本期内容：

A long-lost painting by a celebrated Italian artist that was found hanging in the kitchen of an elderly French woman has sold for (欧元)24m (￡20m; $26.6m) at auction, setting a new record. Christ Mocked, by the pre-Renaissance artist Cimabue, was discovered last month in northern France. The painting was expected to fetch up to (欧元)6m at auction. But the winning bid far exceeded expectations, with the painting fetching four times the estimate.

long-lost: 失传已久的，失散多年的
· a long-lost child: 失散多年的孩子
· long gone: 早走了，早没了
· He's long gone.
他早走了。
· 副词+动词的过去分词 相当于 形容词
· well-prepared: 精心准备的 strategically-covered: 巧妙覆盖的
celebrated adj. 著名的，有名的
· celebrate v. 庆祝 celebration n. 庆祝
at auction: 在拍卖中
set a record: 创纪录
· set a world record: 创世界纪录
· set an Olympic record: 创奥运会纪录
mocked: 受嘲弄的
· mock vt. 嘲笑；嘲弄
· 同义表达：laugh at (sb), make fun of (sb)
pre-Renaissance: 前文艺复兴
· pre-war: 战前的 post-war: 战后的
· pre-industrial: 工业革命之前的 post-industrial: 工业革命之后的
fetch up to: 偶尔得到；达到（本篇可理解为“be”）
winning bid: 中标
· 同义表达：final price, purchase price, final deal
exceed expectation: 超越预期

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