北师大版高中英语模块3--Unit 9 Wheels 1

[00:03.31]Unit 9 Wheels Culture Corner
[00:06.46]America on the wheel
[00:09.00]Although the motor¹ car was invented in 1889
[00:12.43]by a German man called Gottlieb Daimler,
[00:15.48]it was an American man called Henry Ford²
[00:18.57]who created the motor car as we know it today.
[00:22.09]In 1908, Ford began production of the Model
[00:25.80]T Ford, the motor car that would change
[00:29.04]the world forever.
[00:31.27]The Model T Ford was the first mass production
[00:34.64]car in the world.
[00:36.48]Before 1908, when Ford's cars became available
[00:39.85]to the public,
[00:41.01]it was only the very rich who could afford
[00:43.11]to own a car.
[00:45.10]Ford found a way to mass-produce
[00:47.17]the motor car cheaply,making it possible
[00:50.20]for many more people to own one.
[00:53.13]The Model T Ford was simple,
[00:55.90]practical³ and cheap.It was a huge success.
[01:00.14]Between 1908 and 1927,
[01:03.24]Ford made and sold over 18 million Model T cars
[01:08.77]By the 1930s, people in America
[01:11.58]wanted something more then the Model T Ford.
[01:14.19]They didn't want cars to just be practical;
[01:17.91]they wanted them to look beautiful too.
[01:21.16]Soon car companies,like Ford,
[01:23.12]were forced to change their car production
[01:25.80]to suit the public's needs.
[01:27.87]Stylish cars became popular in Amercia.
[01:29.87]

1 motor   

adj.机动的，有引擎的，汽车的；n.发动机，马达，汽车；v.（用引擎）驱动

参考例句：

• A washing machine is run by a small electric motor.洗衣机由一台小电动机驱动。
• The motor usually operates well.这台发动机通常运转良好。

2 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• 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。

3 practical   

adj.实际的，实践的；实用的，应用的；有实际经验的

参考例句：

• He is a practical person.他是位很讲实际的人。
• Your invention is clever,but not practical.你的发明很巧，但不实用。