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Who Was Thomas Alva Edison 爱迪生Chapter 5 Turning on the Light
It was the summer of 1878. Tom had been working hard for a long time. He was thinking about taking a vacation. Then a friend invited him to join a group of scientists. They were traveling by train to Wyoming to see an eclipse of the sun. Tom decided
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Who Was Thomas Alva Edison 爱迪生 Chapter 6 Making Moving Pictures
In 1884, at the height of his success, Tom suffered a terrible loss. His wife Mary died of an illness. She was only twenty-nine years old. Tom had his children stay in New York City. His electricity business was there. He wanted to spend as much time
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Who Was Thomas Alva Edison 爱迪生 Chapter 7 Always Inventing
Tom was a man who never ran out of ideas. Although Tom was hard of hearing, he never lost his hearing completely. He didnt let it become a problem, even when his hearing got worse as he got older. In fact, he said it was a good thing because he could
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Who Was Thomas Alva Edison 爱迪生 TIMELINE OF TOM’S LIFE
TIMELINE OF TOMS LIFE 1847 Born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11 1854 The Edisons move to Port Huron, Michigan 1859 Works as a newsboy on the railroad 1863 Works as a telegraph operator in cities around the U.S. 1868 Moves to Boston, Massachusetts; inv
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Who Was Amelia Earhart 阿梅莉亚·埃尔哈特
Amelia Earhart was a pioneer. This doesnt mean she traveled west in a covered wagon or lived in a log cabin. It means she had a special spirit. She liked to be the first to do new things. In the 1920s, Amelia became a pilot. This was in a time when t
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Who Was Amelia Earhart 阿梅莉亚·埃尔哈特 Chapter 1 Young Amelia
Amelia Mary Earhart was born in her grandmothers house in Atchison, Kansas, on July 24, 1897. The house was high on a hill. It had eleven rooms. Maids and a cook worked there. Dinner was served on fine china. Amelias mothers parents had a lot of mone
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Who Was Amelia Earhart 阿梅莉亚·埃尔哈特 Chapter 2 A Woman of Character
In the fall of 1916, when Amelia was nineteen years old, she boarded a train for the Ogontz School in Pennsylvania. Amelia didnt mind going far away from home. She was starting on a new adventure. The head of the Ogontz School was a woman named Miss
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Who Was Amelia Earhart 阿梅莉亚·埃尔哈特 Chapter 3 Amelia Chooses a Career
Amelia worked in a Toronto hospital until World War I was over. Then she came back to the United States. She wanted to study science. Maybe she would become a doctor. Amelia decided to enroll at Columbia University in New York City. At that time, mos
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Who Was Amelia Earhart 阿梅莉亚·埃尔哈特 Chapter 4 Amelia Takes Off
With her pilots license in hand, Amelia flew in some air shows. Most pilots were men, so a young woman attracted a lot of attention. Amelia didnt like to be on display. But she worked in the shows to earn money. She had to keep on flying. Then Amelia
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Who Was Amelia Earhart 阿梅莉亚·埃尔哈特 Chapter 5 Amelia Becomes a Hero
Amelia met with both George Putnam and Amy Guest in New York. They both thought she was perfect. Attractive. Polite. Well-educated. She got the job. The job was actually not nearly as good as it sounded. Amelia wouldnt get paid. A man named Wilmer St
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Who Was Amelia Earhart 阿梅莉亚·埃尔哈特 Chapter 6 Amelia the Businesswoman
In the fall of 1929, the stock market crashed. Many people lost a lot of money. Many also lost their jobs. It was the start of the Great Depression. Amelia worried about her parents who had split up again. Her mother was living with Amelias sister an
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Who Was Amelia Earhart 阿梅莉亚·埃尔哈特 Chapter 7 Pushing the Limits
By 1931, there were many changes in the world of flying. Slow, wood-framed airplanes had been replaced with faster all-metal models. The new planes had better instruments. Pilots could find their locations more easily and fly more safely. The newer p
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Who Was Amelia Earhart 阿梅莉亚·埃尔哈特 Chapter 8 The Final Flight
Amelia Earhart wanted to fly around the world. Although other pilots had circled the globe, she would fly close to the equator. This would make a longer and harder trip29,000 miles. A special plane was neededa new Lockheed model called the Electra. T
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Who Was Anne Frank 安妮·弗兰克
Anne Franks life was short. She was only fifteen years old when she died in 1945. She was born in Germany, where her fathers family had lived for a very long time. Her father was very proud of being German. He expected his children to live in Germany
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Who Was Anne Frank 安妮·弗兰克 Chapter 1 A Happy Home
Anne Frank was born on June 12, 1929, in the city of Frankfurt, Germany. Twelve days later, little baby Anne and her mother, Edith, came home from the hospital. The Franks were like many other families of the time. Annes father, Otto, was a businessm
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