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UNIT 1　Section Ⅳ　写作指导 夯基提能作业 Ⅰ.阅读理解 Nikola Tesla Long overshadowed in public memory by his one-time employer, Thomas Edison, Tesla (1856—1943) was a brilliant scientist and engineer who earned more than 700 patents.He is most famous for developing alternating current (交流电), but his work also led to advances in wireless communications, lasers, X-rays, radar, lighting, robotics, and much more. Tesla was born to Serbian parents in what is now Croatia, but he emigrated(移民) to the US as a young man, where he eventually became a naturalized citizen.Besides Edison, who later became his bitter rival, Tesla often worked with inventor George Westinghouse.In 1893, the pair demonstrated their advances in lighting and motors in the “White City” at the Chicago World’s Fair.In 1895, Tesla and Westinghouse developed the world’s first hydroelectric power plant, at Niagara Falls. At the turn of the century, Tesla set up a laboratory called Wardenclyffe in the small community of Shoreham, Long Island, where he conducted some of his most ambitious experiments.The building was financed by J．P.Morgan and designed by acclaimed architect Stanford White. The most prominent feature was Wardenclyffe Tower, also called Tesla Tower, a 187-foot-tall metal lattice tower topped with a big antenna that was intended to beam communications and even energy across the Atlantic.Tesla ran out of money while building the tower and was foreclosed(取消赎回权) on twice.As with his previous Colorado Springs lab, assets were sold to pay up his debts.In 1917, the US government blew up the tower, fearing that German spies were using it in World War I．The metal was sold for scrap.For decades, the building was used for photo processing. “The tower is long gone, but the three-quarter-length statue of Tesla unveiled last week is a fitting memorial，” said Alcorn, a retired teacher.“This is the last remaining Tesla laboratory anywhere in the world，” she said.“He inspires those who work hard but don’t get recognition, and p