His vision would help creating a middle class in the U.S., __1__5 ~6 m: C% Y; M5 A
one marked by urbanization, rising wages and some free time in
8 h7 Z M! X4 f' s1 r' W( | which to spend it. When Ford left the family farm at age 16 and __2__
, P& i- m! G! N, G) @ walked eight miles to his first job in Detroit machine shop ,only 2 __3__, ~& }0 c- V# \& K+ ]
out of 8 Americans live in the cities. By World War II that figure __4__
5 {5 M4 P( L7 p+ K4 q8 M% [% s would double, and the affordable Model T was one reason of it. __5__% L0 M) \1 C! q8 Z& }
People flocked to Detroit for jobs, and unless they worked in one of __6__* ]. B. a' u% @ N9 C& }* V
Henry’s factories, they could afford one of his cars— it is a virtuous* |8 u4 t% G: c9 }# o9 A; X& i
circle, and he was the ringmaster. By the time production. f) ^1 S* g- p; b: }
ceased for the model T in 1927, more than 15 million cars have __7__7 c" f/ V" o9 H! c3 x# z- h
been sold— or half the world’s output.* E2 }4 ?* N( g7 x( s' H& ]9 \7 i
Nobody was more of an inspiration to Ford to the great inventor __8__
2 N1 E1 n/ J' Z Thomas Edison. At the turning of the century Edison had blessed __9__
. N6 L! o$ s1 ]7 P7 J# i0 C7 D Ford’s pursuit of an efficient, gas-powering car during a chance __10__
* v6 e, h3 x$ u meeting at Detroit’s Edison illuminating Co., where Ford was
# c9 |& F2 j6 p$ v [ chief engineer.* J& }4 L* L l5 l
答案:5 ]8 I( S! G' w, @* `, D
1.将creating改为create& K# {1 Z$ c. k
help 后面一般接(to)do sth' Z0 K) e' E8 F4 w' D
2.将it改为them/ `* A% W4 d, C _
Spend的宾语实际上是rising wages,为复数,所以应该用代词them。! r, e R' }+ R* a. q q
3.Detroit前加a
0 D% @3 V Q( \6 L& T Shop是可数名词,所以前面要有限定词。
: o$ \! x+ l5 ~' k* W5 X 4.将live改为lived
) I- o, Z1 `( P 讲述的是福特16岁的时候的事情。. v. R: r$ L( `* _
5.将of 改为for
: c: Q5 Z/ t' u8 y The reason for…是 固定搭配,表示……的原因。: c& u1 g. Y4 ?+ x" `' B) X
6.将unless改为if
3 f5 E) D4 p0 Y# R7 L4 V7 Z 通过逻辑分析,句子意思是,如果他们能在福特的工厂工作,他们就能买得起他的汽车—这是一个良性循环。. h. I; w' z. C9 K# X4 `
7.将have改为had$ U' v: ?4 Z. A$ O
“到1927年截止”,这里必须是用过去完成时。7 O- Z" E! a u, L) d" H6 C- a8 J& l
8.将第二个to改为than+ k# G( w; f. O- t6 D8 _1 v
这是一个“more…than”的结构。意思是“没有人比爱迪生给福特的激励更大”。3 }1 M' f" v7 k
9.将turning改为turn,或者在turning后加上point
. B5 x/ K, p7 ]; d 10.powering改为powered
9 }+ H6 W, D$ U& S! D power 作为动词,意思是“给……提供动力”,所以这里应该用被动的过去分词。 |