making a difference(reference for teaching)

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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

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