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Тема в разделе "Английский язык", создана пользователем memel, 13 янв 2010.

  1. memel

    memel New Member

    Здравствуйте,помогите задать 8 вопросов по текстуEdison is known as one of the greatest
    inventors of his time. He invented so much that it is difficult to say which of
    his achievements is the greatest. He was an experimenter and a practical man
    more than a theoretician.

    Edison did not have any education. He went to school
    only for three months. Then he left it because the teacher considered him a
    dull boy. His mother became his teacher. The boy loved books and his mother
    said that he had a wonderful memory. When he first visited a public library and
    saw a lot of shelves with books he decided that he would know everything in the
    world. He measured the shelf and decided to read a foot of books every week.

    In 1868 Edison built his first patented invention - an
    electromagnetic device.

    It is said that he planned to ask three thousand
    dollars for his invention, though he secretly decided he would sell it for two
    thousand if necessary. He was invited to a meeting of businessmen who were
    interested in buying his invention, but when he was asked to name the price he
    was very nervous and quite unable to speak.

    "It is no use asking us a big price", said
    one of the businessmen, "we have already decided how much we will pay.
    Forty thousand dollars is our limit".

    With this money Edison established a workshop and
    began his career as a professional inventor at the age of twenty one.

    All his inventions were the result of hard work. He
    sometimes made thousands of experiments. According to his words the idea that a
    genius works only by inspiration was absurd. "Genius is 2 per cent
    inspiration and 98 per cent perspiration", he often said.
     
  2. Волчара

    Волчара New Member

    Who was he?did he have any education?who teached him?how many months did he attend school?did he like books?how much did he want to get for his invention?how much did he get?how old was he when he became a professional inventor?
     

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