亨利·福特最后一位孙子逝世

时间：2014-03-10 08:14:35

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The last surviving grandson of Henry Ford¹, the founder² of the Ford Motor Company, has died at the age of 88.

福特汽车创始人亨利·福特最后一位在世孙子近日逝世，享年88岁。

William Clay Ford Senior was a director at the company for almost six decades and owner of the National Football League's Detroit Lions.

In a statement, the Ford Motor Company said that he was instrumental in influencing the designs of vehicles the company made.

Mr Ford died of pneumonia³ at his home in a suburb of Detroit.

"My father was a great business leader and humanitarian⁴ who dedicated⁵ his life to the company and the community," William Clay Ford Junior, the executive chairman of Ford Motors, said in a statement.

"He will be greatly missed by everyone who knew him, yet he will continue to inspire us all."

William Clay Ford Snr was a director at Ford for 57 years and Forbes magazine put his fortune at $1.35bn.

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1 Ford
n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过
参考例句：
They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。 If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

2 Founder
n.创始者，缔造者
参考例句：
He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。 According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

3 pneumonia
n.肺炎
参考例句：
Cage was struck with pneumonia in her youth.凯奇年轻时得过肺炎。 Pneumonia carried him off last week.肺炎上星期夺去了他的生命。

4 humanitarian
n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者
参考例句：
She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。 The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

5 dedicated
adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的
参考例句：
He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。 His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。