史上最驚天動地的藝術品竊案：英語精讀講義

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

這是巴黎一個炎熱的夏夜。

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

幾週以來，破紀錄的热浪一直炙烤著這座城市，

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

街道空無一人，羅浮宮也比以往任何時候都要安靜。

No one dares to go outside,

沒人敢出門，

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

但對一個人來說，是時候行動了。

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

整整一夜，他完成了世紀大盜竊，

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

將蒙娜麗莎從羅浮宮摘下，然後消失在城市中。

This set off a worldwide investigation, 片語動詞

這引發了一場全球範圍的調查，

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

讓法國警察在兩年的時間裡陷入了虛假線索和名人逮捕的泥潭，

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

直到一封神秘信件最終讓竊賊露出了馬腳。

We modeled the entire thing

我們對整個事件進行了建模，

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

向你展示一個男人是如何偷走蒙娜麗莎的，

how he almost got away with it,

他是如何險些逃脫懲罰的，

and the elaborate plan behind the heist

以及這場盜竊案背後精心策劃的陰謀，

that was eventually revealed decades later.

這些陰謀直到幾十年後才最終浮出水面。

As the sun went down that Sunday evening,

那個週日傍晚，隨著太陽下山，

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

最後幾名遊客正陸陸續續離開羅浮宮，

but just before it closed,

但就在閉館前，

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

一名男子穿著羅浮宮官方的白色制服走進了博物館。

Blending in as an employee, 片語動詞

他偽裝成工作人員混入其中，

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

很快找到了一間小儲藏室，

squeezed his way in,

擠了進去，

and waited out the entire night. 片語動詞

然後等了一整夜。

The Louvre was closed the next day,

羅浮宮第二天閉館，

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

所以只有極少數員工會在博物館內巡邏。

At precisely 7:15 the next morning,

第二天早上7點15分整，

the thief emerged into an almost empty Louvre.

竊賊出現在幾乎空無一人的羅浮宮裡。

With no one in sight, 片語搭配

趁四下無人，

he quickly made his way into the Salon Carré,

他迅速來到了方形沙龍，

and there it was.

它就在那裡。

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

當時，蒙娜麗莎並沒有自己的專屬展廳，

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

也遠沒有今天這麼出名，

but the thief was about to change that. 文法

但這個竊賊即將改變這一切。

With no one in sight,

趁四下無人，

he pulled the painting off its metal pins

他把畫從金屬銷釘上取下，

and carried it to a nearby stairwell.

帶著它來到了附近的樓梯間。

Using a screwdriver,

他用一把螺絲起子，

he managed to remove the painting from its protective frame 文法

設法將這幅畫從保護框中拆了出來，

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

然後用一塊白布包好，徑直走向最近的出口。

But as he reached for the door,

但當他伸手去拉門時，

it was locked.

發現門鎖著。

At that exact moment,

就在那一刻，

a plumber working for the Louvre appeared out of nowhere. 慣用語

一名在羅浮宮工作的水管工不知從哪兒冒了出來。

He assumed that the man was a Louvre employee,

他以為這個男人是羅浮宮的員工，

and so he helped him open the door.

於是幫他打開了門。

And just like that, 慣用語

就這樣，

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

竊賊腋下夾著蒙娜麗莎，消失在了這座城市裡。

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

整個盜竊過程僅用了幾分鐘就結束了，

but it would take another 28 hours 文法

但又過了28個小時，

before anyone realized the painting was really gone.

才有人發現這幅畫真的不見了。

That week,

那個星期，

photographers had been going through the museum 文法

攝影師們一直在博物館裡穿梭，

and taking the paintings to be officially photographed,

把畫作拿去進行官方拍攝，

so blank spaces on the wall were completely normal.

所以牆上有空位是完全正常的。

But when the photographers showed up the next morning

但當攝影師們第二天早上出現，

without the Mona Lisa,

卻沒有帶著蒙娜麗莎時，

it became clear that something was extremely wrong. 文法

很明顯出大問題了。

The Mona Lisa was officially missing.

蒙娜麗莎被官方確認失蹤。

The police were called

警察被叫來了，

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

一隊偵探突降博物館。

France closed its borders and stationed tanks around the Louvre.

法國關閉了邊境，並在羅浮宮周圍部署了坦克。

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

開玩笑的，這些坦克並沒有被派上用場，

but they can be used in War Thunder.

但你可以在《戰爭雷霆》中使用它們。

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

《戰爭雷霆》是一款免費的史詩級軍事動作遊戲，

where you can fight in dynamic battles

你可以在其中參與動態的戰鬥，

using land, sea, and air vehicles

使用橫跨整整一個世紀的

spanning an entire century.

陸、海、空載具。

War Thunder recreates the scale and intensity of battles

《戰爭雷霆》重現了戰爭的規模與強度，

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

擁有大量標誌性的坦克、戰機、直升機和艦船，

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

以及來自20世紀中葉的稀有原型機。

The new Storm Warning update now supports ray tracing

全新的「風暴警告」更新現已支援光線追蹤，

and brings in a bunch of new vehicles and maps.

