Archaeologists hunt for Mona Lisa model
英语课
BEIJING, May 12 (Xinhuanet) -- Italian archaeologists(考古学家) are digging the remains 1 of Lisa Gherardini, a 16th-century woman who is widely believed to be the model for the famous portrait Mona Lisa, AFP reported on Wednesday.
The team of historians say they will try to find the remains using geo-radar equipment and then try to re-create a likeness 2 of what the woman, Lisa Gherardini, would have looked like to compare her to Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa.
Gherardini (1479-1542), also known by her married name as Lisa del Giocondo, was the wife of a Florentine silk merchant and is widely believed to have been the model for the portrait that now hangs in the Louvre in Paris.
But the issue has never been settled definitively 3 and mystery still shrouds 4 the model's enigmatic expression and other details of the portrait.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
n.相像，相似（之处）
- I think the painter has produced a very true likeness.我认为这位画家画得非常逼真。
- She treasured the painted likeness of her son.她珍藏她儿子的画像。
adv.决定性地，最后地
- None of the three super-states could be definitively conquered even by the other two in combination. 三个超级国家中的任何一国都不可能被任何两国的联盟所绝对打败。 来自英汉文学
- Therefore, nothing can ever be definitively proved with a photograph. 因此，没有什么可以明确了一张照片。 来自互联网