爱迪生小时候的一篇英文文章

(about Thomas Edison electric light)

19世纪初，人们开始使用煤气灯（瓦斯灯），但是煤气靠管道供给，一但漏气或堵塞，非常容易出事，人们对于照明的改革，十分殷切。事实上，爱迪生为自己订定了一个不可能的任务：除了改良照明之外，还要创造一套供电的系统。他和伙伴们，不眠不休的做了1600多次耐热材料和600多种植物纤维的实验，才制造出第一个炭丝灯泡，可以一次燃烧45个钟头。后来他更在这基础上不断改良制造的方法，终于推出可以点燃1200小时的灯泡In the early 1900s. people started using gaslamps, which were supported by gas. Accidents would come quite easily as soon as the pipeline was blocked, so the enthusiasm for a new revolution of lighting was very high. In fact, Thomas Edison set up an immpossible mission himself that he would set up a power supply system, apart from the lighting improvement. With the cooperation of his coworkers, they invented the first carbon filament lamp by many experiments with more than 1,600 heat resisting and fibrous plant materials. which could last for 45 minutes. Finally, they invented the bulb which could light for more than 1,200 hours.

His son -- is al's father Samuel Edison ( Samuel Edison ), in Lake Erie Wayne that city to operate the hotel business, life is good. In this town there is a man named Nancy ( Nancy ) female teacher, she is the Scotland Canadians, due to her teaching seriously, the popular public respect. She caused a small Samuel love, so the owner of the hotel began to ask her to marry him. Later they love growing, finally reached a boiling point, they married in 1828. After marriage, they lived in the city for a period of time to time they took a" prairie wagon" to move again, to settle in the United States Milan ohio. Samuel in the business of tile manufacturing and selling, business is good, the couple lived a happy house is a house with roof brick cottage. The house is located in the foothills, generous got married, and had 7 kids. The family moved to Milan before, Nancy gave birth to4 children. Thereafter, she gave birth to3 children. Edison is ranked seventh, and his mother was born last son. In accordance with the ancestral name of the elderly, Edison named Thomas, because his father and Alva Bradley captain very personal, he borrowed the captain named Alva. Edison's full name is Thomas Alva Edison. Everyone called him Alva, his mother loves have been living in this simple Town, until7 years before they leave. But this city makes the he does not fully remember it in the city, but the church pointed roof, wide field, in front of the tree stands of trees and so on, but always in his mind, when he was old, he is still clearly remember the Al in Milan many anecdotal tales. Some say he is a out of the ordinary children. First of all, the little guy was born after almost never cry, always smile. Gray eyes, shining, to look so wise, don't overdo is especially big, the body is frail, looks pale. He often gives some objects of interest, and then tries to use the hand to catch. His mouth and eyes up activities, like adults consider the problem. He never stopped he had decided to do. He learned to walk, do not need people to help. The child's hair is sparse, stand up, do not paste, ugly. Father looked uncomfortable for his haircut, but the results of more ugly, mother frowned. At the age of 3, Alva as an adult thinking do when, running his fingers through his 's out of the ordinary, not only such. Children of a young age are curious, like asking questions. The difference is," general Albee children more curious, and there is a kind of people tell him things put into experimental instincts, and two times as much as the other energy and spirit of creation." On the people's memory, he learned to speak as if is to ask a question like. He made some problems although is not important, but not easy to answer. Because he asked too many questions, most members of his family didn't even want to answer. However, his mother is always trying to help him. He once asked his father:" why does the wind blow?" Samuel Edison replied:" Al, I don't know". Al asked:" why don't you know?"He is not only an inquisitive, but what do want to , when to eat, still do not see Edison back, the parents very worried, four for, until late in the presence of edges of the hut that he. His father saw him motionless on the ground put some eggs in the haystack, it's very strange and asked:" what are you doing here?" Little Edison unhurried ground replies: "I in chicks!" Originally, he saw the hens hatching chicks, feel very strange, always wanted to try it herself. At that time, my father angry and funny to pull him back up, tell him, people were hatched chicks. On the way home, he would be very much puzzled by asking," why hens are able to have chicks, can't I?"As a result of Al is interested in many things, he often encounter danger. Once, he to the storage of wheat house, accidentally head-first into the grain store, wheat buried the head, it cannot move. He almost died, thanks to being found in time, catch al foot pull him out. Another time, he fell into the water, like the result was pulled up soaked through. He is frightened not small. He was 4 years old, want to have a look have what secret fence Ueno honeycomb, with a branch to poke, face was wild bee sting red, almost couldn't keep his eyes often to Samuel Winchester ( Sam Winchester ) to play the grain mill. One day, he went to Winchester Winchester is a grain mill, saw with a balloon as a flight test apparatus, the experiment al fascinated. He thought, if the stomach is filled with gas, will rise, that the more beautiful! A few days later, he put some chemicals together, called his father in a hired Michael Oates ( Michael Oates ) for chemical products. Oates ate al dispensing chemicals after nearly fainted. Al seems to think that Oates could not fly is Oates's failure, he is al's event not only makes the Al 's parents were headache, but also astonished around the child's parents, they warned their children said:" don't play with al!"The children listened to the parents' warnings, dare not and Al together, even though al invited them, they only looked at him with fear, step is not close, sometimes several bold child, even will sing to insult Al, they sang: Al, Al, strange child; Al, Al, he is a nerd; we never had to doing these things, Al by his father. His father thought, only beaten Al, he wouldn't be in trouble. His mother also believe that, if a child does something wrong, you don't beat him, he will never become a man. She don't want this to happen again in the body. Although al suffered whiplash, but cannot stop him all things 's 6 years old and under the labor. Love love love to observe, question, he is to go to the root of the novelty of the universe of 1 000000000 universes the key of knowledge. The middle of the village crossroads with large elm, maple tree, he went to watch those trees is how growth along the street shops; there are many beautiful sign, he will go to take them seriously copy down, or even draw is a strong thirst for knowledge and doing experiments desire, often giving him trouble.