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This Day in History –October 18th，1931
Starring - Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison dies at his home in West Orange, New Jersey. [-----1-----], Edison used his boyhood experience as a telegraph operator to invent the electric pen, a [-----2-----] of the photocopier, before moving on to the dictaphone, a forerunner of the gramophone, and the incandescent lamp, a forerunner of the [-----3-----]. He also patented or invented modern methods of [-----4-----], the [-----5-----], the movie projector and the electron tube. Thomas Alva Edison, holder of more than 1,000 patents - dead at 84.
想提高英语听力水平？ 同时又想了解世界历史？
Today In History —— 一次满足您的两个愿望！
This Day In History —— 经典历史新闻，回顾尘封史实
This Day in History –October 18th，1931
Starring - Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison dies at his home in West Orange, New Jersey. [-----1-----], Edison used his boyhood experience as a telegraph operator to invent the electric pen, a [-----2-----] of the photocopier, before moving on to the dictaphone, a forerunner of the gramophone, and the incandescent lamp, a forerunner of the [-----3-----]. He also patented or invented modern methods of [-----4-----], the [-----5-----], the movie projector and the electron tube. Thomas Alva Edison, holder of more than 1,000 patents - dead at 84.
His education limited to three months of schooling
forerunner
light bulb
generating and distributing electricity
storage battery