A. set off B. aware C. traditional D. grew up E. professional |
Henry Ford is known as making cars. He was born in 1863 in Michigan. He had 4 siblings, and his family owned a farm. He worked on the farm when he was young, but later he wasthat he loved taking things apart to see how they worked, then putting them back together again. He worked on watches a lot, and ended up helping many people fix their watches. In 1879, when he was 16 years old, hefor Detroit to start working with machines, though he came home and worked on the farm a little, too. Ford got married to Clara Bryant in 1888, and worked on a sawmill. He finally became an engineer. Ford worked for the Edison Illumination Company. Edison encouraged him to keep working on his plans for motor﹣powered horseless carriage (马车) which could take the place of theone. Ford's motor﹣powered horseless carriage was called the Quadricycle. He sold the Quadricycle and started his won company to continue his work making vehicles. He did not stay with the first company for many years, but started theFord Motor Company.