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1、考研英语阅读命题思路透析和真题揭秘(10)1996年Passage4WhataccountsforthegreatoutburstofmajorinventionsinearlyAmerica-breakthroughssuchasthetelegraph,thesteamboatandtheweavingmachine?Amongthemanyshapingfactors,Iwouldsingleoutthecountry，sexcellentelementaryschools;alaborforcethatwelcomedthenewtechnolo
2、gy;thepracticeofgivingpremiumstoinventors;andabovealItheAmericangeniusfornonverbal,"spahinkingaboutthingstechnological.WhymethankstothiallyintheNweregeneralentiontheeleseschoolsoewEnglandanlyliterateaementaryschurearlymechdMiddleAtlandathomeinaools?Becausanics,especnticstates,rit
3、hmeticandinsomeaspectsofgeometryandtrigonometry.AcuteforeignobserversrelatedAmericanadaptivenessandinventivenesstothiseduca.tionaladvantage・AsamemberofaBritishcommissionvisitingherein1853reported,〃Withamindpreparedbythoroughschooldiscipline,theAmericanboydevelopsrapidlyintotheski
4、lledworkman."Afurtherstimulustoinventioncamefromthe/zpremium/zsystem,whichprecededourpatentsystemandforyearsranparallelwithit.Thisapproach,originatedabroad,offeredinventorsmedals,cashprizesandotherincentives.IntheUnitedStates,multitudesofpremiumsfornewdeviceswereawardedatcountryf
5、airsandattheindustrialfairsinmajorcities.Americansflockedtothesefairstoadmirethenewmachinesandthustorenewtheirfaithinthebeneficenceoftechnologicaladvance.Giventhisoptimisticapproachtotechnologicalinnovation,theAmericanworkertookreadilytothatspecialkindofnonverbaIthinkingrequiredi
6、nmechanicaltechnology・AsEugeneFergusonhaspointedout,〃Atechnologistthinksaboutobjectsthatcannotbereducedtounambiguousverbaldescriptions;theyaredealtwithinhismindbyavisual,nonverbalprocess...Thedesignerandtheinveritor...areabletoassembleandmanipulateintheirmindsdevicesthatasyetdono
7、texist・Thisnonverbal/zspatial〃thinkingcanbejustascreativeaspaintingandwriting.RobertFultononcewrote,〃Themechanicshouldsitdownamonglevers,screws,wedges,wheels,etc・,likeapoetamongthelettersofthealphabet,consideringthemasanexhibitionofhisthoughts,inwhichanewarrangementtransmitsanewi
8、dea.Whenalltheseshapingforces一一schools,o
