英語小達(dá)人每天10分鐘 62 Shining a light on Edison

[00:00.00]Unit 15 Shining a light on Edison 第15單元 愛迪生的靈光一現(xiàn) [00:05.90]To make a good idea work, you need to be persistence. 要實(shí)現(xiàn)好點(diǎn)子，你必須要能持之以恒， [00:14.98]I learned this lesson through someone else, Thomas Edison. 這點(diǎn)是我向一個(gè)人學(xué)到的，那就是愛迪生。 [00:18.99]In 1878, the public became very excited when Edison announced 一八七一年，當(dāng)愛迪生宣布幾個(gè)星期后 [00:25.22]he was going to have a small electric light working in just a few weeks. 他將點(diǎn)亮電燈泡時(shí)，民眾都很興奮， [00:29.94]His reputation for success led everyone to be very hopeful. 它成功的名聲讓所有人充滿希望。 [00:35.29]A month passed and he still couldn't make a light work for more than a few seconds. 可是一個(gè)月過去了，他還是沒辦法讓燈泡持續(xù)點(diǎn)亮幾秒。 [00:40.91]He hired physics expert named Francis Upton to help him. 他雇用了一個(gè)物理學(xué)家法蘭西斯·尤佩頓來協(xié)助他。 [00:47.23]Months and months passed and thousands of different materials were tested, but nothing worked. 又過了好多個(gè)月，他們測試了各種材料，可是沒有一樣成功。 [00:54.53]A year later, one of the men working on the projest began researching carbon. 一年后，參加研究的其中一人開始研究碳， [01:01.13]This was breakthrough they had been waiting for. 這是他們等待已久的突破， [01:05.09]The carbon thread stayed lit for forty hours and gave Ediaon and his team the confidence they needed. 碳芯可以持續(xù)點(diǎn)燃四十小時(shí)，讓愛迪生和他的研究小組重拾信心。 [01:11.46]When I think of Edison and the trials he went through inventing one of the most important forms of technology we have today, 當(dāng)我想到愛迪生以及今天最重要的科技發(fā)明背后的磨練， [01:19.51]I remember that no one succeeds without failure and the ability to push on. 我就會(huì)記住沒有失敗和努力不懈，就沒有成功。

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