26 Incredible Inventions：Everyday Wonders

Incredible Inventions: Everyday Wonders by Thom Anthony Table of Contents Introduction page 2 Chapter 1 Lights page 4 Chapter 2 Sounds page 6 Chapter 3 Pictures page 10 Conclusion page 14 Glossary/ Index page 15 Comprehension Check page 16

不可思议的发明:每天的奇迹汤姆安东尼目录介绍页2第一章灯光页4第二章声音页6第三章图片页10结论页14词汇/索引页15理解检查页16

Introduction Can you think of life without lights? Can you think of life without television or telephones? We did not always have all these things. Many things that we have now to help us are new. In the past, people used candles for light. candle Today lights are everywhere. Years ago, telephones were not as easy to use as they are today. Light bulbs did not make as much light. Televisions did not last for a long time. People keep finding ways to make things work better. They keep finding ways to make life easier.

你能想象没有灯的生活吗? 你能想象没有电视和电话的生活吗? 我们并不总是拥有所有这些东西。 我们现在拥有的许多帮助我们的东西都是新的。 在过去，人们用蜡烛照明。 今天到处都是灯。 几年前，电话不像现在这样容易使用。 灯泡不能发出那么多的光。 电视并没有持续很长时间。 人们一直在寻找让事情变得更好的方法。 他们不断寻找让生活更轻松的方法。

Chapter 1 Lights Long ago, people used fire for light. Fire burns quickly. Its light is not very bright. In the 1870s Thomas Alva Edison made one of the first light bulbs. Soon people used light bulbs everywhere. Language DETECTIVE Clue: Bulbs is a plural noun. It names more than one person, place, or thing. Can you find three plural nouns on page 3? Evolution of Light Fire Light Candle Light Gas Light Electric Light AMAZING INVENTIONS A New Light Bulb In 1991 a light bulb that can give light for 10,000 hours was made. Thomas Alva Edison invented light bulbs and other things we use today. light bulb

很久以前，人们用火照明。 火燃烧得很快。它的光不是很亮。 19世纪70年代，托马斯·阿尔瓦·爱迪生制造了第一批灯泡之一。 很快，人们到处使用灯泡。 语言侦探提示:Bulbs是一个复数名词。 它指的是一个以上的人、地方或事物。 你能在第三页找到三个复数名词吗? 火、蜡烛、煤气灯、电灯的演变惊人的发明一种新的灯泡1991年，一种可以发光1万小时的灯泡被制造出来。 托马斯·阿尔瓦·爱迪生发明了灯泡和其他我们今天使用的东西。 灯泡

Chapter 2 Sounds Before telephones were invented, people who lived far apart had to write letters. Then the first telephone was invented. Telephones needed electric cords to work. Telephones had round dials or a circle with numbers. Now you press a button or a key to call a number. cord a piece of wire that electricity travels on Today we can send a fax. A fax is a letter we send by using a telephone. AMAZING INVENTIONS The Telegraph The telegraph uses a special kind of language called the Morse code to send messages. Morse code uses dots and dashes for the letters of the alphabet. Telephones The First Telephone Rotary Telephone Touchtone Telephone Cordless Phone Fax Machine Cell Phone cord buttons keys

电话发明之前，住得很远的人不得不写信。 然后，第一部电话被发明了。 电话需要电线才能接通。 电话有圆形的拨号盘或有数字的圆圈。 现在你按一个按钮或一个键来拨打一个号码。 今天我们可以发传真。 传真是我们用电话发出的信。 电报电报使用一种叫做莫尔斯电码的特殊语言来传递信息。 摩尔斯电码用点和破折号来表示字母表中的字母。 电话第一部电话旋转电话按键式电话无绳电话传真机手机按键键

Long ago, people did not have tapes or CDs. They listened to music in a place where music was played. Then people found a way to record or copy sound. A machine called a phonograph played the songs. Thomas Alva Edison invented one of the first phonographs. Many people listen to music on CDs. Next, records were invented to store or hold music. A record is large, round, and flat. Records do not sound good if they get scratches. Cassette tapes were invented next. After that, CDs were invented. CDs can store a lot of music. Language DETECTIVE Clue: The word store is a homograph. Can you find another meaning for store in the dictionary? AMAZING INVENTIONS The MP3 Player The MP3 can store many hours of music.

很久以前，人们还没有磁带或cd。 他们在一个放音乐的地方听音乐。 后来人们找到了一种记录或复制声音的方法。 一种叫做留声机的机器播放了这些歌曲。 托马斯·阿尔瓦·爱迪生发明了最早的留声机之一。 许多人用cd听音乐。 接着，发明了唱片来储存或保存音乐。 唱片又大又圆又平。 唱片如果有刮痕，听起来就不好了。 接着发明了盒式磁带。 在那之后，cd被发明了。 cd可以储存很多音乐。 语言侦探线索:单词store是一个同形词。 你能在字典里找到“储存”的另一个意思吗? 神奇的发明MP3播放器MP3可以储存好几个小时的音乐。