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Peter Huszcz once taught in an agricultural college. In the 1990s,he moved to Canada. Peter started out washing dishes in a restaurant in downtown Ottawa. When the manager asked him to help out rolling meatballs in the kitchen,he soon learned how to do the job very well. But it was boring and Peter suggested that the manager should buy a meatball-making machine. When the manager told him there was no such thing as a meatball maker,Peter was quick to notice that something was missing in the market. Putting his engineering knowledge to good use,he quickly came up with a simple method — the Magic Meatball Maker.
He was sure there was a market for his machine,but it took him ten years of hard work to find it. He had to take risks,but he believed in his idea,and he managed to persuade other people to believe in him too. A local manufacturer(制造商) offered to produce the first 1,000 units in return for
a share in the profits(收益) ,local shops offered to keep his meatball makers and a friend' s daughter helped him out with his first sales.
But his lucky break came when he managed to persuade a TV shopping channel(頻道) to help sell the Magic Meatball Maker. The channel broadcast a program about how the invention worked in the studio kitchen. Within minutes,they had sold more than 4 ,000 units.
This was just the start. Peter had been right. He had said his meatball maker would bring him great wealth,and it has: more than two million dollars so far and it's till selling to thousands of American housewives all across the USA.
21. Working in the restaurant,Peter.
A. was chosen t (fbe the manager
B. found a chance to make money
C. broke a meatball-making machine
D. was poor at making meatballs by hand
22. Which of the following helped Peter' s business take off?
A. A local shop.
B. A friend's daughter.
C. A local manufacturer.
D. A TV shopping channel.
23. What's the right order to describe Peter's life?
A. Teacher → dish washer inventor→ businessman.
B. Dish washer → teacher → inventor → businessman.
C. Businessman → dish washer → inventor → teacher.
D. Inventor → businessman → dish washer→ teacher.
24. What can we learn from the story?
A. Better late than never.
B. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
C. Where there is a will,there is a way.
D. In time of danger,one's mind works fast.
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[語境展不]閱讀下面句子,并試著歸納measure的意思及用法。
1. We measured the room and found it was 20 feet long and 15 feet wide.
2. It's hard to measure his ability when we haven’t seen his work.
3. The tablecloth measures 18 by 20 feet.
4. The metre is a measure of length.
5. We must take measures to protect the local water supplies.
[自我歸納]measure既可作動詞,也可作名詞。
★作及物動詞時,意為:① (句1) ;②衡量,判定(句2) 。作不 及物動時,意為“(指尺寸、長短、數(shù)量等) 量度為”(句3) 。
★作名詞時,意為:①計量單位(句4) ;②措施(常用于take measures to do sth.結(jié)構(gòu)) (句 5) 。
[即學(xué)即練]翻譯下面句子。
1.政府已答應(yīng)采取措施援助那些人
2. 小時是時間.的量度單位。
3. 那棵老樹從地面到樹梢至少有30米。
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