1 Chapter 0 Who Was Thomas Alva Edison

Who Was Thomas Alva Edison? By Margaret Frith Illustrated by John O'Brien

托马斯·阿尔瓦·爱迪生是谁? 作者:玛格丽特·弗里斯约翰·奥布莱恩

Who Was Thomas Alva Edison? One day the Edisons couldn't find six-year-old Al, as his family called him. They were visiting Al's older sister and her husband on their farm. It was just outside of Milan, Ohio. The year was 1853. Suddenly Al's uncle had an idea. He ran out to the barn and there he found Al sitting on a pile of

托马斯·阿尔瓦·爱迪生是谁? 一天，爱迪生一家找不到6岁的艾尔了，他的家人都这么叫他。 他们去农场看望阿尔的姐姐和姐夫。 就在俄亥俄州米兰郊外。 那一年是1853年。突然，阿尔的叔叔有了一个主意。 他跑到谷仓，发现阿尔正坐在一堆

straw. He was trying to hatch a goose egg. He had seen a hen sitting on her eggs when some baby chicks came out. Al wanted to make a baby goose come out of the egg. The Edisons weren't surprised. They had three other children, but their youngest, Al, was the most curious. He would be that way all of his long life. The world was very different when Thomas Alva Edison was a child—no electric light to see by, no recorded music to listen to, no movies to

一根稻草。他在试着孵鹅蛋。 他看到一只母鸡坐在鸡蛋上，这时小鸡出来了。 阿尔想让一只小鹅从蛋里出来。 爱迪生夫妇对此并不感到惊讶。 他们还有三个孩子，但最小的阿尔是最好奇的。 他一生都是这样。 当托马斯·阿尔瓦·爱迪生还是个孩子的时候，世界是非常不同的——没有电灯可以看，没有音乐可以听，没有电影可以看

watch. It was Edison who made all of these possible and much more, changing our lives forever. Edison firmly believed in inventions, ones that could make everyday life easier and more comfortable. That is exactly what he accomplished. Thomas Alva Edison was, perhaps, the greatest inventor of his time.

手表。是爱迪生让这一切成为可能，甚至更多，永远改变了我们的生活。 爱迪生坚信发明能使日常生活更轻松、更舒适。 这正是他所做到的。 托马斯·阿尔瓦·爱迪生也许是他那个时代最伟大的发明家。