中國網站品牌欄目（頻道）
英語學習論壇的“聽力練習區”正式與大家見面啦。歡迎大家來這里練習聽力，交流經驗，共同進步。
本練習區的音頻文件選自英語點津的“聽中國日報”、“VOA常速”、“流行金曲”及“名人演講”等欄目，題材豐富，難度各異，適合不同階段的英語學習者。
英語點津會定期發布音頻材料，大家可以在跟帖中貼出自己聽寫出的音頻文字稿。每個音頻材料的標準文字稿會在帖子發布兩天后公布。
A Van Gogh painting worth an estimated $55 million was stolen from a Cairo museum on Saturday and after initial reports it was recovered, according to the state news agency.
Citing Culture Minister Farouk Hosni, the MENA news agency reported that security had caught a young Italian man with the painting by the Dutch post-Impressionist master at the airport and also had detained an Italian woman with him.
Later the agency, which said the painting was worth an estimated $55 million, issued another statement from the minister, however, saying "measures were continuing to recover the painting," which according to the Arabic statement was called the "Poppy Flower".
The minister said information that initially had been given about its recovery was "not accurate and was not confirmed until now by the responsible agencies." He made similar comments to a state television channel.
It was not immediately clear how the confusion over the painting's fate arose.
The painting earlier in the day had been taken from Cairo's Mahmoud Khalil Museum on the banks of the River Nile.
The state news agency MENA had said security had tracked down visitors to the museum and the Italian couple had been suspected after an employee spotted them visiting a bathroom then swiftly leaving.
The museum is home to one of the Middle East's finest collections of 19th and 20th-century art and includes works by Gauguin, Monet, Manet and Renoir.
The collection includes works assembled by Mohammed Mahmoud Khalil, a politician who died in 1953.
The culture minister earlier had instructed security forces to take measures to ensure the painting did not leave the country. It was not clear exactly how the painting was stolen.
Questions:
1. What is the value of the painting stolen?
2. Where was it stolen from?
3. What was the name of the painting?
Answers:
1. 55 Million US.
2. Cairo Museum.
3. “The Poppy”.
（中國日報網英語點津 Helen 編輯）
Todd Balazovic is a reporter for the Metro Section of China Daily. Born in Mineapolis Minnesota in the US, he graduated from Central Michigan University and has worked for the China daily for one year.
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