巴黎冷知識三則大綱

The Eiffel Tower is constructed entirely from metal, and during the summer heat, can sway up to 7 inches. Speaking of heat, the painters of The Eiffel Tower are rarely out of work. It requires repainting every few years, and the paint on the landmark alone weighs that of 10 elephants.
埃菲爾鐵塔完全是用金屬建成的，在夏季的高溫下，它最多可能會傾斜7英寸。說到高溫，埃菲爾鐵塔的油漆工們很少失業。每隔幾年埃菲爾鐵塔就需要重新粉刷一次，這座地標上的油漆的重量就相當於10頭大象的重量了。

The Louvre museum is the world's most popular museum, welcoming around 9 millions visitors every year. Its popularity is partly due to its eclecticism and its great variety of pieces of art. The museum lists a total of 460,000 pieces, but "only" 35,000 are shown to the public. It is the biggest collection on the planet. If you wanted to see every artwork, for just 30 seconds each, it would take you 35 days.
盧浮宮是世界上最受歡迎的博物館，每年接待遊客約900萬人。它之所以這麼受歡迎，從某種程度上是因爲它的折衷主義和館內收藏的各種各樣的藝術品。該博物館共列出了46萬件藏品，但“只有”3.5萬件藏品向公衆展出。這裏擁有全球最多的藝術品。如果每件藏品你都想認真觀察30秒鐘，你需要35天才能全部看完。

In 1911, the Mona Lisa was stolen by Italian thief Vincenzo Peruggia, making it the greatest art theft of the 20th century. Peruggia, a former employee of the The Louvre, dressed in an employee uniform and simply took it off the wall when nobody was watching. He was caught two years later, when he tried to sell it to an art dealer in his native Italy. He served just over a year in prison before going on to live a relatively crime-free life.
1911年《蒙娜麗莎》被意大利竊賊文森佐·佩魯賈盜走，這一案件成爲20世紀最大的藝術品盜竊案。佩魯賈曾是盧浮宮的員工，他只是穿着員工制服，在沒有人注意的時候把它從牆上取了下來。兩年後，當他試圖把這幅畫賣給意大利的一位藝術品商人的時候被抓。他只在監獄裏呆了一年多就過上了相對遠離犯罪的生活。