Our English teacher told us an interesting story and the story was about Thomas Edison.

我们的英语老师给我们讲了一个有趣的故事，是关于托马斯·爱迪生的。

When Newton discovered gravity, and when Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, their curiosity was greatly satisfied.

当牛顿发现了万有引力、托马斯·爱迪生发明了灯泡时，他们的好奇心都得到了极大的满足。

Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb believed that every failure was a step towards success.

电灯的发明者托马斯·爱迪生认为，每一次失败都是迈向成功的一步。

You may have already known that some famous people, like Thomas Edison and Steve Jobs, didn't do very well at school or even failed to finish school.

你可能已经知道一些名人，如托马斯·爱迪生和史蒂夫·乔布斯，他们在学校成绩并不出色，甚至未能完成学业。

Thomas Edison was a famous inventor.

托马斯·爱迪生是著名的发明家。

Of course, I also thank Thomas Edison.

当然，我也要感谢托马斯·爱迪生。

Soon after, the company sent me a book about the life of Thomas Edison.

不久之后，公司寄给我一本关于托马斯·爱迪生的生活的书。

I really became excited about inventing after I learned about Thomas Edison.

在我了解了托马斯·爱迪生之后，我真的对发明感到很兴奋。

By the time he died in 1966, Walt Disney was as famous as Thomas Edison and the Wright Brothers.

到他1966年去世的时候，华特·迪士尼已经和托马斯·爱迪生和莱特兄弟一样有名了。

Thomas Edison failed thousands of times before he succeeded in inventing the first electric lamp.

托马斯·爱迪生在失败了数千次之后才成功地发明了第一盏电灯。

We should learn from Thomas Edison who never stopped trying one more time even if he failed 10000 times.

我们应该向托马斯·爱迪生学习，即使是失败了一万次，他也不放弃再尝试一次。

The incandescent light bulb, invented by Thomas Edison, which came to be the symbol of inspiration, has been developed into hundreds, if not thousands, of forms.

托马斯·爱迪生发明的白炽灯成为了灵感的象征，现在已经演变成数百种甚至数千种形式了。

Take the great American scientist Thomas Edison as an example. He tried experiment after experiment and had one failure after another before he finally invented the bulb.

以伟大的美国科学家托马斯·爱迪生为例，他做了一次又一次的实验，失败了一次又一次才最终发明了灯泡。

Many of the things we now benefit from would not be around but for Thomas Edison.

要不是爱迪生的发明，今天我们身边享用的很多东西都将不会存在。

Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.

托马斯·爱迪生发明了电灯泡。

Thomas Edison, American inventor.

美国发明家爱迪生。

Amazing Success Lessons from Thomas Edison.

来自托马斯·爱迪生的7个令人惊叹的成功经验。

You can sleep like a baby (or Thomas Edison)?

你可以睡得像婴儿或是托马斯·爱迪生(一样听而不闻？)

Image: Thomas Edison received a patent for his light bulb in January 1880.

图片：january 1880年一月，托马斯·爱迪生获得了一项他的灯泡的专利。

Thomas Edison was wrong 1, 800 times before getting the light bulb right.

在点亮那个灯泡之前，托马斯爱迪生错了1800倍次。

One post even calls Apple's former boss “the Thomas Edison of this century”.

其中一份甚至称苹果的前老板是“本世纪的爱迪生”。

Do you know how many times Thomas Edison failed before he invented the lamp?

尽管一路上有困难艰辛，这对于我们又算什么呢？ 你知道爱迪生为发明电灯泡经历了多少次失败吗？

The eponymous shape of the product Thomas Edison invented in 1879 was no accident.

托马斯·爱迪生1879年发明的灯泡外形并不是巧合。

October 28, 1868, Thomas Edison applied for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868年的10月28日，托马斯·爱迪生申请他的第一个发明专利——电子投票记录器。

"I have not failed 10,000 times. I found 10,000 ways that won't work" -thomas Edison.

我并没有失败10000次，我只是找到10000条不可行的方法。

Thomas Edison said, “Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

托马斯.爱迪生说：“给我引见一个完全满意的人来，而我就能给你找出一个失败。”