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　　Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503．He was working on a special painting for a 　　1　　 at the time, but the church painting was not going well．An Italian 　　2　　 asked da Vinci to paint a picture of the businessman’s second wife．This is the woman 　　3　　 can be seen in the Mona Lisa．

　　All 　　4　　 all, the Mona Lisa is a very good 　　5　　 of da Vinci’s work．Da Vinci used 　　6　　 and light in a clever way in the painting．Da Vinci loved science and 　　7　　．A person can see 　　8　　 that there is a lot of geometry(几何图形)in the Mona Lisa．The face of the Mona Lisa is made of many 　　9　　 and round shapes 　　10　　 balls．　　11　　her smile can be seen 　　12　　 a small part of a large circle．The woman in the painting is 　　13　　 on a balcony(阳台), and mountains can be seen 　　14　　her．Da Vinci 　　15　　 to study rocks and mountains, so these can be seen over

　　　　16　　 over in his 　　17　　paintings．The woman is sitting 　　18　　 her knees to the side．Her head is turned to look 　　19　　 the painting．Her hands are held together 　　20　　 her．This way of sitting is now used by many artists when they are painting a picture of a man or a woman today．

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　　Nicknamed the Golden Music Boy, 21-year-old Hu Yanbin, was born and grew up in Shanghai．At the age of 15, he made a 　　1　　 that he would make his own album before he was 18．Fortunately, the 　　2　　 boy’s dream came true．His first album Adept with Both Pen and Sword 　　3　　 in 2002 and he became the first mainland artist to 　　4　　 a solo album in the mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan 　　5　　 at the same time．The album 　　6　　 him to become a popular star．

　　His success is not only because of his excellent singing 　　7　　, but also because of his talent in song 　　8　　．

　　Before his album was made, Hu Yanbin’s 　　9　　 company tried to invite someone else to write several songs 　　10　　 him．None of them were as good as they’d hoped．　　11　　 Hu Yanbin came into the office with a guitar on his back and played several songs．　　12　　, everyone in the office really liked these tunes and they decided to 　　13　　 them on his first album．

　　Some people would 　　14　　 this rising star with Jay Chow from Taiwan, but Hu says his musical 　　15　　 is quite different from Jay Chow’s, 　　16　　 he likes Jay Chow’s music．

　　With many music awards already in his 　　17　　, Hu Yanbin seems to be 　　18　　 up with many of the superstars in the country．Though some people don’t like him and say 　　19　　 things about him, he says that it doesn’t 　　20　　 him．All he plans to do is focusing on his music and bringing out more and better songs for his fans．

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　　Have you ever had to decide whether to go shopping or stay home and watch TV on a weekend? Now you 　　1　　 do both at the same time．Home shopping television networks(网络)have become a 　　2　　 for many people to shop without 　　3　　 having to leave their homes．

　　Some shoppers are 　　4　　 of department stores and supermarkets－　　5　　 the crowds, waiting in long lines, and sometimes 　　6　　 of finding anything they want to buy．They’d rather sit quietly at home in front of the TV set and 　　7　　 a friendly announcer describe a product 　　8　　 a model shows it．And they can 　　9　　 around the clock, buying something 　　10　　 by making a phone call．

　　Department stores and even mail-under companies are 　　11　　 to join in the success of home shopping．Large department stores are busy 　　12　　 their own TV channels(频道)to encourage TV shopping in the future．　　13　　 can ask questions about products and place 　　14　　, all through their TV sets．

　　Will shopping by television 　　15　　 take the place of shopping in stores? Some industry managers think so．　　16　　 many people find shopping at a 　　17　　 store a great enjoyment．And for many shoppers, it is still important to 　　18　　 or try on dresses they want to buy．That’s 　　19　　 specialists say that in the future, home shopping will 　　20　　 together with store shopping but will never entirely replace(取代)it．

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　　Mr．Smith is well-known in Washington because of his many social blunders(stupid mistakes)．Recently he received an invitation 　　1　　 a dinner party．Although he did not know the hostess, he 　　2　　 the invitation．

　　At dinner, he was 　　3　　 beside a woman full of dignity(尊严)．The woman tried to be 　　4　　 even though she had never met Mr．Smith before．She spoke 　　5　　, whenever he spoke to her．Between the first and the second 　　6　　 of the meal, she turned to Mr．Smith and said, “Do you 　　7　　 that gray-haired man at the end of the table?The one 　　8　　 glasses．”

　　“Ah, yes．Who is he?” asked Smith．

　　“He’s the Secretary of the interior!” she replied．

　　Mr．Smith said, “So 　　9　　 is the Secretary of the interior!I’m afraid that I find very little to 　　10　　 about him, although he is the Secretary．”

　　The woman sat still and did not reply．Mr．Smith continued in spite of her 　　11　　．“I really can’t see how he received his 　　12　　, unless he is perhaps a relative of the President．”

　　“It hardly 　　13　　 whether you like the Secretary or not,” she said．“He was 　　14　　 because the President thought he was the man for the 　　15　　．If he does the job well, you should have no complaint．”

　　“That’s just it,” said Mr．Smith．“No one 　　16　　 the things he does, unless be is a complete 　　17　　!”

