edison

Great men have often risen from poverty -- Lincoln and Edison, for example.

大人物常常出身 贫寒, 例如林肯和爱迪生.

Edison invented the light bulb.

爱迪生发明了电灯炮.

This invention is ascribed to Edison.

这项发明被认为是属于爱迪生的.

The basic design changed little from that patented by Edison more than 100 years ago.

其本质设计和100多年前爱迪生的专利设计相差无几。

The incandescent lamp we use in daily life was invented by Edison.

我们日常生活中用的白炽灯，是爱迪生发明的。

1882 -- Edison's electric power plant starts operation in New York.

1882年 —— 爱迪生的发电厂在纽约投产.

Edison invented the electric light lamp.

爱迪生发明了电灯.

Edison's working life falls into three sections.

爱迪生的工作生涯可以分为三阶段.

1877 -- Thomas A. Edison has a phonograph playing.

1877年 —— 托马斯-A-爱迪生发明留声机.

The anniversary Thomas Alva Edison's birth.

爱迪生诞辰纪念日.

Edison began selling candy, sandwiches and newspapers on a train.

爱迪生开始在火车上卖糖果 、 夹心面包和报纸.

Edison rushed out and carried the boy to safety.

爱迪生冲上去把孩子抱开脱了险.

Edison won his spurs as an inventor while rather young.

爱迪生很年轻的时候就获得了发明家的声誉.

Edison made a note of everything he did in his experiment.

爱迪生把他在实验中所做的每件事都记录下来.

This young man is very clever; he may be another Edison.

这个年青人很聪明, 他可能成为爱迪生式的人.