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When Henry Ford was a middle school student, he did not always pay attention to what his teachers said at school. One day, he and his good friend Tom took a watch apart. . (annoy)and extremely upset, the teacher told them both to stay
. school. Their punishment was to stay until they fixed it.
. the teacher did not know young Ford’s genius. In about ten minutes, he had repaired
. watch and was on his way home.
Henry Ford was always interested in . things worked. He once plugged up the spout (嘴) of a teapot and placed
. on the fire. Then he waited to see what
. (happen) . The water boiled and, of course, turned
. steam. Because the steam had no way to escape, the teapot exploded. The explosion broke a mirror and a window. As a result, the young inventor was
. (bad) injured.
Ford’s years of curiosity paid off. He dreamed of a horseless carriage (运输工具). When he built . , the or ld of transportation was changed forever.