Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Margaret E. Knight (2)

Although factories were eager to adopt her first invention, Knight did not receive much in the way of compensation for her effort. Because of her youth and her family's lack of education, Knight was unable to patent her safety device to earn a profit from selling it. But Knight did patent many of her later inventions, including one of her most enduring creations - a machine for producing flat-bottomed paper bags.

In Knight's day, paper bags were shaped like envelopes, which made them difficult to fill. While working at a paper bag factory, Knight conceived of bags with flat, rectangular bottomes that would be stornger and more practical.

Then she endeavored to invent a machine that would manufacture them, and she succeeded. Knight's one machine could perform the work of 30 people, cutting, folding and gluing the bags together. Knight worked for months to perfect her masterpiece, but when she appleid for a patent, one was already on file! A man named Charles Annan seen an early prototype of Knight's idea and had attempted to patent the machine as his own.

Info Cloud

eager adj.渴望的
* I'm eager to see my friends.
我迫不及待的想要見朋友們
* Factories were eager to adopt her first invention.
很多工廠都迫不及待的想採用她的發明

anxious adj.渴望的、焦慮的、掛念的 (有憂慮不安的成份)
anxiety n.渴望、焦慮、掛念

Language Lab

1. compensation 不可數n. 報酬、津貼
* Ricky received $10,000 in compensation for his injury.
Ricky因為受傷,收到一萬元的補償金。
* Nathan clamed compensation for his surgery.
Nathan因為手術而申請津貼

2. conceive v.構思、設想
* The idea of platform computers was conceived many years ago.
平板電腦的創意在很多年前就已經醞釀了
* The novel's plot was conceived during a trip to Rome.
這本小說的情節是在一趟羅馬之旅中產生

3. endeavor v.n.努力、盡力
v. * The CEO endeavored to save the company but failed.
執行長很努力要拯救公司,但是功敗垂成。
n. * Helen's endeavors to win the case proved to be successful.
Helen為了贏得這個案子的努力,證明是成功的。

4. on file (idiom)存檔的、有案可查的
* You should keep this document on file for future reference.
你應該把這份文件存檔,以後可以參考。
* I'm sure my application is on file already.
我確定我的申請書,已經有記錄可查了。

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