　　“Sir!” said the woman all her 　　18　　．“Do you know who I am?”

　　“No, ” replied Mr．Smith．

　　“I am the Secretary’s wife, ” she said coldly．

　　Mr．Smith was 　　19　　, but he went on in spite of his embarrassment(困窘)．“Madam, do you know who I am?”

　　“No, I don’t, ” the woman replied．

　　“　　20　　!” cried Mr．Smith, as he quickly left the table．

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　　On a hot summer day in last August, I sought shade and a cool drink at a waterfront café on a Greek island．Over a hundred degrees in 　　1　　 air．Crowded．Tempers of both the tourists and waiters had 　　2　　 to meet the situation, making it a rather quarrelsome environment．

　　At the table next to mine sat an attractive, 　　3　　 couple, waiting for 　　4　　．They held hands, whispered, kissed, and laughed．Suddenly they stood, picked up their 　　5　　 and stepped together 　　6　　 the edge of where they were sitting to place the table in the sea water．The man stepped 　　7　　 for the two chairs．He politely 　　8　　 his lady in the knee-deep water and then sat down himself．All people around laughed and cheered．

　　　　9　　 appeared．He paused for just a second, walked into the water to 　　10　　 the table and take their 　　11　　, and then walked back to the 　　12　　．Cheers of the rest of his 　　13　　．Minutes later he returned carrying a bottle of wine and two glasses．Without pausing, he went 　　14　　 into the water to 　　15　　 the wine．The couple toasted(祝酒)each other, the waiter and the crowd．And the crowd 　　16　　 by cheering and throwing flowers to them．Three other tables 　　17　　 to have lunch in the water．The place was now filled with laughter．

　　One doesn’t step into water in one’s best summer clothes．Why not?

　　Customers are not served 　　18　　．Why not?

　　Sometimes one should consider 　　19　　 the line of convention(常规)and enjoy 　　20　　 to the fullest．

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　　The year I went to college was a very difficult transition(过渡期)for me．　　1　　 is probably true with many people．I got quite homesick and 　　2　　 thought about going home．

　　Although the 　　3　　 time for many students is getting 　　4　　 from home, my mailbox was frequently 　　5　　．One day when I went to the mailbox, there was a postcard 　　6　　 out at me．I sat down to read it, 　　7　　 a note from someone back home．　　8　　 I became increasingly puzzled(困惑)as 　　9　　 postcards were like this; It was a full news report about a woman named Mabel and her newborn baby．I took the card back to my room and 　　10　　 about it．

　　Several days later I 　　11　　 another postcard, this one 　　12　　 news about Maybelline, Mabel’s cousin．Soon after, another card arrived and then another, 　　13　　 full of news of different people．I bean to 　　14　　 look forward to the next one, 　　15　　 to see what this author would come up with 　　16　　．I was never 　　17　　．Finally, the cards 　　18　　 coming, right about the time I had begun to feel 　　19　　 college life．They had been such a happy distraction(调剂)that I have 　　20　　 all the postcards and still bring them out to read whenever I need a lift．

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　　In the city of Fujisawa, Japan, lives a woman named Atsuko Saeki when she was a teenager, she 　　1　　 of going to the United States．Most of what she knew about American 　　2　　 was from the textbooks she had read．“I had a 　　3　　 in mind：Daddy watching TV in the living room, Mummy 　　4　　 cakes and their teenage daughter off to the cinema with her boyfriend．”

　　Atsuko 　　5　　 to attend college in California．When she arrived, however, she found it was not her 　　6　　 world．_______ “People were struggling with problems and often seemed 　　7　　,” she said．“I felt very alone．”

　　One of her hardest 　　8　　 was physical education．“We played volleyball．” she said．

　　“The other students were 　　9　　 it, but I wasn’t．”

　　One afternoon, the instructor asked Atsuko to 　　10　　 the ball to her teammates so they could knock it 　　11　　 the net－No problem for most people, but it terrified Atsuko．She was afraid of losing face 　　12　　 she failed．

　　A young man on her team 　　13　　 what she was going through．“ He walked up to me and 　　14　　, ‘Come on．You can do that．’”

　　“You will never understand how those words of 　　15　　 made me feel．Four words：You can do that I felt like crying with happiness．”

　　She made it through the class．Perhaps she thanked the young man;she is not 　　16　　．

　　Six years have passed．Atsuko is back in Japan, working as a salesclerk．“I have 　　17　　 forgotten the words．” she said．“When things are not going so well, I think of them．”

　　She is sure the young man had no idea how much his kindness 　　18　　 to her．“He probably doesn’t even remember it, ” she said．That may be the lesson．Whenever you say something to a person cruel or kind－you have no idea how long the words will 　　19　　．She’s all the way over in Japan, but still she hears those four 　　20　　 words：You can do that．

