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Who Was Leonardo da Vinci?

达芬奇是谁?

Who Was Leonardo da Vinci? Some people are enormously talented … and then there is Leonardo da Vinci. He lived at a time when there were many extremely talented people all around him. Even so, he stood out. He could draw and paint better than anyone. One of his paintings, the Mona Lisa, is the most famous painting in the world. He was a scientist hoping to unlock the secrets of the natural world. He was an engineer and inventor. He designed a

达芬奇是谁? 有些人天赋异禀，比如列奥纳多·达·芬奇。 在他生活的那个时代，周围有许多极有才华的人。 即便如此，他还是脱颖而出。他画画比任何人都好。 他的画作之一《蒙娜丽莎》是世界上最著名的画作。 他是一位希望揭开自然界奥秘的科学家。 他是一位工程师和发明家。 他设计了一个

bicycle that would have worked—three hundred years before the first bike was actually built. He was an excellent athlete. A fine musician. And he was handsome. (Although there are no known paintings of him, whenever people of the day described him, they always mentioned his good looks.) "I want to work miracles," he stated. Yet he often met with failure. And while he could be charming, he mistrusted almost everyone. He was

在第一辆自行车真正造出来的300年前，一辆本来可以用的自行车。 他是个优秀的运动员。 一个优秀的音乐家。他很帅。 (虽然没有已知的他的画作，但当时的人们每当描述他时，总是提到他的英俊。)“我想创造奇迹，”他说。 然而，他经常遭遇失败。 虽然他很有魅力，但他几乎不信任所有人。 他是

a loner. He had no family of his own. For sixteen years, he didn't even have a home of his own. By his own standards, Leonardo was a disappointment. He never reached the goals he set for himself. His greatest works were left unfinished. Nevertheless, what he did achieve in sixty-seven years still sets the standard for human excellence. It is hard to imagine someone doing better.

一个孤独的人。他没有自己的家庭。 16年来，他甚至没有自己的家。 按照他自己的标准，列奥纳多令人失望。 他从来没有达到他为自己设定的目标。 他最伟大的作品尚未完成。 尽管如此，他在67年里所取得的成就仍然为人类的卓越树立了标准。 很难想象有人能做得更好。