• Edison is called the greatest inventor because he has 1,093 inventions. Of all these inventions, some have changed our life a lot. For example, the light bulb. Without Edison, we may still use candles today. It is terrible, isn’t it? • When people called him a genius, he only said that “Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.”
留声机 录音机 无线电 电灯泡 印刷机
An Inventor with 1,093 Inventions • Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio,俄亥俄州1847. • When he was twelve years old. He got his first job selling newspapers and sweets on the train. At age 15, he saved the life of a young boy.
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Thomas Alva Edison (Feb. 11th, 1847-- Oct.18th, 1931) was an American inventor who invented many important inventions. (more than one thousand) Phonograph Dictaphone Radio Electric bulb Autographic printer
1.retire
• V.退休 • His mother will retire at the age of sixty.
• retirement n.
pany
firm[fɜːm] Eg. My father works for an oil company.
N.公司=
in company一块，一起 a company of一队，一组
3.bicycle
• N.自行车 bike • They usually go to school by bicycle/bike. • 扩展 • handtruck手推运货车
truck卡车
• automobile [‘ɔːtəməʊbiːl] 汽车 • • taxi/cab [kæ b] 出租车，计程车
He said he liked people who never give up.
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What do you know about Bill Gates?
1955/10/28 出生在西雅图 1973年进入哈佛大学法律系，19岁退学， 与同伴创办电脑公司。后改名微软公司， 自任董事长、总裁兼首席执行官。 1988年1月，将总裁一职让给史蒂夫-鲍尔 默。 盖茨被誉为电脑奇才、20世纪最伟大的 计算机软件行业巨人。36岁成为世界最 年轻的亿万富翁。1999年《福布斯》评 选，盖茨居世界亿万富翁首位，纯资产 850亿美元,被《时代》周刊评为在数字技 术领域影响重大的50人之一。
4.save
• V.积蓄 • 挽救,节约=rescue['reskjuː] • He operated on Edison’s mother at once, and she was saved. • save one’s life救某人的命 • save money 省钱
Bill and his friends, also his partners
下排:Bill Gates, Andrea Lewis, Marla Wood, Paul Allen 摄于1978年12月7日
Read the passage and make notes as follows.
Name: Bill Gates Date of birth: Oct. 28, 1955 Favorite subjects at school: science and maths Hobbies: play with computers What Gates did at 17: Work out a software with his friends In 1973: Went to Harvard University In 1975: Began his company In 1994: Married Melinda French In 1999: Wrote a book Additional information: Enjoys reading and playing golf and bridge
Lesson31 Success story 成功者的故事
1.Describe some of the things you used to do when you were young? 2. What is your dream when you are a child? 3. What qualities must a person have to build up a successful business? 4. What kind of success would you like to have in life?
1.Why can Frank be said to be successful in business? 2. What was Frank’s job in a small shop? 3. What did Frank do in 1958? 4. What did Frank’s wife want him to do?