双语趣听精彩世界 第142期:意大利砖家认为达芬奇"母亲"蒙娜丽莎是中国人

 　　英国每日邮报:意大利历史学家,小说家帕拉蒂科的一项最新研究称,达芬奇的母亲很有可能是一名中国奴隶,而他的名作"蒙娜丽莎"正是其画像.

　　意大利砖家认为达芬奇"母亲"蒙娜丽莎是中国人

　　Daily Mail: according to new research by an Italian historian and novelist, Leonardo da Vinci's mother may have been a Chinese slave.

　　Angelo Paratico has spent the last 20 years living and working in Hong Kong, researching the links between his homeland and China over the past half a millenium.

　　Mr Paratico said documentation he has uncovered during two years of research forms the basis of his latest book Leonardo Da Vinci: A Chinese scholar lost in Renaissance¹ Italy.

　　The book, which is due to be published next year, uncovers evidence, Mr Paratico claims, that links Da Vinci and the Far East.

1 renaissance   

n.复活，复兴，文艺复兴

参考例句：

• The Renaissance was an epoch of unparalleled cultural achievement.文艺复兴是一个文化上取得空前成就的时代。
• The theme of the conference is renaissance Europe.大会的主题是文艺复兴时期的欧洲。