Steven英语笔记:点滴积累Lay the foundation for
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我们在听新闻的时候，可能会碰到这样一些标题，一起来看看：
"为农村小康建设打下坚实基础"
"为新赛季联赛打下坚实基础 沈阳金德提前“上山”"
"北京为2008年奥运会打下了坚实基础"
怎么样？打下坚实基础，你知道英文怎么说嘛？答案就在下面这句话中，一起找找看？
Henry Ford invented neither the automobile nor the assembly line, but his influence on those and other innovations laid the foundation for a company that, in a sense, put the world in motion and changed America forever.
亨利。福特既没有发明汽车、也没发明流水线，但是他对这些发明的影响和其他改进为他的公司打下了基础。从某种意义上来说，正是这家公司使得整个世界运动了起来，并且彻底改变了美国。
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Henry Ford
(1863-1947)
In 1908, Henry Ford unveiled the Model T — “A car for anybody and everybody.” By 1927, there were more model Ts on the road than all other cars combined. Ironically, this was the same year that saw the end to the Model T. Ford was raised in Palestine Lodge #357, Detroit, in 1894. When he received his 33rd in 1940, he said, “Masonry is the best balance wheel the United States has.”
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Lay the foundation for...就是为。。。打下基础的意思，如果强调“坚实的基础”，就在foundation前面加上solid、sound、或者是firm之类的形容词。
我们都知道，这类表达“为。。。打下基础”的句子，结构经常会比较复杂，今天Steven会跟大家做一个拆句的小练习，和各位一起攻克长句。
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1）该教育项目将在未来的几年中为中国的一项安全成功的商业核项目打下基础。
该教育项目将打下基础。
This educational program will lay the foundation.
该教育项目将打下基础+为中国的一项安全成功的商业核项目
This educational program will lay the foundation for a safe and successful commercial nuclear program in China.
该教育项目将打下基础+为中国的一项安全成功的商业核项目+未来的几年内
This educational program will lay the foundation for a safe and successful commercial nuclear program in China in the years to come.
2）北京城市商业银行在新世纪取得的这些成就注定会为整个银行的在今后几年的持续发展奠定坚实的基础。
北京城市商业银行在新世纪取得的这些成就
These achievements of Beijing City Commercial Bank at the new century.