並引入了一系列新的載具和地圖。

With War Thunder,

在《戰爭雷霆》中，

you can choose your own tactics,

你可以選擇自己的戰術，

breaking through the front lines in a tank,

駕駛坦克突破前線，

providing air support from a helicopter,

從直升機提供空中支援，

dogfighting high above the battlefield.

或在戰場高空進行纏鬥。

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

圖形、物理和音效共同創造了令人驚嘆的視覺體驗，

and fully immerse players in the battle. 片語搭配

讓玩家完全沉浸在戰鬥之中。

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

立即在 PC、PlayStation 和 Xbox 上免費下載《戰爭雷霆》，

by using the link in the description.

點擊簡介裡的連結即可。

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

所有新玩家和超過半年未登入的玩家

will get special bonuses.

都將獲得特別獎勵。

You can also play War Thunder mobile on your phone.

你也可以在手機上遊玩《戰爭雷霆》行動版。

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

點擊簡介裡的連結，在 iOS 或 Android 上免費下載。

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

當羅浮宮宣布其珍貴藏品之一不翼而飛時，

it sent shockwaves all around the world, 慣用語

消息震驚了全世界，

and the question was,

隨之而來的問題是，

where did it go?

它去哪兒了？

All the police had found was the wooden picture frame 文法

警方找到的只有木製的畫框，

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

以及竊賊留下的一枚指紋。

To get the investigation going, 片語搭配

為了推動調查，

local newspapers started offering a reward of $250,000

當地報紙開始懸賞25萬美元，

for any information that would lead them to the painting.

徵求任何能找到這幅畫的線索。

The response was overwhelming.

反響極其熱烈。

Thousands of people sent letters and showed up to police stations

數以千計的人寄信或來到警察局，

with all kinds of information,

提供各種各樣的資訊，

placing the Mona Lisa all over the world.

聲稱蒙娜麗莎出現在世界各地。

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

兩名不同的目擊者回憶起曾看到一名男子帶著一個笨重的物體離開羅浮宮，

but the descriptions of the man were completely different.

但他們對該男子的描述卻截然不同。

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

有人聲稱蒙娜麗莎在一列駛經比利時的貨運列車上，

and another claimed that the painting was on a ship

另一個人則聲稱這幅畫在一艘

which had already set sail for America. 片語搭配

已經啟航開往美國的船上。

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

但也許最有希望的嫌疑人是著名藝術家巴勃羅·畢卡索。

A secretary who knew Picasso wrote to the police

一位認識畢卡索的秘書寫信給警方，

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

承認自己曾從羅浮宮偷走過幾座伊比利亞雕像。

He claimed to have sold these statues to Picasso, 文法

他聲稱已將這些雕像賣給了畢卡索，

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

而畢卡索後來將它們用在了一幅畫中。

It seemed unlikely,

這似乎不太可能，

but after checking the serial number on the statues,

但在核對了雕像上的序號後，

the Louvre confirmed that they really were from the museum.

羅浮宮證實它們確實來自該博物館。

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

畢卡索被逮捕並帶走問話。

Meanwhile,

與此同時，

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

警方的注意力轉向了另一位著名的嫌疑人，

American banker and art collector J.P. Morgan.

美國銀行家兼藝術品收藏家 J.P. 摩根。

At the time,

在當時，

art forgery was a big business,

藝術品偽造是一門大生意，

and paintings were often being forged and sold 文法

畫作經常被偽造並出售

to naive millionaires in America.

給美國天真的百萬富翁們。

According to the claim,

根據指控，

Morgan had commissioned the heist,

摩根僱人策劃了這起盜竊案，

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

這幅畫現在正在送往他那裡的途中。

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

美國警方攔下並搜查了一艘駛入紐約的船隻，

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

但船上並沒有蒙娜麗莎。

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

各種推論不斷從世界各地傳來，

but after 2 years of searching,

但在搜尋了2年之後，

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

蒙娜麗莎的下落仍然是一個徹頭徹尾的謎。

As it turned out, 表達脈絡

事實證明，

the Mona Lisa hadn't gone far at all,

蒙娜麗莎根本沒走遠，

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

它就靜靜地待在距離羅浮宮僅2英里的一間公寓裡。

This was the apartment of Vincenzo Peruggia,

這是溫琴佐·佩魯賈的公寓，

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

他是一名29歲的義大利人，曾作為雜工在羅浮宮工作。

He knew every weakness of the Louvre.

他知道羅浮宮的每一個弱點。

He knew that it was closed on Mondays.

他知道博物館週一閉館。

He knew about the photographers.

他知道攝影師的事。

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

而且正是他製作了蒙娜麗莎的保護罩，

which he dismantled so easily during the heist.

