pAssAgE 4 to us it sEEms so nAturAl to put up An umBrEllA to kEEp thE wAtEr oFF whEn it rAins.But ACtuAlly thE umBrEllA wAs not invEntED As protECtion AgAinst rAin. its First usE wAs As A shADE AgAinst thE sun. noBoDy knows who First invEntED it, But thE umBrEllA wAs usED in vEry AnCiEnt timEs. proBABly thE First to usE it wErE thEChinEsE, wAs BACk in thE ElEvEnth CEntury B、C、 wE know thAt thE umBrEllA wAs usED in AnCiEntEgypt AnDBABylon As A sunshADE.AnD thErE wAs A strAngE thing ConnECtED with its usE: it BECAmE A symBol oF honor AnD Authority. in thE FArEAst in AnCiEnt timEs, thE umBrEllA wAs AllowED to BE usED only By royAlty or By thosE in high oFFiCEs. inEuropE, thE grEEks wErE thE First to usE thE umBrEllA As A sunshADE.AnD thE umBrEllA wAs in Common usE in AnCiEnt grEECE.But it is BEliEvED thAt thE First pErsons inEuropE to usE thE umBrEllA As protECtion AgAinst rAin wErE thE AnCiEnt romAns. During thE miDDlEAgEs, thE usE oF thE umBrEllA prACtiCAlly DisAppEArED、thEn it AppEArED AgAin in itAly in thE lAtE sixtEEnth CEntury.AnD AgAinst it wAs ConsiDErED A symBol oF powEr AnD Authority.By 1680, thE umBrEllA AppEArED in FrAnCE AnD lAtEr on inEnglAnD、 By thE EightEEnth CEntury, thE umBrEllA wAs usED AgAinst rAin throughout most oFEuropE. umBrEllAs hAvE not ChAngED muCh in stylE During All this timE, though thEy hAvE BEComE muCh lightEr in wEight. it wAsn’t until thE twEntiEth CEntury thAt womEn’s umBrEllAs BEgAn to BE mADE in A wholE vAriEty oF Colors.

______ wErE thE pEoplE who First usED umBrEllAs.A．ChinEsE
B、romAns
C．grEEks
D．EgyptiAns