Now, most people have watches. As we know, Switzerland（瑞士） is famous for its watches. (1) , the watch was not ( 2) in this country. It was the British who did. Many years ago, an Englishman traveled to Italy and on his way he went (3) a small town in Switzerland. This Englishman traveled in a carriage（马车） inside which there was a carriage watch. This was the _(4) kind of watch. A blacksmith’s（铁匠） assistant hoped to see the watch. He (5) what it was. (6) he asked the Englishman about it. “ It is a carriage watch,” said the Englishman. “ This machine can tell the (7) but now it isn’t working.”
At once the blacksmith’s assistant（助理）decided to try to (8) it. So the traveler handed him the watch. He was very (9). So it was not surprising that he was (10) in showing it right. He even remembered how it was made. As soon as the traveler had gone, he made a watch of exactly（精确地） the same kind.
So the watch- was started in Switzerland. Today Swiss watches are sold all over the world.
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