VOA慢速英语:Leonardo da Vinci: One of the Greatest Thinkers in History

短语讲解：

1. This work is a good example of his ever questioning mind, and his effort to bring together art, math and science.

bring together使团结，使联合，使会聚
例句：Fate brought us together.
命运将我们连在一起。

2. Realize that everything connects to everything else.

connect to使与…连接
例句：The island is connected by a steamer service to the mainland.
轮船航运把该岛与大陆联系起来。

3. But others say he wrote this way because he was left-handed and writing backwards was easier and helped keep the ink from smearing.

keep from阻止; 免于
例句：Urgent business kept me from attending the meeting.
因有急事我不能去参加会议。

4. However, because Leonardo was born to parents who were not married to each other, he was barred from some studies and professions.

bar from禁止(某人)做(某事)；阻止
例句：He has been barred from practicing medicine.
他已被禁止行医。

5. Leonardo took his teacher’s advice very seriously. He spent several periods of his life studying the human body by taking apart and examining dead bodies.

take apart拆开; 拆卸
例句：It's easy to take a watch apart but difficult to put it together again.
把表拆开容易, 装起来难。

6. “Chiaroscuro” is a method using light and shade as a painterly effect. The artist also used oil paints instead of the traditional tempura paints used in Italy during this period.

instead of (用…)代替…, (是…)而不是…, (用…)而不用…
例句：Shall we have fish instead of meat today?
今天我们不吃肉吃鱼好吗?

7. The complex drawing he made to prepare for the painting is very special.

prepare for (使)为…作准备
例句：Right now they are preparing themselves for the Olympic Games.
眼下他们正在为参加奥运会作准备。

8. He designed the painting to look like it was part of the room.

look like看起来与(某人或某物)相像〔相似〕
例句：He looks like a scholar.
他看上去像个学者。

9. One modern art expert described Leonardo’s “Last Supper” as the foundation of western art.

describe as描述为
例句：I should describe the attempt as a failure.
我认为这次尝试失败了。

10. Leonardo experimented with a new painting method for this work.

experiment with以…做试验
例句：They experimented with a new material.
他们用新材料来做试验。