"It was the beginning of a revolution in America and the world, a revolution that some have yet to acknowledge and many have yet to appreciate," says Harold Skramstad, president of the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. 1776 No indeed: 1896, when Frank Duryea finally perfected the Duryea Motor, Wagon. At its first airing, the contraption rolled less than 100 metres before the transmission froze up. But by the end of 1896 Duryea had sold 13 of them, thus giving birth to the American motor industry.
That industry (whose roots, outside America, are usually attributed to tinkerings by Messrs Daimler and Benz in Germany) is being celebrated hugely over the coming months, culminating with a Great American Crnise-in in Detroit in June. "Our goal is to attract the greatest collection of antique and classic cars this nation has ever seen in one place at one time," says Mr Skramstad modestly.
Americans may indeed blame the car for almost everything
A. American automobile industry slowed down its employment of staff since 1900
B. five dollars a day for the blue collar worker was quite a decent wage at the beginning of the century
C. every car produced will enable the manufacturers to have a profit of ＄100,000
D. Ford, GM and Chrysler, the only existing motor manufacturers in U.S. have a business of ＄ 200 billion annually
"It was the beginning of a revolution in America and the world, a revolution that some have yet to acknowledge and many have yet to appreciate," says Harold Skramstad, president of the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. 17767 No indeed: 1896, when Frank Duryea finally perfected the Duryea Motor Wagon. At its first airing, the contraption rolled less than 100 metres before the transmission froze up. But by the end of 1896 Duryea had sold 13 of them, thus giving birth to the American motor industry.
That industry (whose roots, outside America, are usually attributed to tinkerings by Messrs Daimler and Benz in Germany) is being celebrated hugely over the coming months, culminating with a Great American Cruise in Detroit in June. "Our goal is to attract the greatest collection of antique and classic cars this nation has ever seen in one place at one time," says Mr. Skramstad modestly.
Americans may indeed blame the car for almost everything t
A. introduce new models of automobiles
B. emphasize automobiles have brought wealth to the nation
C. commemorate the centenary anniversary of the birth of the American motor industry
D. illustrate the rapid development of automobile industry in America
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