时间:2018-12-07 作者:英语课 分类:世界上最美丽的英文-人生短篇


英语课

  Genius at Work  天才在工作


    Henry Ford 1 didn’t always pay attention in school. One day ,he and a friend took a watch apart.  Angry and upset, the teacher told him both to stay after school. Their punishment was to stay until  they had fixed 2 the watch. But the teacher did not know young Ford’s genius. In ten minutes, this  mechanical wizard had repaired the watch and was on this way home..    Ford was always interested in how things worked. He once plugged up the spout 3 of a teapot and  placed it on the fire. Then he waited to see what would happen. The water boiled and, of course,  turned   to   steam.   Since   the   steam   had   no   way   to   escape,   the   teapot   exploded.   The   explosion  cracked a mirror and broke a window. The young inventor was badly scalded    Ford’s year of curiosity and tinkering paid off. He dreamed of a horseless carriage. When he  built one, the world of transportation was changed forever.    


 亨利.福特在学校里常常心不在焉。有一天,他和一个小朋友把一块手表拆开了。老师很  生气,让他们放学后留下来,把表修好才能回家。当时这位老师并不知道小福特的天才。只用了十分钟,这位机械奇才就把手表修好,走在回家的路上了。    福特对各种东西的工作原理总是很感兴趣。曾有一次,他把茶壶嘴用东西堵住,然后把茶  壶放在火炉上。他便站在一边等候着会出现什么情况。当然,水开后变成了水蒸气。因为水  蒸气无处逸出,茶壶便爆炸了,因而打碎了一面镜子和一扇窗户。这个小发明家也被严重地  烫伤了。    多年后,福特的好奇心和他的动手能力使他得到了回报。他曾经梦想着去制造一辆无马行  进的车。他造成了一辆这样的车后,运输界发生了永久性的变化。



1 Ford
n.浅滩,水浅可涉处;v.涉水,涉过
  • They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上,所以我们只能涉水过河。
  • If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪,必须极度小心。
2 fixed
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗?
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
3 spout
v.喷出,涌出;滔滔不绝地讲;n.喷管;水柱
  • Implication in folk wealth creativity and undertaking vigor spout.蕴藏于民间的财富创造力和创业活力喷涌而出。
  • This acts as a spout to drain off water during a rainstorm.在暴风雨季,这东西被用作喷管来排水。
学英语单词
a baiuca
Bacillus septicus
bas respnse
benzimidazolamine
bicorne
binoculared
burning the midnight oil
Bursa intratendinea olecrani
cellwise
cerenam
CFC flip-flop circuit
chipped meat
clinical centrifuge
clip frame
common-cause failure (ccf)
contour listihg
contra-guide
control and interface
copper interconnect
counter ceiling
countersupply
crataegus wattiana hermsl. et lacc
crop circle
Digifan
direct-current potential
divergent spread
Eleusis
energy pyramid
filter basket
flag switch
fly-fish
fourwheel
friendling
gap welding
gayooms
glory in something
gopherus agassizi
granny square
graphic input language
Hacine
hangs-on
hcp structure
high temperature modification
hollimon
inference network
information notes
intermediate slide
Kauhajoki
kontakaria
madda
Menninger
Morrison County
Musi, Sungai
neaptide
non-pressure regulating roller leveler
nondegenerate assumption
Nordenskjöld Basin
nudi-
overwhip
Oxalis corniculata L.
pelvic arches
piecewise linear topology
Pleasant View
posttonsillectomy
preferred libility
principal axis factor
problem - based learning
prohumic substance
pterocarpus echinatus pers.
puglianite
quick-eyed
reginae
reiglement
rift in clouds
saccharising
Salitre, R.
sea-pie
Sheshbazzar
slab rubber
sleeper failure
spectrohe-liograph
Spumavirinae
stage of development
statement of daily cash
superorder
tamped concrete
tapered loading
target warker
testis cerebri
time-resolved fluorescence immunoassay
toxaspire
transaction auditing
Trochograptus
tube nipple
ubiquitinating
underwater dynamics
unloading amplifier
volcanic mountains
Waldsleinia
Wando-gun
West's lacuna skull