BANKSY’S ‘SHOW ME THE MONET’ SELLS FOR A SUM MONET COULD NEVER HAVE DREAMED OF

Banksy is a famous street artist.
He has reimagined Monet’s “Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies.”
He sees it as a modern-day polluted scene.
He pictured a traffic cone and two shopping carts in the pond.

Banksy’s picture, named “Show me the Monet,” has sold for £7.6 million ($9.8 million). The bidding battle lasted just nine minutes.

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Banksy’s “Show me the Monet” _____________has soldfor _____________a sumof money which Claude Monet could only _____________dream of.

Banksy is a famous _____________streetartist.

He has _____________reimaginedMonet’s “Bridge over a _____________Pondof Water Lilies.”He sees it as a modern-day _____________polluted scene.

He pictured a traffic _____________coneand two shopping _____________cartsin the pond.

Banksy’s _____________picture, named “Show me the Monet,” has _____________soldfor £7.6 million ($9.8 million).

The _____________bidding battle_____________lastedjust nine minutes.

VOCABULARY

bidding [‘bɪdɪŋ] аукцион, торги, предложение цены
cart [kɑːt] телега; shopping cart тележка для продуктов
cone [kəun] конус: traffic cone дорожный сигнальный конус
dream [driːm] v. (dreamed – dreamed, also dreamt [dremt]) видеть сон; мечтать
imagine [ɪ’mæʤɪn] v. воображать, представлять себе; to reimagine переосмыслить
lily [‘lɪlɪ] лилия
picture [‘pɪkʧə] картина; to picture [‘pɪkʧə] изображать на картине
pollute [pə’luːt] загрязнять
pond [pɔnd] пруд
scene [siːn] пейзаж, вид