【摘要2020.3.30.蘋果】
According to a Parisian legend, sometime
in the late 19th century, the dead body of a young woman was pulled out of the
Seine River. No one knew who she was, so the Paris mortuary put her on public
display, hoping that someone would identify her. No one came forward and to
this day, her identity remains a mystery.
However, an attendant at the mortuary
found her peaceful half-smile so beautiful that he had a death mask made from
her face. This is how L’Inconnue de la Seine (The Unknown Woman of the Seine) was
born.
根據一則巴黎的傳說，在十九世紀末某時，一具年輕女屍從塞納河被撈了上來。沒有人知道她是誰，因此巴黎殯儀館將她公開示眾，以期找到能辨識其身分的人。當時始終沒有人出面，時至今日她的身分仍是個謎。
然而，一位殯儀館人員發現她平靜的淺笑非常美麗而用她的臉做了一個死亡面具（編按：死亡面具用途常為保存對死者的回憶，或於十八、九世紀時作為確認遺體身分之用）。「塞納河的無名少女」就此誕生。
生活必備字詞
unknown
a. 未知的
After being left alone on an unknown island for seven years, the man was finally rescued.
to this day 至今
identity n. 身分
After being left alone on an unknown island for seven years, the man was finally rescued.
to this day 至今
identity n. 身分
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