42.Coal-fired power plants The invention of the incandescent light bulb by Thomas A. Edison in 1879 created a demand for a cheap, readily available fuel with which to generate large amounts of electric power. Coal seemed to fit the bill, and it fuel

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Grades and Ability Do high grades imply excellent ability? Opinions vary from person to person. Some agree that high grades reflect high intelligence and are thus indicative of ones ability. Students who do well in exams are therefore always favored

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December 31st, 1879Inventor Thomas Edison gives the first public demonstration of his electric incandescent light bulb at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. 1961The United States winds down the Marshall Plan after distributing more than 12 bil

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December 31st, 1879Inventor Thomas Edison gives the first public demonstration of his electric incandescent light bulb at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. 1961The United States winds down the Marshall Plan after distributing more than 12 bil

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Jack could see the Paris sky through the iron rails ofthe tower. At first, climbing was easy. The stepsweren't very steep, and Jack counted each one as theyclimbed. Twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight ...I wonder what's going on at the top now, sa

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Jack ran after Annie. He caught up to her outsidethe huge building made of glass. She was standing inline waiting to buy tickets. Listen, Jack said breathlessly, we . . . we've got tomake a plan. What if we suddenly find the sorcerer? What do we say

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The invention of the incandescent light bulb by Thomas A. Edison in 1879 created a demand for a cheap, readily available fuel with which to generate large amounts of electric power. Coal seemed to fit

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Pre-Listening Vocabulary device: a piece of equipment nautical: related to shipping or boating rival: a person that one is often in competition with side: to choose one person or argument to agree with etiquette: manners; proper behaviour and languag

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When life gets rough 生活艰难时 There is no such thing as failureonly learning opportunities 没什么失败-这只是一个学习的机会而已 You should just wipe the word failure right out of your vocabulary. All great people who have ever

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图片1 smart adj. 巧妙的,聪明的,漂亮的,潇洒的,敏捷的 例句:This boy is very smart; he may be another Edison. 这男孩很聪明,他可能成为另一个爱迪生。 sharp adj.锐利的,强烈的,刺耳的,急剧的,

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The invention of the incandescent light bulb by Thomas A. Edison in 1879 created a demand for a cheap, readily available fuel with which to generate large amounts of electric power. Coal seemed to fit the bill, and it fueled the earliest power statio

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The General Electric Company, or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate. It is usually listed in the top three largest companies in the world. The company was started by the inventor Thomas Edison in 1890. He originally called it Edison Genera

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Light Bulb Inventor Tried to Create Fake Rubber At the turn of the 19th to 20th centuries, the prolific American inventor and businessman Thomas Alva Edison developed devices that changed industry, communication, and everyday life - from a practical

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Inventor Is Greatest Job Creator in US History The outcome of next months U.S. presidential election may turn on one little word: jobs. President Obama and challenger Mitt Romney are offering competing recipes for economic growth. But we can assure y

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This is a glimpse of what the future may look like. The goal is to have a very affordable, very economical to operate, but still a very dependable vehicle, said Ron Cerven, who built one of the cars with his Li-ion Motors team. It is one of a 136 veh

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: This year, another inventor, Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville, would have turned 200 years old. If you're wondering who, he's the Frenchman who beat Thomas Edison in the first recording of sound. Edison's New Jersey lab recently

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In 1869 Tom arrived in New York without a job. But Tom had no trouble finding one. He was already known and respected as a smart young man with exciting, original ideas. He was someone who could make things. Tom had no problem finding work. After a w

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战胜失败 Don't give up; maybe you are only one step away from success不放弃:你离成功只有一步之遥 Many of lifes failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Thomas A. Edison许多人失败是

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Joshua Leo. Voice 2 And Im Anne Muir. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 On the 7th of January 1943, an old

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