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1、Makingadifference(ReferenceforTeaching)ReferenceforTeaching I.異城風(fēng)情 WhoInventedtheLastingMachine? Doyouknowshoemanufacturetodayisbaseduponaremarkableinventiondevelopedbyayoungblackgeniusin1883? MatzeligerwasborninParamaribo,DutchGuiana,onSeptember15,1852.HisfatherwasaDutchengi
2、neerwhohadbeensenttothecolonytotakechargeofthegovernmentmachineshops. WhenyoungMatzeligerwastenyearsold,hejoinedhisfatheratthemachineshopsasanapprentice.AttheageofnineteenhebecameasailoronanEastIndianmerchantship.In1876MatzeligerwenttoBoston,Massachusetts.Afterworkingthereforaye
3、ar,hemovedtoLynn,whereheremainedfortherestofhislife.Becauseofhisknowledgeofmechanicsandshoemaking,Matzeligerwasabletogetajobinashoefactory,operatingasolesewingmachine.Whileworkingthere,henoticedthattherewasnomachinethatcouldlastshoes.Hebeganhisplansforinventingashoelastingmachine
4、bycloselywatchinghand-lastersattheirwork.Inhisexperimentsheusedoldpiecesofwoodandmetal.Heevenmadehisowntools.Patientlyhetestedoneideaafteranother. Foryearshelivedinpoverty,savinghismoneyforhisproject.Fortunately,hesucceededingettingfinancialhelpfromtwobusinessmeninexchangeforatw
5、o-thirdsinterestinhisinvention.Withthisextramoney,Matzeligerfinallyachievedwhathewasafter:Alastingmachinethatcouldturnoutacompleteshoe.Hismachineindeedchangedtheshoeindustry.Itnotonlygreatlyincreasedproductionbutcutthecostofshoesbyhalf.By1889thedemandforthenewlastingmachinebecame
6、worldwide. WhatwasMatzeliger’sreward?Becauseofhislongandhardworkandthelackofproperfoodandwarmthduringhisyearsofpoverty,hishealthhadsuffered.Inthesummerof1886hecaughtacoldwhichdevelopedintotuberculosis.Forthreeyearshewassosickthathehadtoremaininbed.Finally,onAugust24,1889,hedieda
7、ttheageofthirty-seven. ?、颍R歸納 1.seek的用法歸納 (1)“征求,尋求,謀求”。作及物動詞。相當(dāng)于askfor。 e.g.Weseekneitherfamenorfortune. 我們既不追名,又不求利?! heywenttothefactoryandsoughttheworkers’opinions. 他們到工廠去征求工人的意見?! hey’retryingtoseekclosertradetieswithChina. 他們謀求與中國建立更緊密的貿(mào)易關(guān)系?! ?2)用于被動結(jié)構(gòu),表示“受歡迎”。相當(dāng)于b
8、epopular。 e.g.Thesegoodsweresoughtbythe