우리말 영어속독(200단어)--The Mona Lisa

우리말 영어속독(200단어)--The Mona Lisa

 

Leonardo da Vinci¹ began painting the Mona Lisa, one of the most famous painting of all time, in 1503. He was working on a special painting for a church at the time, but it was not going well. The woman who can be seen in the Mona Lisa is said to be Madonna Lisa del Giocondo. She was the wife of an Italian businessman who asked da Vinci to paint a portrait of her.(레오나르도다빈치비갠페인팅더모나리자, 원업더모우슷풰이머스페인팅업어볼타임, 인퓝틴쓰리. 히워즈워킹오너스뻬셜페인팅 포러처치앳더타임, 벗잇워즈낫고잉웰. 더워먼후캔비씬인더모나리자 이즈쎄투비모나리자델지오콘도. 쉬워즈더와잎오번이탤리언비즈니스먼 후애슼트다빈치투페인터포츄릿업허.)

 

After da Vinci finished the painting in 1506 he was invited by the French King, Francois I, to visit France, and he took the painting with him. Today the Mona Lisa is kept in the Louvre, an art museum in Paris, and it is seen by about six million visitors a year.(앱터다빈치퓌니쉿더페인팅인퓝틴식스 히워즈인바이딧바이더프렌치킹, 프랑소아풔슷, 투뷔짓프랭스, 앤히툭더페인팅윗힘. 터데이더모나리자이즈켑트인더루우브ㄹ, 언아트뮤지엄인패리스, 앤잇이즈씬바이어바웃식스밀련비지터즈어이어ㄹ.)

 

The painting measures only 77 centimeters by 53 cetimeters and is painted with oil on wood. In 1911, Vincenzo Peruggia, a worker at the Louvre, stole the painting. He took it out of the museum by hiding it under his coat. Two years later, police officers found the painting under Mr. Peruggia's bed after he tried to sell it.(더페인팅메저즈온리세브니세븐세니미러즈바이퓝티쓰리세니미러즈 앤이즈페인팃윗오일언웃. 인나이닌일레븐, 빈센초페루쟈, 어워커앳더루우브ㄹ, 스또울더페인팅. 히투킷아우럽더뮤지엄바이하이딩잇언더히즈코웃. 투이어즈레이러, 펄리스아퓌서즈퐈운더페인팅언더미스커페루자즈벳 앱터히츄라이투셀잇.)

 

In 1962, the Mona Lisa was taken to Washington and New York for an exhibition². For the journey the museum wanted to insure³ the painting. The insurance company set the value of it at 100 million dollars, making it the most valuable painting ever! Today, the value of the painting would be over 700 million dollars.(인나이닌식스티투, 더모나리자워즈테이큰투워싱턴엔뉴욕포런엑시비tus. 포더저니더뮤지엄워니투인슈어더페인팅. 디인슈런스컴퍼니셋더밸류어뷧앳원허드럿밀련달러즈, 메이킹잇더모우슷밸류어블페인팅에붜! 터데이, 더밸류업더페인팅웃비오우버쎄븐밀련달러즈.) [241 words]

 

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¹ Leonardo da Vinci(1452-1519): a famous Italian architecture, inventor, engineer, sculptor, and painter

² exhibition: a display (e.g., of art)

³insure: arrange to get money if something is broken or stolen