，

he managed to remove the painting from its protective frame 語法

设法将这幅画从保护框中拆了出来，

before covering it in a white sheet and heading straight for the nearest exit. 短語搭配

然后用一块白布包好，径直走向最近的出口。

But as he reached for the door,

但当他伸手去拉门时，

it was locked.

发现门锁着。

At that exact moment,

就在那一刻，

a plumber working for the Louvre appeared out of nowhere. 習語

一名在卢浮宫工作的水管工不知从哪儿冒了出来。

He assumed that the man was a Louvre employee,

他以为这个男人是卢浮宫的员工，

and so he helped him open the door.

于是帮他打开了门。

And just like that, 習語

就这样，

the thief disappeared into the city with the Mona Lisa under his arms.

窃贼腋下夹着蒙娜丽莎，消失在了这座城市里。

The whole heist was over in just a matter of minutes, 短語搭配

整个盗窃过程仅用了几分钟就结束了，

but it would take another 28 hours 語法

但又过了28个小时，

before anyone realized the painting was really gone.

才有人发现这幅画真的不见了。

That week,

那个星期，

photographers had been going through the museum 語法

摄影师们一直在博物馆里穿梭，

and taking the paintings to be officially photographed,

把画作拿去进行官方拍摄，

so blank spaces on the wall were completely normal.

所以墙上有空位是完全正常的。

But when the photographers showed up the next morning

但当摄影师们第二天早上出现，

without the Mona Lisa,

却没有带着蒙娜丽莎时，

it became clear that something was extremely wrong. 語法

很明显出大问题了。

The Mona Lisa was officially missing.

蒙娜丽莎被官方确认失踪。

The police were called

警察被叫来了，

and a team of detectives descended on the museum. 短語動詞

一队侦探突降博物馆。

France closed its borders and stationed tanks around the Louvre.

法国关闭了边境，并在卢浮宫周围部署了坦克。

Just kidding, these tanks weren't used, 語氣意圖

开玩笑的，这些坦克并没有被派上用场，

but they can be used in War Thunder.

但你可以在《战争雷霆》中使用它们。

War Thunder is a free-to-play epic military action game

《战争雷霆》是一款免费的史诗级军事动作游戏，

where you can fight in dynamic battles

你可以在其中参与动态的战斗，

using land, sea, and air vehicles

使用横跨整整一个世纪的

spanning an entire century.

陆、海、空载具。

War Thunder recreates the scale and intensity of battles

《战争雷霆》重现了战争的规模与强度，

with a wide range of iconic tanks, aircraft, helicopters, and ships,

拥有大量标志性的坦克、战机、直升机和舰船，

as well as rare prototypes from the mid-20th century.

以及来自20世纪中叶的稀有原型机。

The new Storm Warning update now supports ray tracing

全新的“风暴警告”更新现已支持光线追踪，

and brings in a bunch of new vehicles and maps.

并引入了一系列新的载具和地图。

With War Thunder,

在《战争雷霆》中，

you can choose your own tactics,

你可以选择自己的战术，

breaking through the front lines in a tank,

驾驶坦克突破前线，

providing air support from a helicopter,

从直升机提供空中支援，

dogfighting high above the battlefield.

或在战场高空进行狗斗。

The graphics, physics, and sound all create an impressive visual experience

图形、物理和音效共同创造了令人惊叹的视觉体验，

and fully immerse players in the battle. 短語搭配

让玩家完全沉浸在战斗之中。

Download War Thunder for free on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox

立即在 PC、PlayStation 和 Xbox 上免费下载《战争雷霆》，

by using the link in the description.

点击简介里的链接即可。

All new players and those who haven't played for half a year

所有新玩家和超过半年未登录的玩家

will get special bonuses.

都将获得特别奖励。

You can also play War Thunder mobile on your phone.

你也可以在手机上游玩《战争雷霆》移动版。

Download it for free on iOS or Android using the link in the description.

点击简介里的链接，在 iOS 或 Android 上免费下载。

When the Louvre announced that one of its prized possessions had disappeared, 短語搭配

当卢浮宫宣布其珍贵藏品之一不翼而飞时，

it sent shockwaves all around the world, 習語

消息震惊了全世界，

and the question was,

随之而来的问题是，

where did it go?

它去哪儿了？

All the police had found was the wooden picture frame 語法

警方找到的只有木制的画框，

and a fingerprint left behind by the thief. 短語動詞

以及窃贼留下的一枚指纹。

To get the investigation going, 短語搭配

为了推动调查，

local newspapers started offering a reward of $250,000

当地报纸开始悬赏25万美元，

for any information that would lead them to the painting.

征集任何能找到这幅画的线索。

The response was overwhelming.

