以伟大的美国科学家托马斯·爱迪生为例，他做了一次又一次的实验，失败了一次又一次才最终发明了灯泡。
Take the great American scientist Thomas Edison as an example. He tried experiment after experiment and had one failure after another before he finally invented the bulb.
当牛顿发现了万有引力、托马斯·爱迪生发明了灯泡时，他们的好奇心都得到了极大的满足。
When Newton discovered gravity, and when Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, their curiosity was greatly satisfied.
他著名是因为他发明了灯泡。
爱迪生不是发现了电，而是发明了灯泡。
Edison didn't discover electricity, but invented the light bulb.
吉尔伯发现了电，而爱迪生发明了灯泡。
Gillbert discovered electricity, but Edison invented the light bulb.
吉尔伯特发现了电，但爱迪生发明了灯泡。
Gilbert discovered electricity, but Edison invented the light bulb.
然而如果你的问题不是 “谁发明了灯泡？”
However, if your question is about something other than "Who invented the light bulb?"
爱迪生发明了灯泡。
事实上，爱迪生失败了不止5000次，才最终发明了灯泡。
Edison in fact failed more that 5000 more times before he actually created the light bulb.
我发明了灯泡，所以只能说这恰恰是个有2000个步骤的过程。
I invented the light bulb. It just happened to be a 2,000-step process.
托马斯·爱迪生发明了灯泡，他从1878年开始试验，到1879年的10月21日发明了一个可以正常工作的电灯泡。
Thomas Alva Edison invented the light bulb. He began his experiments in 1878 and by 21 October 1879 he made a working electric light bulb.
以伟大的美国科学家爱迪生作为一个例子，他尝试实验，实验后，并一次失败后，另一个之前，他终于发明了灯泡，其中被点燃了整个世界。
Take the great American scientist Edison as an example, he tried experiment after experiment and had one failure after another before he finally invented the bulb, which lighted up the whole world.
托马斯·爱迪生发明了电灯泡。
爱迪生发明了很多东西，实际上他是历史上最著名的发明家之一，但电灯泡不在他的方面之列。
Edison invented a lot of things – in fact he’s one of the most famous inventors of all time – but the light bulb wasn’t one of them.
他发明了留声机、动态影片以及电灯泡。
He invented the phonograph, the motion picture, and the electric light bulb.
他们发明了第一盏电灯泡，无线电话，直升飞机，轰炸机，彩色摄影以及电视机。
They invented the first electric bulb, wireless telegraph, helicopter, bomber, colored photography and TV-set.
许多顶级的科学家和工程师来自俄罗斯。他们发明了第一盏电灯泡，无线电话，直升飞机，轰炸机，彩色摄影以及电视机。
Many leading scientists and constructors originated from Russia. They invented the first electric bulb, wireless telegraph, helicopter, bomber, colored photography and TV-set.
人们经常会举爱迪生发明灯泡的例子，在他试验了上千种材料后终于找到了一种合适的材料发明了白炽灯。
An example he frequently USES is when Thomas Edison tested thousands of materials before he discovered the right one for his incandescent lamp.
爱迪生发明了很多东西，事实上他确实是著名发明家之一，但是灯泡不是其中之一。
Edison invented a lot of things -in fact he's one of the most famous inventors of all time -but the light bulb wasn't one of them.
英国纽卡斯尔的约瑟夫-斯旺爵士说，他在1878年的12月18日就已经发明了一个可以使用的电灯泡了，并且在1879年的1月18日拿到英国桑德兰市做过公开展出，足足比爱迪生早了10个月。
Sir Joseph Swan of Newcastle announced that he had made a working light bulb on 18 December 1878 and on 18 January 1879 he gave a public demonstration in Sunderland –10 months before Edison.
吉尔伯特发现了电，而爱迪生发明了电灯泡。
Gilbert discovered electricity, but Edison invented the electric light bulb.
吉尔伯特发现了电，但爱迪生发明了电灯泡。
Gilbert discovered electricity, but Edison invented the light bulb.
托马斯·亚瓦·爱迪生随后发明了第一盏电灯泡。
Thomas Alva Edison then went onto create the first light bulb.
有一位非常忙碌的发明家叫托马斯·爱迪生，他带领自己的工作队发明了电灯泡、留声机和电影摄影机。
One very busy inventor was Thomas Edison. With his team of workers, he invented an electric light bulb, the phonograph and movie cameras.
爱迪生为了发明它，失败了一千多次，换了数千种材料，经过不懈的努力，终于发明了电灯泡。
Edison to invent it, failed one thousand times, in thousands of materials, through the unremitting efforts, finally invented the electric light bulb.
有人在大约30年前就获得了那项荣誉，但1880年，爱迪生利用一根碳化的棉线细丝发明了第一个实用的、维持很长时间的灯泡。
Others earned that honor some 30 years before, but in 1880 Edison devised the first practical, long-lasting bulb, using a carbonized cotton-thread filament.
有人在大约30年前就获得了那项荣誉，但1880年，爱迪生利用一根碳化的棉线细丝发明了第一个实用的、维持很长时间的灯泡。
Others earned that honor some 30 years before, but in 1880 Edison devised the first practical, long-lasting bulb, using a carbonized cotton-thread filament.
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