Lights Out!

Lights out.

灯灭啦。

The light bulb went out. Mama, Mama! cried the girls. It is dark. We cannot see. Mama answered, I'll change the light bulb.

灯泡烧坏了。 妈妈，妈妈！ 女孩们大声喊道。 天黑黑的，我们什么都看不见呀。 妈妈回答说： 我来换个灯泡。

Shanika wants to know about light bulbs. Who made the very first light bulb? She now asks. A very smart person invented it, answers Tanya. And a very smart person improved it, says mama.

莎妮卡对灯泡特别好奇。是谁发明了世界上第一个灯泡呀？她 现在开口问道。“是个特别聪明的人发明的哦。”塔尼娅回答。“而且还有个特别聪明的人 对它做了改进呢。”妈妈说道。

Mama tells the girls about Thomas Edison. He lived a long time ago. He was always asking questions. He wanted to know how things worked. He loved to try new things.

妈妈给女孩们讲起了托马斯·爱迪生的故事。他生活在很久很久以前，总是爱问各种各样的问题。 他想弄明白各种东西的运作原理，特别喜欢尝试新鲜事物。

When Thomas Edison grew up, he wanted to make a better light bulb. He hired people to work with him. Their first light bulb did not work well. The light stopped working too soon.

托马斯·爱迪生长大以后，想要造出性能更好的灯泡。 他雇了一些人和他一起工作。 他们做出来的第一个灯泡不太好用。 亮了没多久就熄灭了。

Thomas Edison worked very hard. He wanted to make a better light bulb. He tried many different experiments. An experiment is a kind of test. It helps people learn new things.

托马斯·爱迪生非常努力，他一心要造出更好的灯泡，做了好多好多不同的实验。 实验就是一种测试，能帮人们学到新的知识哦。