英語小達人每天10分鐘 62 Shining a light on Edison
第15單元 愛迪生的靈光一現(xiàn)
To make a good idea work, you need to bepersistence. I learned this lesson through someone else, Thomas Edison. In 1878, the public became very excited when Edison announced he was going to have a small electric light working in just a few weeks. His reputation for success led everyone to be very hopeful.
要實現(xiàn)好點子，你必須要能持之以恒，這點是我向一個人學到的，那就是愛迪生。一八七一年，當愛迪生宣布幾個星期后他將點亮電燈泡時，民眾都很興奮，它成功的名聲讓所有人充滿希望。
A month passed and he still couldn't make a light work for more than a few seconds. He hired physics expert named Francis Upton to help him. Months and months passed and thousands of different materials were tested, but nothing worked.
可是一個月過去了，他還是沒辦法讓燈泡持續(xù)點亮幾秒。他雇用了一個物理學家法蘭西斯·尤佩頓來協(xié)助他。又過了好多個月，他們測試了各種材料，可是沒有一樣成功。
A year later, one of the men working on the projest began researching carbon. This wasbreakthrough they had been waiting for. The carbon thread stayed lit for forty hours and gave Ediaon and his team the confidence they needed.
一年后，參加研究的其中一人開始研究碳，這是他們等待已久的突破，碳芯可以持續(xù)點燃四十小時，讓愛迪生和他的研究小組重拾信心。
When I think of Edison and the trials he went through inventing one of the most important forms of technology we have today, I remember that no one succeeds without failure and the ability to push on.
當我想到愛迪生以及今天最重要的科技發(fā)明背后的磨練，我就會記住沒有失敗和努力不懈，就沒有成功。
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