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8A Unit 1 Reading 备课资源 ★ 教材原文 Look it up! Here are two articles from an encyclopaedia. 下面是从百科全书两篇文章。 Da Vinci, Leonardo 达芬奇·莱昂纳多 Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was an Italian painter, inventor, musician, engineer and scientist. 达芬奇·莱昂纳多（1452-1519）是意大利画家、发明家、音乐家、工程师和科学家。 Da Vinci was born in the countryside. 达芬奇出生在农村。 From an early age, he showed great intelligence and artistic ability. 从很小的时候，他就表现出极大的智慧和艺术能力。 As he grew older, he learnt to do many different things. 随着年龄的增长，他学会了做很多不同的事情。 His paintings are very famous, and one, the Mona Lisa, is perhaps the most famous painting in the world. 他的画是非常有名的，还有《蒙娜丽莎》——也许是世界上最有名的画作。 He also had many inventions. 他还有许多发明。 For example, his notebooks include some interesting drawings of flying machines. (See Art) 例如，他的笔记本里有一些关于飞行器的有趣的图纸。 （见艺术） Dinosaurs 恐龙 Dinosaurs lived on Earth more than 60 million years before human beings. 恐龙比人类早 60 多万年就生活在地球上。 They lived everywhere on Earth. 他们遍布在地球上的每一个地方。 Some dinosaurs were as *all a