Unit 5 英美文化欣赏-2021-2022学年高中英语必修3【名师导航】同步Word练习(人教版)

【导读】　处处留心皆学问。鞋子是人们日常生活的必需品，而鞋钉对鞋子来说也是不可或缺的。小小的鞋钉足以为一个家庭撑起一片蓝天。 Making the Shoe Tacks① The hard­working blacksmith② Jones used to work all day in his shop，and so hard­working was he that he would make the sparks③ fly from his hammer. The son of Mr Smith，a rich neighbor，used to come to see the blacksmith.For hours and hours he would enjoy himself watching how the tradesman worked. “Young man，why don't you try your hand at making shoe tacks，even if it is only to kill the time？” said the blacksmith.“Who knows，one day，it may be of use to you.” The boy began to see what he could do.After a short practice he found that he became very skilled and soon he could make some of the finest tacks. Old Mr Smith died and on account of④ the war，the son lost all his goods.He had to leave home and was forced to take up residence⑤ in a village in another country.It happened that in this village there were numerous⑥ shoemakers who spent a lot of money buying tacks for their shoes，and even at times after they paid high prices they were not always able to get what they wanted，because in some parts of the country there was a high demand for soldiers' shoes. 【1】 Our young Mr Smith，who found it very difficult to earn his daily bread，remembered that once upon a time he had learned the art of making tacks.Then he had a sudden idea of making a deal⑦ with the shoemakers.He told them that he would make the tacks if they would set up a workshop for him.The shoemakers went crazy.And soon，Mr.Smith found that he made the finest tacks in the village. “How funny it seems！” he used to say，“Even making tacks can also bring a fortune.Compared with all my former fortune 【2】，my trade now is more useful to me.” 做鞋钉 琼斯是个勤劳的铁匠，常常一整天都在店里工作。他工作如此努力以至于他的铁锤下常常是火花飞舞。 邻居史密斯先生很有钱，他的儿子常常来看琼斯(打铁)。他喜欢看这个工匠如何工作，常常一看就是好几个小时。 “年轻人，为什么不尝试一下制作鞋钉呢，即使只是为了消磨时间？”铁匠说，“没准，有一天它可能会对你有帮助。” 那个男孩开始看看他能做什么。在短时间的实践之后，他发现他变得非常熟练，很快他就做出了一些最好的鞋钉。 老史密斯先生去世了，而因为战争，他的儿子失去了所有的财产。他不得不离开家园，被迫在另外一个国家的村子里住了下来。巧的是，因为这个国家的一些地方急需大量的军鞋，这个村里有许多