2010闵行区初三英语回答问题答案!
Harland Sanders (1890-1980) was the founder of KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken).He learned to cook as a child because his father died when he was six years old.His mother went to work,leaving Harland in the care of his 3-year-old brother and baby sister.He began preparing food for them.
At the age of 10,Mr.Sanders began working on a farm for two dollars a month.His difficult childhood caused him to work in many places.He was a streetcar conductor in Indiana at 15 and a soldier in the Cuban-American War when he was 16.
After the war Harland worked as a railroad fireman.Then he studied law by correspondence,which allowed him to get a job as a justice of the peace (治安官员).He then worked on a steamboat,sold automobile tires(汽车轮胎),and later became a gas station operator.He was then 40 years old.Since he liked to cook,he began serving his gas customers chicken at his own dining room table.