9unit6thomas alva edison 发明家爱迪生

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1、ThomasAlvaEdison发明家爱迪生　　ThomasAlvaEdisonwasamanofwonderfulabilitywhohadthegoodlucktobebornatagoodtime.IntheperiodjustaftertheAmericanCivilWartheUnitedStateswasgrowingconditionswererightforthetalentsofamanlikeEdison.　　TheEdisonfamilyhadcometotheUnitedStatesfromHollandintheearlyparto

2、fthel8thcentury．ThomasAlvatheyoungestofSamuel'ssevenchildrenwasbornin1847.　　Thomaswasanunusuallycuriouschild．Evenatanearlyagehelovedtoreadandmakeexperiments．Becausehewassodreamyandquietateacheronceaccusedhimofbeingstupid．Thomas'smotherwassodispleasedbythisremarkthatshetookhersonout

3、ofschoolandneversenthimback.Shetookchargeofhiseducationherselfandtaughthimreadinghistoryscienceandphilosophy．Edisonwasaveryquickreaderandherememberedeverything．Oncehegottheideaofstartingatthefirstshelfofalargelibraryandreadingeverythinginit．Butafterreadingthroughfifteenfeetofbooksh

4、egaveupthisambition.　　InordertoearnmoneyforbooksandforhisscientificexperimentsThomassoldvegetablesfromthefamilygarden.ThisworkdidnotbringinenoughmoneyandsohebegantosellnewspapersandcandyonatrainthatranbetweenPortHuronMichiganandDetroit．Becausepeopleweresoeagerforthelatestnewsaboutt

5、heCivilWarwhichwasthenatitsheightThomasdecidedinFebruary1862whenhewasfifteenyearsoldtoprintanewspaperofhisowntheWeeklyHerald,inabaggagecarofthetrainwhereheworked．Infouryearsheearnedtwothousanddollarsfromthisbusiness.　　WhileheworkedonthetrainyoungEdisoncontinuedtoexperimentsettingup

6、alaboratoryinthebaggagecar.Onedayastickofphosphorusfelltothefloorandsetthecaronfire．TheconductorofthetrainassoangrythathethrewTomandallhisequipmentoffthetrainatthenextstation；healsostruckTomcausingapermanentinjurywhichlatermadehimdeafintherightear.　　Onedaynotlongafterhehadstartedhi

7、snewspaper,Edisonsawachildplayingonthetracksinfrontofatrain.Hejumpedoffthestationplatformandsnatchedthechildfromthewheelsofthetrain.ThefatherwhohappenedtobethestationmasterwassogratefulthatheofferedtoteachTomtobecomeatelegraphoperator．Hegavehimlessonsfourdaysaweekafterthestationhad

8、closedforthenightandinthre