Deserts are not uninhabited places as many people believe. (34) the daytime air temperature may reach an unbearable 58oC and the surface temperature 77oC, many animals live in these conditions. Their survival, however, is dependent on them being able to get water they need. Observation of desert animals has revealed a lot about the strategies they (35) to achieve this. Researchers have found that beetles, for example, get their daily (36) of water after waiting for the moisture from fog to condense on their bodies and drip down into the mouth. Larger desert animals have come up with (37) solution to the problem of finding a source of water. For example, creatures like hares or rats get their supply by eating considerable amounts of desert vegetation, (38) contains the water they require. However extreme the conditions may be, desert animals somehow manage to obtain water.

Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa, one of the most famous paintings of all time, in 1503. He was working on a special painting for a church at the time, but it was not going well. The woman who can be seen in the Mona Lisa is said to be Madonna Lisa del Giocondo. She was the wife of an Italian businessman who asked da Vinci to paint a portrait of her.
After Leonardo da Vinci finished the painting in 1506, he was invited by the French King, Francois I, to visit France, and he took the painting with him. Today, the Mona Lisa is kept in the Louvre, an art museum in Paris, and it is seen by about six million visitors a year.
The painting measures only 77 centimeters by 53 centimeters and is painted with oil on wood. In 1911, it was stolen by a worker at the Louvre, Vincenzo Peruggia, who took it out of the museum by hiding it under his coat. Two years later, police found the painting under Peruggia's bed after he tried to sell it.
In 1962, the Mona Lisa was taken to Washington and New York for an exhibition. For the journey, it was insured for 100 million dollars, making it the most valuable painting ever!

Globalisation has affected most aspects of our lives. One area which has changed is education. More and more people move to different countries for their studies. At the same time, more people stay at home and study by distance learning. It is now easy to learn without attending a college or university, or attending less often. ‘Blended learning’ means studying partly in a traditional way in the classroom and partly online or via email.
Different countries have benefited from the globalisation of education in different ways. Students can get an internationally recognised degree at a much cheaper price than going abroad and so can improve their chances of getting a good job. At the same time, those in the countries providing world-class degrees also benefit. They have greater access to ideas and knowledge from all over the world and having international students enrich their universities. However, it is not good news for everyone in some developing countries. It is usually the elite who are prosperous enough to have access to international education. Many people in rural areas have not even had a primary education. Also, those areas usually do not have reliable internet connections and most people do not own a computer. It will take a bit more time for international opportunities to reach everyone in developing countries. Unfortunately, one concern people have about globalisation is that it can start to mean 'westernisation'. In other words, local knowledge can be lost and money seen as more important than culture.
Educational institutions have changed their focus due to globalisation. There are so many benefits of having overseas students that universities are competing for them, using strategies from the world of business. There is also more emphasis on the student experience. There is more focus on customer care, especially helping international students to settle in, improve their English and understand the academic culture of the host country.