1. (2019九上·珠海期中) 信息归纳

    Henry Ford was the eldest son of a farmer, William. He grew up on a farm in Michigan, a state of America. Like most farmers at that time, his father William hoped his eldest son would help him on the farm. However, Henry was not interested in farm work at all. He did everything that he could to avoid it. Once he wrote, "What a waste it is for a man to spend hours behind a slowly moving horse!"

    However, Henry was not a lazy boy. He liked to do mechanical(机械的)work very much. When he was twelve, he became quite interested in clocks and watches. He mended clocks and watches for his friends in his bedroom. He loved this and learned much from it.

    Later he took a job as a mechanic(技工)in Detroit, USA. He began to show great interest in steam engines(蒸汽发动机) at this time. Then he built his first car. In 1908, he built a famous "Model T". This car was so popular at that time that it was unchanged for twenty years. Five years after that, he started the Ford Motor Company which is one of the most famous companies in the world. We can see many kinds of cars produced in the company everywhere.

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Henry Ford's Nationality
Ford's father's job
The thing Ford wasn't interested in
The place Ford worked as a mechanic
The time Ford started the Ford Motor Company