反响极其热烈。

Thousands of people sent letters and showed up to police stations

数以千计的人寄信或来到警察局，

with all kinds of information,

提供各种各样的信息，

placing the Mona Lisa all over the world.

声称蒙娜丽莎出现在世界各地。

Two separate witnesses recalled seeing a man leaving the Louvre with a bulky object, 語法

两名不同的目击者回忆起曾看到一名男子带着一个笨重的物体离开卢浮宫，

but the descriptions of the man were completely different.

但他们对该男子的描述却截然不同。

One person claimed that the Mona Lisa was on a freight train heading through Belgium,

有人声称蒙娜丽莎在一列驶经比利时的货运列车上，

and another claimed that the painting was on a ship

另一个人则声称这幅画在一艘

which had already set sail for America. 短語搭配

已经起航开往美国的船上。

But perhaps the most promising suspect was the famous artist Pablo Picasso.

但也许最有希望的嫌疑人是著名艺术家巴勃罗·毕加索。

A secretary who knew Picasso wrote to the police

一位认识毕加索的秘书写信给警方，

and admitted that he had stolen several Iberian statues from the Louvre.

承认自己曾从卢浮宫偷走过几座伊比利亚雕像。

He claimed to have sold these statues to Picasso, 語法

他声称已将这些雕像卖给了毕加索，

who went on to use them in one of his paintings. 短語動詞

而毕加索后来将它们用在了一幅画中。

It seemed unlikely,

这似乎不太可能，

but after checking the serial number on the statues,

但在核对了雕像上的序列号后，

the Louvre confirmed that they really were from the museum.

卢浮宫证实它们确实来自该博物馆。

Picasso was arrested and taken in for questioning. 短語動詞

毕加索被逮捕并带走问话。

Meanwhile,

与此同时，

the police turned their attention to another famous suspect, 短語搭配

警方的注意力转向了另一位著名的嫌疑人，

American banker and art collector J.P. Morgan.

美国银行家兼艺术品收藏家 J.P. 摩根。

At the time,

在当时，

art forgery was a big business,

艺术品伪造是一门大生意，

and paintings were often being forged and sold 語法

画作经常被伪造并出售

to naive millionaires in America.

给美国天真的百万富翁们。

According to the claim,

根据指控，

Morgan had commissioned the heist,

摩根雇人策划了这起盗窃案，

and the painting was now on its way to him. 短語搭配

这幅画现在正在送往他那里的途中。

Police in America stopped and searched a boat pulling into New York, 短語動詞

美国警方拦下并搜查了一艘驶入纽约的船只，

but there was no Mona Lisa on board. 短語搭配

但船上并没有蒙娜丽莎。

Theories kept coming in from all over the world, 短語動詞

各种推论不断从世界各地传来，

but after 2 years of searching,

但在搜寻了2年之后，

the location of the Mona Lisa was still a complete mystery.

蒙娜丽莎的下落仍然是一个彻头彻尾的谜。

As it turned out, 表達脈絡

事实证明，

the Mona Lisa hadn't gone far at all,

蒙娜丽莎根本没走远，

and it was sitting in an apartment just 2 miles from the Louvre.

它就静静地待在距离卢浮宫仅2英里的一间公寓里。

This was the apartment of Vincenzo Peruggia,

这是温琴佐·佩鲁贾的公寓，

a 29-year-old Italian who used to work at the Louvre as a handyman. 語法

他是一名29岁的意大利人，曾作为杂工在卢浮宫工作。

He knew every weakness of the Louvre.

他知道卢浮宫的每一个弱点。

He knew that it was closed on Mondays.

他知道博物馆周一闭馆。

He knew about the photographers.

他知道摄影师的事。

And it was him who had made the Mona Lisa's protective case, 語法

而且正是他制作了蒙娜丽莎的保护罩，

which he dismantled so easily during the heist.

所以在盗窃过程中他才能如此轻易地将其拆除。

After leaving the Louvre,

离开卢浮宫后，

he hid the painting in a trunk with a false floor,

他把画藏进了一个带有夹层底的箱子里，

which he had made himself. 語法

这箱子是他自己做的。

But how did he get away with it for so long? 短語動詞

但他怎么能逃避追捕这么久呢？

Amazingly,

令人惊奇的是，

Peruggia already had a criminal record, 短語搭配

佩鲁贾其实有犯罪前科，

and his fingerprints were already in the system.

他的指纹早就录入了系统。

But only his right hand fingerprints were in the system,

但系统里只有他右手的指纹，

and the one on the picture frame was a left hand print.

而画框上留下的是左手印。

And so a match was never found.

所以永远找不到匹配项。

During the investigation,

在调查期间，

police had visited Peruggia's apartment twice,

警方曾两次拜访佩鲁贾的公寓，

but never found anything.

