SAT作文素材25：HENRY FORD
<p> <span word="MACHINE">MACHINE</span> <span word="MAD">MAD</span><span word="HENRY">HENRY</span> <span word="FORD">FORD</span></p><p> <span word="Growing">Growing</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="remote">remote</span> <span word="Michigan">Michigan</span> <span word="farm">farm</span>. <span word="Henry">Henry</span> <span word="Ford">Ford</span> <span word="knew">knew</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="this">this</span><span word="but">but</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="soon">soon</span> <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="signs">signs</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="belonged">belonged</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="generation">generation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Americans">Americans</span> <span word="interested">interested</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="industrial">industrial</span> <span word="future">future</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="agricultural">agricultural</span> <span word="past">past</span>. <span word="Like">Like</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="pioneer">pioneer</span> <span word="farmers">farmers</span>, <span word="his">his</span> <span word="father">father</span>, <span word="William">William</span>, <span word="hoped">hoped</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="eldest">eldest</span> <span word="son">son</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="join">join</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="farm">farm</span>，<span word="enable">enable</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="expand">expand</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="eventually">eventually</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="over">over</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="Henry">Henry</span> <span word="proved">proved</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="disappointment">disappointment</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="hated">hated</span> <span word="farm">farm</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="everything">everything</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="avoid">avoid</span> <span word="it">it</span> . <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="lazy">lazy</span>. <span word="Far">Far</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="it">it</span>. <span word="Give">Give</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mechanical">mechanical</span> <span word="job">job</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span>， <span word="from">from</span> <span word="mending">mending</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hinges">hinges</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="gate">gate</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sharpening">sharpening</span> <span word="tools">tools</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="eagerly">eagerly</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="daily">daily</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="farm">farm</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="repetitive">repetitive</span> <span word="tasks">tasks</span>, <span word="that">that</span> <span word="frustrated">frustrated</span> <span word="him">him</span>. <span word="What">What</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="waste">waste</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="write">write</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="later">later</span>, <span word="remembering">remembering</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fields">fields</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="spend">spend</span> <span word="hours">hours</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="behind">behind</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="slowly">slowly</span> <span word="moving">moving</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="houses">houses</span>.</p><p> <span word="Henry">Henry</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="excited">excited</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="possibilities">possibilities</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="future">future</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="opened">opened</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="developments">developments</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="technology">technology</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="free">free</span> <span word="farmers">farmers</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="father">father</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="wasteful">wasteful</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="boring">boring</span> <span word="toil">toil</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="developments">developments</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Henrys">Henrys</span> <span word="boyhood">boyhood</span>, <span word="had">had</span> <span word="touched">touched</span> <span word="farming">farming</span> <span word="hardly">hardly</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="farmers">farmers</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="doing">doing</span> <span word="things">things</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="always">always</span> <span word="done">done</span>. <span word="Low">Low</span> <span word="profits">profits</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="uncertainties">uncertainties</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="weather">weather</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="farmers">farmers</span> <span word="instinctive">instinctive</span> <span word="resistance">resistance</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="prevented">prevented</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="richest">richest</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="far">far</span>-<span word="sighted">sighted</span> <span word="farmers">farmers</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="advantage">advantage</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="machines">machines</span>.</p>
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