Edison's Inventions

Edison's Inventions written by Russ Buyak focus question What are Thomas Edison's inventions and why are they important?

《爱迪生的发明》，作者：拉斯·布亚克 核心问题 托马斯·爱迪生的发明都有哪些？它们为什么很重要？

Who was Thomas Edison? Thomas Edison was an inventor. He lived from 1847 to 1931. He invented many things. We still use some things he invented today.

托马斯·爱迪生是谁？ 托马斯·爱迪生是一位发明家。 他生于1847年，逝于1931年。 他发明了很多东西。 我们至今仍在使用他发明的部分物品。

Early Life Thomas did not go to school much, but he loved to read. He quit school when he was 12. He went to work on trains.

早年生活：托马斯没怎么上过学， 但他特别喜欢阅读。 他12岁的时候就退学了。 他去火车上工作了。

There, he learned to use the telegraph. The telegraph was a machine that sent a message. The message came in long and short beeps.

在那里，他学会了怎么使用电报机。 电报机是用来发送信息的机器。 信息会以长短不同的哔哔声传送过来。

Thomas did not hear well. He could not always hear the beeps. He invented a machine that changed the beeps to letters. Thomas was an inventor.

托马斯的听力不太好。 他不是每次都能听到哔哔声。 他就发明了一台机器，能把哔哔声转换成文字。 托马斯是个发明家呀。

The phonograph. Thomas invented many things. He invented the phonograph. People could record and play back sound with this machine. They did not think it was real. They thought another person was talking.

留声机 托马斯发明了好多东西。 他发明了留声机。 人们可以用这台机器录制和回放声音。 大家都不敢相信这是真的。 他们还以为是有另外一个人在说话呢。