（九上）Module 9 Unit 3 Language in use 读写综合能力提升-【学霸智慧课堂】2023-2024学年九年级全一册英语同步配套PPT课件（外研版）

九年级全一册 教学课件 英 语 WY 学霸智慧课堂·英语·九年级全一册(WY) 上一页 下一页 返回导航 Module 9 Great inventions 读写综合能力提升 学霸智慧课堂·英语·九年级全一册(WY) 上一页 下一页 返回导航 Thomas Edison made more than 1,000 inventions in his life. Many of his inventions have already changed the world. His first invention was a vote recorder (投票记录器) in 1868. This machine allowed people to place a vote by pressing a button instead of saying “Yes” or “No”. However, American government officials did not like Edison’s invention because they preferred to call out their votes. 学霸智慧课堂·英语·九年级全一册(WY) 上一页 下一页 返回导航 Then Edison started a company with his friend, Franklin Pope. Edison was busy from early morning until late night. As a result of hard work, he invented telegraph (电报机) to print the price of gold and silver. He sold it to Western Union Company for $15,000. With some of the money Edison started his own company. Next he invented a stock ticker (证券报价机). This machine was used to record the price of stocks in New York. Western Union paid Edison $40,000 for this invention. Edison used this money to open a shop in Newark in the state of New Jersey. In 1876, Edison and his family moved to Menlo Park in the same state. There he built his own laboratory. 学霸智慧课堂·英语·九年级全一册(WY) 上一页 下一页 返回导航 根据短文内容回答问题 1. How many inventions did Thomas Edison make in his life? _ _ _ _ _ 2. Why American government officials did not like Edison’s invention? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3. Who did Edison start a company with? _ _ _ __ 4. How much did Western Union pay Edison for the stock ticker? _ _ _ _ _ _ 5. Where did Edison build his ow