閱讀段落

　　Pilkington built a pilot plant in 1953 and by 1955 he had convinced his company to build a full-scale plant. However, it took 14 months of non-stop production, costing the company 100,000 a month, before the plant produced any usable glass. Furthermore, once they succeeded in making marketable flat glass, the machine was turned off for a service to prepare it for years of continuous production. When it started up again it took another four months to get the process right again. They finally succeeded in 1959 and there are now float plants all over the world, with each able to produce around 1000 tons of glass every day, non-stop for around 15 years.

　　段落大意

　　本段主要介紹了Pilkington將其發明的制造方法推廣到工廠的過程。

　　閱讀筆記

　　Process of building plants：

　　1. 1953 a pilot plant

　　2. 1955 a full-scale plant

　　3. 1959 finally succeeded

　　4. now float plants all over the world

　　邏輯關系

　　1. 對比

　　Pilkington built a pilot plant in 1953 and by 1955 he had convinced his company to build a full-scale plant.

　　It took 14 months of non-stop production, costing the company 100,000 a month, before the plant produced any usable glass.

　　2. 遞進

　　It took 14 months of non-stop production, costing the company 100,000 a month, before the plant produced any usable glass.

　　Once they succeeded in making marketable flat glass, the machine was turned off for a service to prepare it for years of continuous production.

　　閱讀段落

　　Pilkington built a pilot plant in 1953 and by 1955 he had convinced his company to build a full-scale plant. However, it took 14 months of non-stop production, costing the company 100,000 a month, before the plant produced any usable glass. Furthermore, once they succeeded in making marketable flat glass, the machine was turned off for a service to prepare it for years of continuous production. When it started up again it took another four months to get the process right again. They finally succeeded in 1959 and there are now float plants all over the world, with each able to produce around 1000 tons of glass every day, non-stop for around 15 years.

　　段落大意

　　本段主要介紹了Pilkington將其發明的制造方法推廣到工廠的過程。

　　閱讀筆記

　　Process of building plants：

　　1. 1953 a pilot plant

　　2. 1955 a full-scale plant

　　3. 1959 finally succeeded

　　4. now float plants all over the world

　　邏輯關系

　　1. 對比

　　Pilkington built a pilot plant in 1953 and by 1955 he had convinced his company to build a full-scale plant.

　　It took 14 months of non-stop production, costing the company 100,000 a month, before the plant produced any usable glass.

　　2. 遞進

　　It took 14 months of non-stop production, costing the company 100,000 a month, before the plant produced any usable glass.

　　Once they succeeded in making marketable flat glass, the machine was turned off for a service to prepare it for years of continuous production.