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Henry Fords Famous Car[qh]
亨利·福特名车[qh]
My name is Henry Ford, and I invented a car called the Model T.[qh]
我叫亨利·福特，我发明了一种叫T型车的汽车。[qh]
I used to watch carriages on the streets.[qh]
我过去常常在街上看马车。[qh]
They were very interesting.[qh]
它们非常有趣。[qh]
Then,I got a job as a junior mechanic.[qh]
后来，我找到了一份初级机械师的工作。[qh]
My father criticized me.[qh]
我父亲批评了我。[qh]
He wanted me to run the farm.[qh]
他想让我管理农场。[qh]
When I shifted to Detroit,I worked for the Detroit Auto Company.[qh]
当我搬到底特律时，我在底特律汽车公司工作。[qh]
But I wanted to make cars using less labor.[qh]
但我想用更少的劳动力制造汽车。[qh]
That way, there would be fewer expenses.[qh]
那样的话，费用就会少一些。[qh]
I started the Ford Motor Company in 1903.[qh]
我在1903年创办了福特汽车公司。[qh]
At first, the company did not do well.[qh]
起初，公司经营得并不好。[qh]
But many people were betting on my success.[qh]
但很多人都赌我能成功。[qh]
I also had a sincere aim to make a car that anybody could buy.[qh]
我也有一个真诚的目标，那就是制造一辆人人都能买到的车。[qh]
Then,in 1908, l introduced the Model T.[qh]
然后，在1908年，我推出了T型车。[qh]
It confirmed that l was right: it was possible to build a car my way![qh]
这证实了我是对的:按照我的方式造车是可行的![qh]
The Model T differed from other vehicles.[qh]
T型车不同于其他车辆。[qh]
Each worker would attach a different part to the car.[qh]
每个工人需要在汽车上安装不同的部件。[qh]
This made their job easy to learn and saved a lot of time.[qh]
这使得他们的工作很容易掌握，节省了很多时间。[qh]
One Model T could be put together in 93 minutes.[qh]
一辆T型车可以在93分钟内组装好。[qh]
All of them had the same classic design.[qh]
它们都有同样的经典设计。[qh]
They were all the same size and height.[qh]
都是一样的大小和高度。[qh]
The prime reason for doing this was to save money.[qh]
这样做的主要原因是为了省钱。[qh]
We had a formal ceremony to celebrate our success when the millionth car was made in our factory.[qh]
当我们工厂生产出第100万辆汽车时，我们举行了正式的仪式来庆祝我们的成功。[qh]
Over 19 years, I sold more than 15 million Model Ts.[qh]
19年来，我卖出了1500多万辆t型车。[qh]
This sent a signal to other companies.[qh]
这向其他公司发出了一个信号。[qh]
People would buy cars to commute to work if the price was low enough.[qh]
如果价格足够低，人们就会买车上下班。[qh]
