In Venice, it is not uncommon to see tourists carry suitcases through waist-high water, or sit at tables in Piazza San Marco in their swimsuits. Pictures of Venice in the most dramatic flooding are really (41).
We are used to thinking of Venice as a city in (42),a glorious relic (古迹) of human creativity that is about to (43) any day and suddenly the end looks closer.However, as climate change makes extreme weather more (44)， Venice looks less like a (45) of the sea and more like an old survivor that can teach the rest of the world how to live with water.
People barely notice how (46) the art treasures of Venice are kept on the upper floors of palaces and museums, even on a dry summer day. It is also (47) to worry about all the art in churches because no other city has such a sharp (48) of protecting itself from water.
In their art, the people of Venice are as happy on water as on (49). Vittore Carpaccio's painting Hunting on the Lagoon shows young Venetians standing easily (50) in low-sided boats to shoot arrows at water birds. In a Gentile Bellini's painting, priest swim in the canal searching for a lost relic. Titian portrays a woman bathing in open water in his painting. Hunting and fishing, swimming and bathing, Venetians always know how to (51) water.
The palaces built in Venice are also good examples of the prevention of (52). Each has its living spaces on upper floors , often with a courtyard on the ground floor that (53) water instantly.
The danger of Venice is real and this treasury of civilization does need protecting. But it is not all bad news. Or (54),as the news gets worse for the entire planet, Venice has some lessons to teach about how to (55) the sea.
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