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　　The survey about childhood in the Third World shows that the struggle for survival is long and hard．But in the rich world, children can 　　1　　 from a different kind of poverty－of the spirit．　　2　　, one Western country alone now sees 14 000 attempted suicides(自杀)every year by children under 15, and one child 　　3　　 five needs psychiatric(心理)advice．

　　There are many good things about 　　4　　 in the Third World．Take the close and constant relation between children and their parents, relatives and neighbors for example．In the West, the very nature of work puts distance between 　　5　　 and children．But in most Third World villages mother and father do not go miles away each day to work in offices．　　6　　, the child sees mother and father, relations and neighbors working 　　7　　 and often shares in that work．

　　A child 　　8　　 in this way learns his or her role through joining in the community’s 　　9　　：helping to dig or build, look after animals or babies－rather than 　　10　　 playing with water and sand in kindergarten, keeping pets 　　11　　 playing with dolls．

　　These children may grow up with a less oppressive sense of space and time than the 　　12　　 children．Their sense of days and time has a lot to do with the change of seasons and positions of the sun or the moon in the sky．Children in the rich world, 　　13　　, are provided with a watch as one of the 　　14　　 signs of growing up, so that they can 　　15　　 along with their parents about being late for school times, meal times, bed times, the times of TV shows…

　　Third World children do not usually 　　16　　 to stay indoors, still less in high-rise apartments(公寓)．Instead of dangerous roads, “keep off the grass” signs and “don’t speak to strangers”, there is often a sense of 　　17　　 to study and play．Parents can see their children outside rather than observe them 　　18　　 from ten floors up．

　　　　19　　, twelve million children under five still die every year through hunger and disease．But childhood in the Third World is not all 　　20　　．

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　　American teenagers have always worked for extra pocket money．　　1　　 their predecessors(前辈), today’s young people are 　　2　　 to work long hours during the week for hundreds of dollars each month．They spend the money 　　3　　 themselves rather than contributing it 　　4　　 their families．In a 1997 　　5　　 of 16 000 high school seniors nationwide, it was 　　6　　 that eighty percent of students who worked 　　7　　 their earnings on their own 　　8　　, such as clothing, stereo equipment, records and movies．　　9　　 five percent said they contributed most of their income, which often exceeded, ＄200 a month, to help pay family living 　　10　　．The benefits of this work-and-spend ethics(伦理观)are being 　　11　　 argued．Some experts, and many parents, 　　12　　 that year-round part-time employment increases youngsters’ 　　13　　 of worth, teaches them financial(财政的) 　　14　　 and reduces tension, and thus conflict(冲突) 　　15　　 the family．Other, 　　16　　, argue that working teenagers are separated, physically and financially, 　　17　　 their families, which in turn 　　18　　 parental authority．

　　Teenagers’ schoolwork can also suffer．“When youngsters 　　19　　 for luxuries, they are buying distraction 　　20　　 education,” said a program director for the U．S．Department of Education．Working teenagers themselves say they have less time to spend with their friends and families．

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　　Many children may be found of animals, but few ever think of making the study of animals their career．Even fewer will be 　　1　　 by the whole world, 　　2　　 the title of United Nations Messenger(使者)of Peace．

　　　　3　　 one woman has achieved all that．She has lived with chimpanzees(黑猩猩)in the African forest for more than 20 years and made great 　　4　　．This woman is Jane Goodall．She was born in London, England, in 1934．Goodall’s lifelong 　　5　　 in animals began at an early age．By the age of 10 or 11, Goodall 　　6　　 going to Africa to live with animals．This was quite a strange dream in those days, as young 　　7　　 didn’t think of having such “wild” actions．But she was 　　8　　 by her mother．She told her that if she really wanted something, she should work hard, take advantage of 　　9　　 and never give up looking for a way．

　　When a close friend invited Goodall to Kenya in 1957, she readily 　　10　　．Within a few months of her arrival she met the famous anthropologist(人类学家)Dr．Louis Leakey, who soon decided that Goodall was the 　　11　　 person he was looking for to begin a 　　12　　 of wild chimpanzees on the shore of Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania．

　　In July 1960, Goodall arrived at Gombe National Park in Tanzania．At the beginning, studying the chimpanzees was not 　　13　　 for her．The animals fled from her 　　14　　, so it took months for her to get close to them．With a strong 　　15　　, she searched the forest every day, trying not to get too close to the chimpanzees too 　　16　　．Gradually the chimpanzees became used to her presence．

　　She discovered many things of chimpanzees during her first years at Gombe National Park．In October 1960, she observed a chimpanzee making and using 　　17　　 to fish for termites(白蚁)．This discovery threw 　　18　　 on the popular idea at the time that Man was the world’s only toolmaker．The longer Goodall’s research continues, the more it becomes obvious that chimpanzees are very 　　19　　 to humans．

　　Since the mid-1980s, Goodall has been lecturing around the world to raise people’s sense about environmental　　　20　　．“Let’s live in the new age with hope, respect for all loving things, understanding and love,” she said．