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【點擊訂閱我們的節目,不要錯過每週的更新哦!!!】 ELGAR COLLECTION/BRIDGEMAN/ACI 精選段落 (注意:以下均為精選段落,段落之間未必有邏輯連貫性;如需查看全文,請移步講義最下方原文鏈接,復制鏈接然后粘貼至搜索欄查看原文) How Madame Tussaud built her house of wax 00:08①Madame Tussauds' early childhood was spent in the Swiss city of Bern, where her mother worked as housekeeper to the anatomist and wax modeler Dr. Philippe Curtius. 00:23②When revolution broke out in 1789, Marie and her mentor, both accused of having monarchist sympathies, found themselves in danger. 00:36③Revolutionary leaders and those sent to the guillotine became the new stars of Curtius' gallery. 00:45④Philippe Curtius died in September 1794 and left Marie the sole heir of his waxwork museums. 00:56⑤Loading her precious waxworks into rail carriages, Madame Tussaud set off on a touring exhibition around the British Isles that would last, on and off, for a period of nearly 30 years. 01:12⑥The Fr...