雙語散文:天才是怎樣煉成的

天才是怎樣煉成的

Henry ford 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 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 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·福特在學校裏常常心不在焉。有一天，他和一個小朋友把一塊手錶拆開了。老師很生氣，讓他們放學後留下來，把表修好才能回家。當時這位老師並不知道小福特的天才。只用了十分鐘，這位機械奇才就把手錶修好，走在回家的路上了。

福特對各種東西的工作原理總是很感興趣。曾有一次，他把茶壺嘴用東西堵住，然後把茶壺放在火爐上。他便站在一邊等候着會出現什麼情況。當然，水開後變成了水蒸氣。因爲水蒸氣無處逸出，茶壺便爆炸了，因而打碎了一面鏡子和一扇窗戶。這個小發明家也被嚴重地燙傷了。

多年後，福特的好奇心和他的動手能力使他得到了回報。他曾經夢想着去製造一輛無馬行進的車。他造成了一輛這樣的車後，運輸界發生了永久性的變化。

1. genius 天才

He makes much account of her musical genius.
他重視她的音樂天才。

He is not so much a genius as a hard worker.
他的努力勝於天分。

2. mechanical 機械的,力學的,呆板的

The new car had to be withdrawn from the market because of a mechanical defect.
那種新汽車因有機械缺陷只好撤出市場.

In a strict, step-by-step or mechanical way.
機械地以嚴格的，一步一步的或機械的方式

3. plug 插入,塞住,接插頭

Plug in the radio, please.
請把收音機的插頭插上。

You can plug into the national computer network.
你可以接通全國計算機網絡。

4. scald 燙(燙傷,用沸水燙,用蒸汽燙)

This is an ointment for burns and scalds.
這是治療燒傷和燙傷的藥膏。

She was scalded when the boiler exploded.
鍋爐爆炸時她被燙傷了。