广东省九中九级英语全册《Unit 9 When was it invented-Thomas Alva Edison 发明家爱迪生》文章素材.docVIP

《Unit 9 When was it invented-Thomas Alva Edison 发明家爱迪生》文章素材 　　Thomas Alva Edison was a man of wonderful ability who had the good luck to be born at a good time. In the period just after the American Civil War the United States was growing conditions were right for the talents of a man like Edison. 　　The Edison family had come to the United States from Holland in the early part of the l8th century．Thomas Alva the youngest of Samuels seven children was born in 1847. 　　Thomas was an unusually curious child．Even at an early age he loved to read and make experiments．Because he was so dreamy and