perfect many of the technologies vital to the modern world--- including the electric light, the motion picture camera and the first sound recordings --- he also set the standard for how research and development is done today. 如果有一个人能被说成是带领世界进入了技术时代,那这人就是托马斯?阿尔瓦?爱迪生。他不仅发明和完善了许多对现代世界至关重要的技术──包括电灯、电影摄影机和第一台留声机──他也为今天如何进行研究和开发确立了规范。 2.Edison's best-known saying is: "Genius is one per cent inspiration and 99 per cent perspiration." This belief was his religion: He worked day and night for much of his life. By the time he died in 1931, he had patented over 1,100 inventions. Some were entirely his own, but many were improvements he had made to the inventions of others. 爱迪生最著名的一句话是“天才是百分之一的灵感加上百分之九十九的汗水。”这一信念是他虔诚恪守的信仰:他一生大多数时间都在日夜工作。到 1931 年他去世时,他已经获得了 1 100 多项发明的专利。有些发明完全是他自己的,但有许多是他对别人的发明所做的改进。
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