Audio
Edison not only helped give us movies, but he also played a part in the history of music and recording. His first phonograph could both record and play back sound. It amazed the public and brought him international fame.
Communication
From scrutinizing all of Edison’s inventions in this field, one sees he was obviously a believer in improving communication between people. In his era, the telegraph was the way to send and receive messages. Edison created the automatic telegraph, a gadget that allowed messages to travel extremely fast. Before, they couldn’t go much faster than 40 words per minute, but the automatic telegraph allowed for up to 1,000!
Edison also played a huge part in creating the telephone. He, of course, didn’t invent the telephone, but earlier versions of the machine were limited, and he improved it dramatically. Originally telephones only let people talk to each other over shot distances. Recognizing the problem, Edison took it upon himself to invent his own telephone transmitter, which was used up until the 1980s. Edison’s inventions changed the world. He once said, “Invention is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.” Even a wizard has to work hard!
phonograph 留聲機
telegraph 電報
scrutinizeàlook closely 細看；詳細檢查
gadget 小機件；器具
dramatically
inspirationàidea 靈感
perspirationàhard work 汗水、辛苦、賣力
【Chat room】
transmitter was used up until the 1980s 送話器一直到1980年代還在被人們使用
注意這裡不是used up
We used up all our money 我們把錢用光了
而是up until 一直到那個時候
Up until I was a teenager, I didn’t know any English.
一直到我是個青少年，我一點英文都不會
【Key word】
scrutinize 詳細的檢查、細看
The editor scrutinized the final copy of the article to make sure there weren’t any mistakes.
編輯查看這篇文章的最後定稿確定沒有任何的錯誤
The detective scrutinized all the evidence trying to find any clues.
這名警探仔細的查看證物試著找出任何線索
transmitter 發射器、發報器
The whales were implanted with radio transmitters so the scientists could locate them.
這些鯨魚被植入電波發報器，這樣科學家們可以知道牠們的行蹤
transmitter傳遞者、傳播者
Mosquitoes are transmitters of many kinds of diseases. 蚊子是許多疾病的傳播者
perspiration 汗水、出汗
bead 汗珠
Beads of perspiration were on his forehead. 他的額頭上有汗珠
perspire 流汗、出汗
The kids perspired a lot in the summer heat.
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