| 第二十六课：锲而不舍的人 |
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课文翻译 2Read阅读………………………………… THE MAN WHO NEVER GAVE UP 锲而不舍的人 Thomas Alva Edison was a great American inventor. When he was a child, 托马斯·阿尔瓦·爱迪生是美国的一位伟大的发明家。小时候, he was always asking questions and trying out new ideas. No matter how hard 他总是问这问那，还验证一些新的想法。无论事情多么困难， it was, he never gave up. 他从未放弃过。 Young Tom was in school for only three months. His teacher didn't un 少年爱迪生仅仅上了3个月的学。他的老师搞不 derstand why this new pupil had so many strange questions. Most of the ques- 懂为什么这位新来的孩子有那么多奇怪的问题。大部分问题与他 tions had nothing to do with his lessons. The teacher didn't want to teach Tom 的功课无关。老师不想再教汤姆了。 any more. He asked Tom's mother to take the boy home. Tom's mother taught 他要求汤姆的妈妈把他带回家。(于是)汤姆的妈妈 him to read and write, and she found him to be a very good pupil. He learnt (自己)教他读写。她发现他是个非常好的学生。 very fast and became very interested in science. When he was only ten, he 他学得很快，并且对自然科学很感兴趣。在他才10岁的时候，他 built a chemistry lab for himself. 就为自己建起了一个化学实验室。 At the age of 12, he started writing his own newspaper. He printed it and 在12岁时，爱迪生开始编写自己的报纸，他印出报纸 sold copies on the trains. It was the first newspaper sold on trains in America. 来拿到火车上去卖。在美国，那是在火车上出售的第一份报纸。 One day in August, 1862, Edison saw a little boy playing on the railway 1862年8月的一天，爱迪生看到一个小男孩正在火车站的 tracks at a station. A train was coming near quickly, and the boy was too 铁轨上玩。一列火车急驶而来，这个小男孩吓得 frightened to move. Edison rushed out and carried the boy to safety. The boy's (呆立着)一动不动。爱迪生冲过去将他带到安全的地方。孩子的 father was so thankful that he taught Edison how to send messages by telegraph. 父亲非常感激，于是他教爱迪生学习怎样用电报发送信息。 Edison soon became very good at it and later left home to work in different cities. 没多久爱迪生便对此极为精通。后来他离开家到不同的城市去工作。 This gave him a new start in life. At that time, he was only 16. 这是他生活的一个新开端。那时，他才16岁。 When he was 22, he moved to New York to be an inventor. With the money 当他22岁时，他搬到纽约，成了一名发明家。用一些 he made from some of his earlier inventions, Thomas Edison opened up his 早期发明所赚到的钱，爱迪生在新泽西创办 own lab in New Jersey. There he worked most of his lifetime. During his life 了自己的实验室。在那儿他工作了大半生。在他的一生 time, he had 1,093 inventions. He never gave up. He would keep trying out 中，他有1093项发明。他从来没有放弃过。他一直不停地验证不 different ideas until he invented what he wanted. 同的设想，直到发明出他设想的东西。 Thomas Edison thought that no matter how difficult something seemed, he 托马斯·爱迪生认为无论事情看起来有多难，他 could find the answer. He said that he thought more of a person who has one 都能找到问题的答案。他说，他更看重主意一个而 idea and makes it work, than of a person who has a thousand ideas but doesn't 事有所成的人，而不是主意千条而 do anything about them. 无所作为的人。 |
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| 第二十六课：锲而不舍的人 |
重点·难点·考点及疑点注释 短语纵横 1no matter“无论、不管”，后面跟what、where、how等连接词。 No matter what you say, I won't believe you. 无论你说什么，我都不会相信你。 2have nothing to do with“与……无关”，与其相反的短语是have something to do with“与……有关”。 Staying or leaving has nothing to do with me.去还是留与我无关。 3become interested in ...变得对……感兴趣 The boy became interested in art when he was very young. 这个小男孩很小的时候就对艺术感兴趣。 4at the age of“在……岁时”。相当于when sb. was ... years old.。 The old man died at the age of 85. The old man died when he was 85 years old. 这位老人85岁时去世了。 5rush out“冲出去”，即run out quickly and suddenly。 The students rushed out as soon as the bell rang. 铃一响，同学们就冲出去了。 6open up开设 A new factory will be opened up in my hometown. 在我的家乡将开设一所新的工厂。 7think a lot/much of“认为……很不错”。与think highly of含义相近。 We don't think much of the doctor.我们认为那位医生不怎么样。 The parents think a lot of the teacher.家长们认为那个老师不错。 点击句型 1be always doing sth.“总是做某事”。有肯定、否定等感情色彩。 Why are you always complaining?你为什么总是怨言不断? 2teach sb. to do sth.“教某人做某事”，sb.是teach的宾语，to do sth.则是宾语sb.的补语。 Edison's mother taught him to read and write at home herself. 爱迪生的妈妈亲自在家里教他读写。 3find sb./sth. (to be)+...发现某人/某物…… Edison's mother found him (to be) a clever pupil. 爱迪生的妈妈发现他是个聪明的学生。 4sb.+be+too+adj.+to do sth.某人太……而不能…… He is too young to go to school.他太小，还不能去上学。 |
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