1 . The world's largest painting has been sold in Dubai for almost $62 million. British artist Sacha Jafri created the painting and ________ a Guinness World Record.

During the spread of COVID-19 last year, Mr. Jafri was in Dubai. Rather than feeling ________because he was unable to go out, the painter ________ to take on a big project that could "make a really big ________" . He planned to create the world's largest painting. He ________ children around the world to ________ their own pictures showing how they were feeling during that ________ time. He got artwork from kids in 140 different countries.

Using the children's ________ as a starting point, Mr. Jafri began to paint in a ________ ballroom at a fancy hotel. He________ included the children's drawings in the artwork. He ________ long hours —— often up to 20 hours a day. He hurt his back by ________ so much while he painted. It took over 1,000 ________ and 1,664 gallons of paint to create the painting. When he ________ seven months later, the painting, called "The Journey of Humanity", was roughly the ________ of four basketball courts.

Jafri had aimed to ________ $30 million for children affected by the COVID-19 pandemic when it went ________. As a result, Andre Abdoune, the artwork's new owner, ________ more than double that after he knew that the ________ would go to charity (慈善). He said that the energy and love Jafri ________ into the painting was so amazing.