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Breaking the Code　破解達文西密碼

Since its release in 2003, The Da Vinci Code, a novel written by American author Dan Brown, has sold over 17 million copies and been translated into dozens of languages. The book has captured the imagination of the masses, appealing to the detective that lies within us all. Combining the elements of a fast-paced mystery novel and conspiracy theory tale, the book has raised eyebrows and caused a worldwide sensation.
　　Robert Langdon, a well-respected professor at Harvard University, is the protagonist of The Da Vinci Code. In Paris to deliver a lecture on his work as a scholar in the field of religious symbolism, he has an appointment to see the curator of the Louvre, Jacques Sauni€鋨e. Unbeknownst to Langdon, Sauni€鋨e has been murdered at the Louvre and his body is found posed like Leonardo da Vinci's famous drawing, the Vitruvian Man. A cryptic message as well as a series of other clues have been arranged to help unravel a mystery. The French police summon Langdon to the Louvre under the pretext of helping them solve the murder.
　　The Da Vinci Code is a page-turner that leaves readers burning for more. While readers have embraced it, critics have denounced the work and many of the facts as nonsense. Fiction or not, one name rings out above them all, the true Renaissance man, Leonardo da Vinci.

單子:

1.capture　 vt. 捕獲；贏得

2.conspiracy　 n. 陰謀

3.protagonist 　n. 主角

4.symbolism　 n. 符號學，象徵主義

5.curator 　n. （博物館、圖書館等的）館長

6.pose 　vt. ?#92;姿勢

7.cryptic　 a. 神秘的，有隱意的

8.unravel 　vt. 解開（疑問等）

9.summon 　vt. 召喚，傳喚

10.page-turner 　n. 引人入勝的書

11.embrace　 vt. 擁抱；欣然接受

12.denounce 　vt. 指責，抨擊

13.Renaissance man 　n. 博學多聞、才藝雙全的理想完人

片語:

1.appeal to sb　　吸引某人

2.raise eyebrows　　
使人（因驚訝或反對而）揚起眉頭
raise one's eyebrows　　
揚起眉頭（表示驚訝或反對）

3.cause/stir a sensation　　造成轟動

4.deliver a lecture/speech　　發表演講

5.unbeknownst to sb　　不為某人所知的

6.under the pretext of V-ing　　假借……的理由

7.burn for...　　熱切盼望……

8.ring out　　響起

翻譯:

美籍作家丹‧布朗所著的《達文西密碼》自2003年發行以來，已銷售逾1千7百萬本，翻譯成數十種文字。這本書擄獲大眾的想像力，吸引大家心中的推理大師。本書兼有緊湊的懸疑小說和陰謀論故事的要素，引發連連爭議並造成全球轟動。
　　《達文西密碼》的主人翁是哈佛大學一位備受敬重的教授羅柏‧蘭登。他到巴黎發表其宗教符號學的研究，並與羅浮宮館長賈克‧索尼耶有約。蘭登所不知情的是，索尼耶已在羅浮宮遭人謀殺，屍體?#92;成李奧納多‧達文西的名畫《維特魯威人》中的人體姿態，還留下一個密碼和其他一連串線索以協助解開謎團。法國警方假借協助辦案為由，傳喚蘭登到羅浮宮。
　　《達文西密碼》引人入勝，讓讀者欲罷不能。雖然讀者對它愛不釋手，文評卻把作品和文中?#92;多事實批為荒唐。不論是否為虛構，有個名字格外響亮，那就是真正的理想完人──李奧納多‧達文西。

from 常春藤解析英語雜誌