英语新闻：法国博物馆被盗 原圆明园藏品遭窃

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        　　【新闻速递】据法国国际广播电台网站报道，位于法国巴黎南部的枫丹白露博物馆中国馆于当地时间3月1日6点发生大劫案，15件文物遭窃，其中包括镇馆之宝景泰蓝麒麟和金曼扎。据悉被盗的区域是整个枫丹白露宫里安保最严密的区域，但是这伙小偷在7分钟内就把这15件文物洗劫一空。
        　　据业内人士介绍，法国的枫丹白露宫位居西方博物馆中收藏和展览圆明园珍宝最多最好的博物馆前列，而景泰蓝麒麟是广为人知的文物之一，藏传佛教的寺庙摆设品金曼扎也是一件非常重要的中国文物精品。这些遭窃的艺术品是由法国皇帝拿破仑三世之妻欧吉妮皇后1863年为她的中国馆所收藏的。
        　　枫丹白露馆长向法新社表示对馆内宝物失窃深感震惊。他说，“盗宝者似乎很有把握也很决断，他们很清楚要什么东西，其作案手法非常专业”。枫丹白露宫的发言人称，尚未估算此次失窃文物的价值。
        　　相关英语新闻：
        　　Priceless works of art, including a replica crown of the King of Siam given
to France's emperor inthe mid-19th century, have been stolen from a Chinese
museum near Paris.
        　　French officials say 15 pieces of art were stolen from the at Fontainebleau
Castle before dawn onSunday. The stolen objects were assembled in 1863 by
Empress Eugenie, the wife of FrenchEmperor Napoleon III, for her Chinese
museum.
        　　The crown was donated by the ambassadors of Siam, now Thailand, during
their official visit toFrance two years earlier. The castle has announced the
Chinese museum will be closed for severalmonths. And an investigation has been
launched.
       

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        　　The castle says the thieves broke into the well-secured museum and stole
the artwork within sevenminutes.
        　　The last time that Fontainebleau Castle was broken into was in 1995.
       

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        　　重点解析 Key Phrases/Words
        　　1. replica n. 复制品
        　　2. Siam 深红宝石