2. Read the passage and attempt the task that follows. Many great uventions are greeted with ridicule and disbelief. The invention of the airplane was no were excited and impressed, others reacted with peals of laughter. The idea of flying an aircraft was repulsive to some people. Such people called Wilbur and Orville Wright, the inventors of the first flying machine, impulsive fools. Negative reactions, however, did not stop the Wrights. Impelled by their desire to succeed, they continued their experiments in aviation Orville and Wilbur Wright had always had a compelling interest in aeronautics and mechanics. As designed a newspaper-folding machine, built a printing press, and operated a bicycle-repair shop. In 1896, when they read about the death of Otto Lilienthal, the brother's interest in flight grew into a compulsion. Lilienthal, a pioneer in hang-gliding, had controlled his gliders by shifting his body in the desired direction. This idea was repellent to the Wright brothers, however, and they searched for more efficient methods to control the balance of airbome vehicles. In 1900 and 1901, the Wrights tested numerous gliders and developed control techniques. The brothers' inability to obtain enough lift power for the gliders almost led them to abandon their efforts. After further study, the Wright brothers concluded that the published tables of air pressure on curved surfaces must be wrong. They set up a wind tunnel and began a series of experiments with model wings. Because of their efforts, the old tables were repeated in time and replaced by the first reliable figures for air pressure on curved surfaces. This work, in turn, made it possible for them to design a machine that would fly. In 1903 the Wrights built their first airplane, which cost less than one thousand dollars. They even designed and built their own source of propulsion lightweight gasoline engine. When they started the engine on December 17, the airplane pulsated wildly before taking off. The plane managed to stay aloft for twelve seconds, however, and it flew one hundred twenty feet. By 1905 the Wrights had perfected the first airplane that cc. turn, circle, and remain airborne for half an hour at a time. Others had flown in balloons or in hang gliders, but the Wright brothers were the first to build a full-size machine that could fly under its own power. As the contributors of one of the most outstanding engineering achievements in history, the Wright brothers are accurately called the fathers of aviation.
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invevtion of the aircraft.
1. idea
1.1. The invention of the airplane was no were excited and impressed.
1.2. The idea of flying an aircraft was repulsive to some people.
1.3. The idea of flying an aircraft was repulsive to some people.
2. step foword for the invention.
2.1. As designed a newspaper-folding machine.
2.2. built a printing press, and operated a bicycle-repair shop.
2.3. built a printing press, and operated a bicycle-repair shop.
2.3. Lilienthal, a pioneer in hang-gliding.
2.4. had controlled his gliders by shifting his body in the desired direction.
3. discovered.
3.1. Wright brothers and they searched for more efficient methods to control the balance of airbome vehicles.
3.2. 1900 and 1901, the Wrights tested numerous gliders and developed control techniques.
3.3. In 1903 the Wrights built their first airplane.
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