猜猜他是谁之五|猜猜他是谁之五 de英文(包子篇)

他是谁?
He was born on February 11, 1847, and the youngest in his family.
His mother was an experienced teacher and a major influence in his early life.
He almost lost hearing because he caught a fever and later got ear infections.
【猜猜他是谁之五|猜猜他是谁之五 de英文(包子篇)】He was regarded as a hyperactive, disobedient student by his teachers, so his mother had to withdraw him from public school and taught him at home.
He read many books on a wide range of subjects to quench his thirst for knowledge and developed the ability of self-learning and an independent mind that would influence his whole life.
He started to publish his own small newspaper when he was only about 12 years old.
He married one of his employees and fathered three children.
He, at 22 years old, developed his first invention, a more sophisticated stock ticker ( 股票行情自动收录器), which was able to synchronize other stock ticker’s transactions.
He established his first laboratory and manufacturing facility in 1870.
He invented the machine called the phonograph (留声机) for recording sound in December of 1877.
He said: “restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.”
Numerous people believe he invented the first light bulb, but actually, he just perfected the incandescent light bulb following an English inventor’s first electric arc lamp (电弧灯).
He was one of the world-famous and respected inventors and set the stage for the modern electric world.


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猜猜他是谁之五|猜猜他是谁之五 de英文(包子篇)
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托马斯·爱迪生(Thomas Edison

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