Success story
Lesson 31
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?
may ask _w_h_y___ _in_v_e_n_t_io_n__s.That
Edison was able to make so many is because he was the man who never
__g_a_v_e_
up. He always thought that no matter how _d_if_f_ic_u_l_t something seemed, he could find the _a_n_s_w_e_r_ . He believed that_n_o_t_h_in_g__
What do you know about Bill Gates?
Inventions
• Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, 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 Edison was a famous American _in__v_e_n_to_r__ . During
his lifetime he had__m__a_d_e__ 1,093 inventions. That is amazing,
isn’t it? Many of his inventions havech_a_n_g_e_d___ our life. You
was difficult if you put your heart into it. That is true. When he
was a child, he was always asking __s_t_ra_n_g__e_ questions and
trying out new __id_e_a_s___ . Many of his questions made his
4. What kind of success would you like to have in life?
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Thomas Alva Edison (Feb.
11th, 1847-- Oct.18th, 1931)
waalled 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?
teacher unhappy or angry, because the strange questions
had nothing to do __w_i_t_h____ his lessons. He could not study
at school, so his mother __t_a_u_g_h_t___ him at home. He showed great i_n_t_e_re_s_t__ in science and _le_a_r_n_t____ very fast.
__W__h_e_n___ he was 22, he moved to New York to be an inventor. He worked very __h_a_r_d___ trying out new ideas. He
never gave up.
An Inventor with 1,093
who invented many
important (more than one thousand)
inventions. Phonograph
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Dictaphone
录音机
Radio
无线电
Electric bulb
电灯泡
Autographic printer 印刷机
Questions: What was Thomas Edison? Was he clever when he was a pupil? how do you know? Why didn’t his teacher want to teach him any more? How did he learn after he left school? What happened one day in August,1862? How old was he when he became an inventor? Why was Edison able to make so many inventions? What do you think you can learn from Edison?
• When people called him a genius, he only said that “Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.”
What did he say?
He said he liked people who never give up.