【第一篇】
Edisonwasaninventorknownforhisinfluence,his
intelligenceandmostimportantlyhisperseverance.
ThomasEdison,theyoungestofsevenchildren,wasborn
inMilan,Ohio,onFebruary11,1847,toSamuelandNancy
Edison.Edison'slaboratoryatMenloPark,NewJerseybecame
thefirstofitskind,theoriginalorganizedtechnical
researchlaboratory,Edisoncreatedwhatisknownasthe
"teamwork"laboratory.Hebelievedthatinventionsand
researchcouldbestbeaccomplishedbygreatmindsworking
together.Hislaboratoryisthebasisforthemajorityof
ourcurrentlaboratoriesandresearchdevelopmentplaces.
Whilehedidn'tinventteamwork,hemadeitpopular.Until
Edison,mostinventorsworkedbythemselvesformanyyears,
sometimesgivingupbecausetheycouldn'tsolveproblems
bythemselves.withitsresearch"team."Inventionsthat
cameoutofthisnewresearchincludethemimeograph
machine,thephonograph,thelightbulb,andmanyothers.
【第二篇】
BillGateswasbornonOctober28,1955.HelivedinSeattle,Washington.Hewas
averytalentedboy.Hisfavoritesubjectsatschoolwerescienceandmath.Whenpeople
askedhimwhathewantedtobe,healwayssaid,“Ascientist(科学家).”
Whenhewas13yearsold,Billstartedtoplaywithcomputers.Atthattime,compu-
terswereverybigmachines.Heandsomeofhisfriendsspentalotoftimedoingun-
usualthingswithit.Theyworkedoutasoftwareprogram(软件)withtheoldmachine.
Billsolditfor$4,200whenhewasonly17.
In1973,BillwenttoHarvardUniversity.Inhisthirdyear,heleftHarvardtowork
foracompany(公司)calledMicrosoft(微软).Billbeganthiscompanyin1975withhis
friendPaulAllen.In1999,BillwroteabookcalledBusiness@theSpeedofThought
(未来时速).