所以在盜竊過程中他才能如此輕易地將其拆除。

After leaving the Louvre,

離開羅浮宮後，

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

他把畫藏進了一個帶有夾層底的箱子裡，

which he had made himself. 文法

這箱子是他自己做的。

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

但他怎麼能逃避追捕這麼久呢？

Amazingly,

令人驚奇的是，

Peruggia already had a criminal record, 片語搭配

佩魯賈其實有犯罪前科，

and his fingerprints were already in the system.

他的指紋早就登錄了系統。

But only his right hand fingerprints were in the system,

但系統裡只有他右手的指紋，

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

而畫框上留下的是左手印。

And so a match was never found.

所以永遠找不到比對結果。

During the investigation,

在調查期間，

police had visited Peruggia's apartment twice,

警方曾兩次拜訪佩魯賈的公寓，

but never found anything.

卻什麼也沒發現。

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

他們根本不知道蒙娜麗莎就藏在他們的眼皮底下。

Peruggia had pulled off a stupidly simple heist,

佩魯賈完成了一場極其簡單的盜竊，

and it seemed like he would get away with it.

看起來他似乎要逃之夭夭了。

But after 2 years holding the painting hostage, 慣用語

但在將這幅畫扣留了2年之後，

he started to get impatient.

他開始變得不耐煩了。

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

他給佛羅倫斯的一位藝術品交易商寫了一封匿名信，

the city where da Vinci painted the masterpiece.

這座城市正是達文西畫下這幅傑作的地方。

In the letter,

在信中，

he claimed to have the Mona Lisa in his possession 用詞

他聲稱蒙娜麗莎在自己手上，

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

並表示他想把它送回故鄉。

He signed the letter with the name Leonardo

他以「李奧納多」的名字在信上署名，

and took the next train to Florence.

並乘坐下一班火車前往佛羅倫斯。

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

藝術品交易商和他的合夥人同意在佩魯賈的飯店房間與他會面，

to authenticate the painting.

以鑑定這幅畫的真偽。

With the doors locked, 文法

鎖好門後，

Peruggia opened up the trunk,

佩魯賈打開了箱子，

and to their surprise, 表達脈絡

讓他們驚訝的是，

it really was the Mona Lisa.

那真的是蒙娜麗莎。

In order to further authenticate the painting,

為了進一步鑑定畫作，

the art dealers took it back to their studio,

藝術品交易商把它帶回了他們的工作室，

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

並向佩魯賈保證，他會因為把它帶回義大利而獲得獎勵。

But just an hour later,

但僅僅一個小時後，

the police showed up at his door and arrested him.

警察就出現在他的門外，並逮捕了他。

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

佩魯賈最終只在監獄裡度過了7個月，

and died just 10 years later.

並在短短10年後就去世了。

Although the search for the Mona Lisa was over,

儘管對蒙娜麗莎的搜尋結束了，

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

但事情背後的真相似乎被帶進了墳墓。

But in 1932,

但在1932年，

a story was published

一篇報導被發表出來，

that revealed a much more elaborate plan behind the heist.

揭示了這起盜竊案背後更加周密的計畫。

Written by Karl Decker, 文法

該報導由卡爾·德克爾撰寫，

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

他聲稱認識真正策劃這起盜竊案的幕後黑手，

a man named Eduardo de Valfierno,

一個名叫愛德華多·德·瓦爾菲爾諾的人，

an expert in art forgery.

他是一位偽造藝術品的專家。

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

想出了一個宏大的計畫，要賣出的不是一幅，

but six perfect copies of the Mona Lisa

而是六幅完美的蒙娜麗莎複製品，

to six unsuspecting millionaires lined up in America.

賣給美國已經排好隊的六位毫無防備的百萬富翁。

He commissioned a talented French painter to make the copies 文法

他委託了一位才華橫溢的法國畫家來製作這些複製品，

and shipped them off to America 片語動詞

然後把它們運到美國，

and put them into storage.

放進倉庫裡。

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

為了讓買家相信他們真的買到了蒙娜麗莎，

the real one had to go missing.

真正的原畫必須失蹤。

And so,

於是，

he contracted Peruggia to pull off the heist. 用詞

他僱用佩魯賈去執行盜竊。

When news spread that the Mona Lisa had gone missing,

當蒙娜麗莎失蹤的消息傳開後，

the paintings were sold to their buyers

那些畫被賣給了買家，

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

涉案的三人帶著相當於9000萬美元的巨款跑路了。

And now,

現在，

time for the Primal Space giveaway.

是 Primal Space 的抽獎時間了。

The winner of the previous giveaway is Josh.

上次抽獎的獲勝者是 Josh。

Congrats.

恭喜。

In the next video,

在下一支影片中，

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

我們將送出這張100美元的亞馬遜禮物卡。

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

你需要做的就是透過下方的連結註冊，

like the video,

按讚影片，

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

並留言說說你對這場盜竊案的看法。

Thank you very much for watching,

非常感謝你們的觀看，

and I'll see you in the next video.

我們下支影片再見。