摘要
Who designed (设计) the first helicopter (直升机)? Who 1 the most famous pictures in the world? Who knew more about the human body than most 2 ? There is an answer 3 all these questions-Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo may have been the greatest genius (天才) the 4 has ever known. He lived in Italy around the year 1500, but many of his inventions seem modern to us today. For example, one of his notebooks has drawings of a helicopter. Of course, he couldn’t 5 a helicopter with the things he had. But scientists say his idea would have 6 . But Leonardo wasn’t just an inventor. He was one of the greatest artists of his day. By the time he was twenty years old, he was called a master (大师) painter, and as he got older he became 7 more famous. Sometimes he drew a hand in ten different ways 8 he was ready to paint.
