Thomas Edison – Томас Эдисон
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison was born in 1847. He first went to school at the age of eight and a half. But after only three months his teacher called him “stupid” and he came home crying.
From that time his mother taught him at home and he read science books by himself. He got a job sending telegraph messages. Then he started inventing things. At the age of 12 he had a job selling newspapers. He made money in a clever but simple way.
He checked the news stories first. When the news was interesting he took a lot of papers; when it was boring he took only few.
In 1877 he made a “phonograph” – the first ever sound recorder. The following year he invented the light bulb.
In 1882 New York was the first city in the world with electric lights. In 1889 he made a “kinetoscope”. He also made films for his uew machine.
In 1903 he made the world’s longest film (It was ten minutes long!) After more than one thousand
Томас Эдисон
Томас Эдисон родился в 1847 году. Впервые он пошел в школу в восемь с половиной лет. Но спустя три месяца учительница назвала его глупым, и он пришел домой весь в слезах.
С того времени мать обучала его дома, и он сам читал научные книги. Он получил работу телеграфиста. Затем он начал заниматься изобретательством. В возрасте 12 лет он работал продавцом газет. Он зарабатывал деньги умным, но простым способом.
Вначале он просматривал новости. Когда новости были интересными, он брал много газет; когда скучными – мало.
В 1877 году он изобрел фонограф – первый когда-либо звучавший прибор. В следующем году он изобрел лампочку.
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1882 году Нью-Йорк был первым городом в мире с электрическим светом. В 1889 году он создал кинескоп. Он также снимал фильмы для своего нового изобретения.В1903 году он снял самый длинный в мире фильм (он длился 10 минут!) После более чем тысячи открытий Эдисон умер в возрасте 84 лет. В его честь по всей Америке выключили свет.
Questions:
1. Thomas Edison was born in 1847, wasn’t he?
2. Why did mother teach him at home?
3. What were his inventions?
4. When did Edison die?
5. What did Americans do in his honour?
Vocabulary:
to check – проверять
phonograph – фонограф
kinetoscope – кинескоп
to switch off – выключать
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