Thomas Edison was born in 1847, and died in 1931. When he was a child, he was always trying out new ideas. When he was five years old, one day his father saw him sitting on some eggs. He asked his father,"Hens are able to have chicks. Why can't I?"

Young Tom was in school for only three months. His teacher didn't think he was a good pupil, because he asked a lot of strange questions. So the teacher sent him away from school. And his mother began to teach him herself. He became interested in science. He grew vegetables and sold them. With the money he built a science lab.

Years later, he became a great inventor!

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托馬斯愛(ài)迪生生于1847年，死于1931年。當(dāng)他小的時(shí)候，他總是嘗試一些新的想法。當(dāng)他五歲時(shí)，有一天父親看見(jiàn)他坐在幾個(gè)雞蛋上面。他問(wèn)爸爸：“母雞能孵蛋，為什么我不能?”

小湯姆在學(xué)校只呆了三個(gè)月。他的老師認(rèn)為他不是好學(xué)生，因?yàn)樗倖?wèn)一些奇怪的問(wèn)題。因此老師將他趕出學(xué)校，而他媽媽開(kāi)始親自教他。他對(duì)科學(xué)很感興趣。他種了一些菜，然后把菜賣(mài)掉。用賺來(lái)的錢(qián)他建了一個(gè)科學(xué)實(shí)驗(yàn)室。

數(shù)年之后，他成為一位偉大的發(fā)明家。