却什么也没发现。

Little did they know that the Mona Lisa was hiding right under their noses. 講解

他们根本不知道蒙娜丽莎就藏在他们的眼皮底下。

Peruggia had pulled off a stupidly simple heist,

佩鲁贾完成了一场极其简单的盗窃，

and it seemed like he would get away with it.

看起来他似乎要逃之夭夭了。

But after 2 years holding the painting hostage, 習語

但在将这幅画扣留了2年之后，

he started to get impatient.

他开始变得不耐烦了。

He wrote an anonymous letter to an art dealer in Florence,

他给佛罗伦萨的一位艺术品交易商写了一封匿名信，

the city where da Vinci painted the masterpiece.

这座城市正是达·芬奇画下这幅杰作的地方。

In the letter,

在信中，

he claimed to have the Mona Lisa in his possession 用詞

他声称蒙娜丽莎在自己手上，

and said he wanted to return it back to its home. 語法

并表示他想把它送回故乡。

He signed the letter with the name Leonardo

他以“莱昂纳多”的名字在信上署名，

and took the next train to Florence.

并乘坐下一班火车前往佛罗伦萨。

The art dealer and his associate agreed to meet Peruggia in his hotel room

艺术品交易商和他的合伙人同意在佩鲁贾的酒店房间与他会面，

to authenticate the painting.

以鉴定这幅画的真伪。

With the doors locked, 語法

锁好门后，

Peruggia opened up the trunk,

佩鲁贾打开了箱子，

and to their surprise, 表達脈絡

让他们惊讶的是，

it really was the Mona Lisa.

那真的是蒙娜丽莎。

In order to further authenticate the painting,

为了进一步鉴定画作，

the art dealers took it back to their studio,

艺术品交易商把它带回了他们的工作室，

assuring Peruggia that he would be rewarded for bringing it back to Italy.

并向佩鲁贾保证，他会因为把它带回意大利而获得奖励。

But just an hour later,

但仅仅一个小时后，

the police showed up at his door and arrested him.

警察就出现在他的门外，并逮捕了他。

Peruggia ended up spending just 7 months in prison 短語動詞

佩鲁贾最终只在监狱里度过了7个月，

and died just 10 years later.

并在短短10年后就去世了。

Although the search for the Mona Lisa was over,

尽管对蒙娜丽莎的搜寻结束了，

the truth behind what really happened seemed to have gone to the grave. 習語

但事情背后的真相似乎被带进了坟墓。

But in 1932,

但在1932年，

a story was published

一篇报道被发表出来，

that revealed a much more elaborate plan behind the heist.

揭示了这起盗窃案背后更加周密的计划。

Written by Karl Decker, 語法

该报道由卡尔·德克尔撰写，

he claimed to know the man who was really behind the heist, 用詞

他声称认识真正策划这起盗窃案的幕后黑手，

a man named Eduardo de Valfierno,

一个名叫爱德华多·德·瓦尔菲尔诺的人，

an expert in art forgery.

他是一位伪造艺术品的专家。

He had come up with a grand plan to sell not one, 講解

他想出了一个宏大的计划，要卖出的不是一幅，

but six perfect copies of the Mona Lisa

而是六幅完美的蒙娜丽莎复制品，

to six unsuspecting millionaires lined up in America.

卖给美国已经排好队的六位毫无防备的百万富翁。

He commissioned a talented French painter to make the copies 語法

他委托了一位才华横溢的法国画家来制作这些复制品，

and shipped them off to America 短語動詞

然后把它们运到美国，

and put them into storage.

放进仓库里。

In order for them to believe they were really getting their hands on the Mona Lisa, 講解

为了让买家相信他们真的买到了蒙娜丽莎，

the real one had to go missing.

真正的原画必须失踪。

And so,

于是，

he contracted Peruggia to pull off the heist. 用詞

他雇佣佩鲁贾去执行盗窃。

When news spread that the Mona Lisa had gone missing,

当蒙娜丽莎失踪的消息传开后，

the paintings were sold to their buyers

那些画被卖给了买家，

and the three involved ran off with the equivalent of $90 million. 短語動詞

涉案的三人带着相当于9000万美元的巨款跑路了。

And now,

现在，

time for the Primal Space giveaway.

是 Primal Space 的抽奖时间了。

The winner of the previous giveaway is Josh.

上次抽奖的获胜者是 Josh。

Congrats.

恭喜。

In the next video,

在下一期视频中，

we'll be giving away this $100 Amazon gift card.

我们将送出这张100美元的亚马逊礼品卡。

All you need to do is sign up at the link below, 語法

你需要做的就是通过下方的链接注册，

like the video,

点赞视频，

and leave a comment saying what you thought of the heist.

并留言说说你对这场盗窃案的看法。

Thank you very much for watching,

非常感谢你们的观看，

and I'll see you in the next video.

我们下期视频再见。