时差N小时 如何利用X射线检测米勒作品?(上)

In the 1840s, a new painting by Jean Francois Millet¹ was unveiled in Paris.

19世纪40年代，米勒的一幅新作在巴黎展出。

But, horror of horrors, no one seemed to like it!

但可怕的是，似乎没人喜欢这幅作品！

Some critics thought the images were too violent; others thought the paint was applied² too thickly.

一些评论家认为画面太暴力了；其他人则认为颜料涂得过于厚重。

After that, the painting simply disappeared, and everyone assumed Millet had destroyed it.

从那以后，这幅画就消失了，外界都猜测米勒销毁了这幅作品。

Now fast forward to 1983. Using X-ray technology, art restorers were examining another Millet painting, a portrait called The Young Shepherdess.

现在，让我们快进到1983年。艺术修缮家正利用X射线技术检测米勒的另一幅作品——“牧羊女”肖像画。

The X-ray film revealed a ghostly outline of a second painting completely concealed³ by the portrait.

X射线胶片上出现了另一幅画作的轮廓，它完全隐藏在肖像画中。

And–you guessed it–this hidden painting was the very one that had sparked such controversy⁴ 150 years before.

可能你已经猜到了，这幅隐藏的画就是150年前颇具争议的那幅作品。

X-ray technology not only can help art historians find long lost paintings, but also see fascinating revisions painters have made.

X射线技术不仅可以帮助艺术历史学家寻找遗失已久的画作，还可以重现艺术家所做的绝妙修改。

1 millet   

n.小米，谷子

参考例句：

• Millet is cultivated in the middle or lower reaches of the Yellow River.在黄河中下游地区，人们种植谷子。
• The high quality millet flour was obtained through wet milling.采用湿磨法获得了高品质的小米粉。

2 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

3 concealed   

a.隐藏的，隐蔽的

参考例句：

• The paintings were concealed beneath a thick layer of plaster. 那些画被隐藏在厚厚的灰泥层下面。
• I think he had a gun concealed about his person. 我认为他当时身上藏有一支枪。

4 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。