9 Class. "Science and successful inventions. "

 Good morning.

Today's topic is: "Science and successful inventions. "

1. Vоcabulary.

Fruitful- плідний                                       

 light bulb – електролампочка    

Deaf –глухий                            

motion pictures camera – кінокамера                                    

Curious – допитливий                             

  improved  – покращив

Shed – сарай                                              

  inspiration – натхнення     

Perspiration – (тут) тяжка праця

2. Reading.

Thomas Alva Eison

Thomas Alva Edison is one of the most famous and fruitful inventors of all time. Thomas Edison was born in 1847 in the USA, in a small town of Milan, state Ohio. He was the youngest of seven children in the family. Thomas had serious health problems when a child. That's why he did badly at school. In fact, he attended a public school only for three months. Teachers thought he was stupid, but he couldn't hear well. His mother was a teacher and she took him from school and taught him at home. She always believed in Thomas and thought he was really smart. Later, Thomas became almost deaf.

Edison was very curious, he asked himself lots of questions. At his early age, he showed love for mechanical things and for chemical experiments. He started doing  his own experiments at 13 – he made his own laboratory in his father's shed. Edison started working at the age of 12. He sold newspapers and candies in the trains. Then he started working at the telegraph.

Thomas Edison worked hard all his life, often working all night in his laboratory, and would not come home for days at a time.  When asked what makes a genius he said, "Genius is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration."

Edison opened a new laboratory in Menlo Park, NJ, in 1876. This place later become known as an "invention factory," since they worked on several different inventions at any given time there.  He had many assistants in his laboratory in Menlo  Park near New York. They worked together on his inventions. Edison also organized some companies, some of them still work, like  «General Electrics».

Thomas Alva Edison made a great influence on modern life, because of his inventions such as a light bulb,  a phonograph, and a motion pictures camera. He also improved the telegraph and telephone.  Edison continued to work and invent till he was over 70, often working 16 hours a day!  During his long and productive life Edison made 1,300 inventions. Edison also managed to become a successful manufacturer and businessman, marketing his inventions to the public. Edison died on October 18, 1931, at the age of 84.  

 3. Read the statements and decide if they are true or false.

1. Thomas Alva Edison was a famous Italian inventor.
2. He was an only child in his family.
3. Thomas was a very healthy child.
4. Edison was an excellent student at school.
5. He got his education at home.
6. Thomas was very intelligent and curious from an early age.
7. He enjoyed doing experiments.
8. Edison lived all his life in his native town.
9. Edison was very hard-working only when he was young.
10.  He had more than one thousand inventions.
11.  He worked on all his inventions himself.
12.  Edison had a lot of assistants in his laboratory in Menlo Park.

Hоmewоrk

Answer the questions to the text in written fоrm.

1. Who was Thomas Edison?
2. What are his most famous inventions?
3. Was he really a genius?
4. Was he also a   successful businessman ?
5. Do you agree that Edison's life and work were important for all people in the world?
6. At what age did Edison die?