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“HeisthepainteroftheMonaLisa.”Whatelsedoyouknowabouthim?

DaVinciwasmorethanjustagreatartistinhistory.He’salsofamousasascientistandaninventor.

Recently,theGrandRapidsPublicMuseumintheUShadanexhibitiontointroducethisgreattalent.Inoneoftheshows,named“LeonardodaVinci’sMachinesinMotion”,visitorscouldseeandtouch30full-sizemachinesbuiltaccordingtohissketches–includingacrane（起重机）andarobot!

LeonardodaVinciwasborntoarichfamilyinFlorence,Italy,in1452.Fromchildhood,Leonardowasgivenagoodeducationandheshowedtalentatpainting.Bytheageof26,daVincihadalreadybecomeafamouspainter.

However,heshowedthathehadmultipletalentsin1482whenhebegantoworkfortheDukeofMilanasachiefengineer.Intheduke’smilitaryfactories,daVincidevelopedaninterestinwarweapons.

Hedesignedmanyimportantmachines,includinghelicoptersandparachutes.Healsodrewandwroteaboutanarmoredcar,whichcouldcarryeightmeninsideandallowthemtofireweaponsthroughholesinitswalls.DaVinci’sidealedtothemoderntank.ThoughdaVincineverbuiltmanyoftheinventionshedesigned,someofthethingsheimaginedinthelate1400sareinusetoday.

Asascientist,daVinciwasinterestedinthehumanbody.Hespentawholeyearcuttingupdeadbodiesinhospitalstolearnabouthumananatomy（解剖）.Hemademorethan200drawingsofbodies.

Amazingly,daVinciwrotebackward,sotheeasiestwaytoreadhisnoteswastoholdthemuptoamirror!

65.WastheMonaLisapaintedbyLeonardodaVinci?

66.WhenwasLeonardodaVinciborn?

67.WhatdidLeonardodaVincidesign?

68.WhydidLeonardodaVincicutupdeadbodiesinhospitals?

69.WhatwasLeonardodaVinciaccordingtothepassage?

（B）

Doyouwantahappier,healthierfamily?

Here’sasimpleway:

Eatwithyourfamilymoreoften.Increasingly,researchersarediscoveringtheimportanceoffamilymealtime.Severalrecentstudieshavepointedtothesameresult:

Childrenwhoofteneatdinnerwiththeirparentsarehappierandhavefewerbehaviorproblems.

Dr.BlakeBowden,anAmericanresearcher,carriedoutonestudy.Hefoundthatyoungpeoplewhohavefamilydinnersatleastfivetimesaweekmaynotusedrugs.Theyareoftenhappieranddobetterinschool.

Clearly,familydinnersareimportantforachild’sdevelopment.Why?

Becausedinnertimeoffersbusyfamiliesagoodchancetositdowntogetherandtalk.Therelaxingconversationatthedinnertablehelpskeepgoodfamilyrelationships（关系）.Andgoodfamilyrelationshipshelpchildrendevelopself-respectandasenseofbelonging.

Familyrelationshipscanalsoinfluenceaperson’shealth.Onestudyshowsthatchildrenwhoenjoycloserelationshipswiththeirmotherswillnotdevelopserioushealthproblems.

Sadly,however,meaningfulfamilytimeistoooftenforgotten.Parentsarebusyworkingandchildrenarebusystudyingfortests.AccordingtoDr.Blake’sstudy,nearly25percentofpeoplesaythattheyhavelittletimeforfamily.

Accordingtoanotherstudy,peoplespendonlyabout50minutesoffreetimewithfamilyeachday.Andthose50minutesarenotwellspentonmeaningfulconversations,either.Manyparentssaytheyknowlittleabouttheirchildren’sfriends.

Sohowcanfamiliesfindmoretimeforeachother?

Howcantheyenjoymorefamilymealsandconversations?

Theyneedtomakechoices.Forchildren,they’dbetternotspendsomuchontheirtests,buttheymayrisk（冒险）fallingbehindtheirclassmates.Forparents,theyneedtogobackhomeearlierandrisknotgettingahighposition.

Butforfamilieswhodomakethosetoughchoices,therewardsarerich.Makingtimetoeatdinnerwithfamilydoesmorethanfeedthebody—itnourishes（滋养）theheart.

65.Arefamilydinnersimportantforchildren?

66.Whyismeaningfulfamilytimeoftenforgotten?

67.Accordingtoastudy,howlongdopeoplestaywithfamilyeachday?

68.Whatshouldparentsdotokeepgoodfamilyrelationships?

69.Howdogoodfamilyrelationshipshelpchildren?

（C）

ManyeverydayAmericanexpressionsarebasedoncolors．Redisahotcolor．Americansoftenuseittoexpressheat．Theymaysaytheyareredhotaboutsomethingunfair．Whentheyareredhot，theyareveryangryaboutsomething．

Peoplesometimessaytheyareinthepinkwhentheyareingoodhealth．TheexpressionwasfirstusedinAmericaatthebeginningofthe20thcentury．Itprobablycomesfromthefactthatmanybabiesarebornwithanicepinkcolorthatshowsthattheyareingoodhealth．

Blueisacoolcolor．ThetraditionalbluesmusicintheUnitedStatesistheoppositeofredhotmusic．Bluesisslowandsad．Someonewhoisblueisverysad．

Thecolorgreenisnatura