托马斯·爱迪生

山东省青岛市 郑俊爽 供稿

Thomas Edison,the famous scientist and inventor,was born on February 11,1847 in Ohio,USA.

世界著名科学家和发明家爱迪生于1847年2月11日出生在美国俄亥俄州。

His father was a descendant of the Dutch.His mother,a Scottish woman,used to be a primary school teacher.When Edison was 7 years old,his father failed in his business.Then his family moved to Michigan,and they settled there.

他的父亲是荷兰人的后裔，母亲曾当过小学教师，是苏格兰人的后裔。爱迪生7岁时，父亲经营生意亏本。于是全家搬到密歇根州并定居下来。

One day,a conductor grabbed Edison’s ears to help him get on the train.That’s why he was deaf all his life.

一天，一个列车员抓住爱迪生的两只耳朵助他上车。这一行动导致了爱迪生成为终身聋子。

He went to school at 8.After no more than 3 months,he was sent home by his teacher for being “fool”.From then on,his mother acted as his“family teacher”.Thanks to his mother’s good teaching methods,he became extremely interested in reading.Then not only did he read widely,he also read at a surprising speed.

爱迪生8岁上学，但仅仅读了三个月的书，就被老师斥为“低能儿”而撵出校门。从此以后，他的母亲成了他的“家庭教师”。由于母亲的良好的教育方法，他对读书产生了浓厚的兴趣。他不仅博览群书，而且一目十行。

When he was 12,he was selling newspapers on the train,at the same time he dealt in fruits and vegetables.Whenever he had time he went to the library.He bought an old printing machine,and began publishing his own magazine—“Herald”.His first magazine was printed on the rain.

12岁的时候，爱迪生在列车上卖报,他一边卖报，一边兼做水果、蔬菜生意。只要有空他就到图书馆看书。他买了一架旧印刷机，开始出版自己的周刊——《先驱报》，第一期周刊就是在列车上印刷的。

He earned the money in the baggage car and established a chemical laboratory here.He created numerous inventions all his life such as the bulb,gramophone singing Barrel and so on.

他用在行李车上挣得的钱建立了一个化学实验室。他一生创造了不计其数的发明，例如电灯泡和唱筒型留声机等。

On October 21,1929,the 50th anniversary of the invention of bulb,people held a grand celebraion for Edison.Albert Einstein and Marie Curie and other famous scientists went to congratulate him.Unfortunately,in this celebration when Edison replied,because of over-excitement,he suddenly lost consciousness.Since then,his health deteriorated.

1929年10月21日，在电灯泡发明50周年的时候，人们为爱迪生举行了盛大的庆祝会，阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦和居里夫人等著名科学家纷纷向他祝贺。不幸的是，就在这次庆祝大会上，当爱迪生致答辞的时候，由于过分激动，他突然昏厥过去。从此，他的身体每况愈下。

On October 18,1931,this great scientist who made great contributions to human kind died of illness at the age of 84.

1931年10月18日，这位为人类做出巨大贡献的科学家因病逝世，终年84岁。