自考 综合英语(二)作文题大全

根据本人自考考试经验，每次考试的作文题都不会很难，只要知道课文的基本内容，文中出现的人物性格，或者议论文的关键句子，一些outline，关键单词就不会有什么问题。比较难的议论文都不太会考（但不代表完全不会考，下列包括了31课全的作文资料，全都准备就万无一失）

常用的一些语句：

from my point of view…

for one thing…，for another…

…play an important part/role in…

等…（如果为了应负考试的话记住一组常用短语既可，当然你掌握的越多越好咯~）可以在平时课文里累积. 如果实在写不出为了凑字数的话可以选择相同意思但是单词数较多的短语，比如 because 就可以用 on account of 都有因为的意思，等等.

较高分的作文要求：短句、长句、从句结合。词汇尽量丰富，句子结构可以用一些倒装句或者强调句。不要过多用简单句。适当加一些适合的形容词副词来修饰。文章语句通顺，结构分明（可以分段写）。

重点文章（往年重复考的文章）为红色标记

不太可能考的为蓝色标记（不代表完全不考，可能性比较小而已）

希望大家还是脚踏实地地把每课课后的写作练习做一遍，参考一些往年的例文，这些都有很大实践性的益处。 祝大家考试顺利！

LESSON 1：Twelve Things I Wish They Taught at School 1) …are really deep questions是很深奥的问题

2) …requires courage…and knowledge and patience…问问题需要勇气…回答问题需要知识和耐心 3) Discuss ideas in depth with …和…讨论深奥的问题 4) What it is that you don’t know 什么是你不知道的 5) It’s much braver to…than to…问比不问勇敢得多

6) key skill a student should acquire.学生应该有的一种能力 7) Everyone makes mistakes 每个人都会犯错

8) …in not learning from your mistake. 尴尬的是没有吸取教训 9) Asking questions ia the way to…问问题是一种方式

10) …can be a gateway to real insights.答案是通往深刻见解的一个途径 11) Touch more great works 多接触文学作品

LESSON 2：Icon Difference A Heroes heroes are noted for enduring achievements, and self-sacrifice make for the benefits of others. Hard times help to produce great heroes. Heroes inspire respect and worship, since they dare to do something we can’t do. Thomas Edison，Mark Twain Icons Icons are distinguished by their charm, good looks and legendary experience. Icons are created by the highly publicity of the media. Icons stimulate envy, since they would be exactly like us without media. Princess Diana B C D 1) Heroes：admired for their fine quality and contributions.品质贡献

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2) Pop icons：are media superstars媒体明星legendary life stories神话般的生活故事good looks

好看的外表personal charm个人魅力a tragic death悲惨的结局.

3) Celebrities：have been publicized by media for different reasons因为各种不同原因被媒体宣

传.famous for their well-knowness因为出名而出名.

4) Factors to shift the hero-worship to the celebrity-worship：1.rise of new forms of

media新形式媒体的崛起.2.the situations of America美国国情cold war is over冷战结束.overall crime rate is down犯罪率下降.poverty has been eased by…贫穷被平息.medical science improved医学科技进步. 5) An icon’s being invited to a talk show is not due to their natural desire and ability to talk but a

proof to show that they are somebody。

LESSON 3：GO-GO Americans（详见课后翻译） 1) …generally value time通常都珍惜时间.

2) …want every minute to count希望每分钟都被利用

3) No one stands still，if not moving ahead…lagging behind（falling behind）

没有人是静止不动的，如果不前景就会后退.

4) …always in a hurry总是很匆忙的样子….as quickly as possible竟可能快.

5) Attitude results in the wide use of telecommunications这种态度导致了电子社交的广泛运用 6) To waste time is to waste life，make the best use of lifetime.

a. Americans seem to be always in a hurry. →For example, they elbow their way when they try to complete errands. →they eat in a hurry in order to make room for others→when talking business, they will not waste time on dinners and golf course.

b. Americans always have strict schedule. →They will have one appointment following hard on the heel of another and live according to it.

c. Americans produce a lot of labor-saving devices and prefer telecommunications.

LESSON 4：“Take Over，Bos’n！” 1) sense of responsibility责任感.

2) Outline：shipwreck→survivors floating on a lifeboat →Sidney kept his gun aimed at

others→Barrett ready to jump at the last canteen of water→Sidney couldn’t hold on any more→the instant he sunk into unconsciousness, he said” Take Over, Bos’n! ” →In the end, they were rescued, and Barrett knew he couldn’t afford to think only of himself as the man in command.

LESSON 5：Are You Gving Your Kids Too Much？

1) First，many parents have full-time job and unable to spend much time with their kids.很多家

长没有时间陪孩子.fell guilty about their kids对孩子有羞愧感.compensate by giving…to kids补偿孩子很多玩具和衣服.

2) Second，parents usually want their kids to live a better life.家长想让孩子享受更好的生活.have

what they had/what they long for but were unable to have拥有他们有的甚至他们渴望却得不到的东西.

3) Third，parents can’t say no to kids家长拒绝不了孩子.afraid that kids would feel unloved怕孩子

觉得没有被疼爱.afraid kids would be laughed…自己的孩子被别的孩子嘲笑.

4) …may turn kids into greedy、ungrateful、self-centered、selfish宠爱孩子会把孩子变成贪婪忘恩负

义自我为中的人….less creative than children with fewer playthings.比那些拥有比较少玩具的孩子缺乏创造性….be upset when their requests were not satisfied.当他们的要求没被立即满足时感到难过.

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5) The more things they give，the morelove their kids get.

给越多的物品，孩子就越感受到爱

6) Be cheerful and in control to refuse…it’s a long process…accept the occasionally slips.

LESSON 6：Cultural Shock（详见课后翻译）

1) …is a feeling of confusion and anxiety caused by contact with another culture.

由于不同的文化导致的惶惑和焦虑感.

2) Four stages：honeymoon、crisis、recovery、adjustment.四个阶段:蜜月、危机、恢复、适应. 3) Honeymoon：feel excited and everything seems interesting…

4) Crisis：begin to think things are not as bright as we thought.become homesick…

5) Recovery：You can cope with the host environment on the basis of some mastery, competence and comfort.

6) Adjustment：you function automatically in the new culture. →you regain the initial positive regard you had in the honeymoon stage. 7) 表现:

a.They will reject the host environment and grumble about the difficulties.

b. Regression: Home environment suddenly took on tremendous importance and it usually take a trip home to bring them back into reality.

c. Some specific indicators of culture shock include: washing hands excessively, fits of anger over minor frustration and terrible longing to go back home and so on.

LESSON 7&8 The Model Millionaire

1) Hughie Erskine：a wonderful good-looking、charming guy帅气迷人.intellectually，he was not

of much importance.智力平平.so poor and no professor没钱没工作.

2) Laura Merton：fell in love with Hughie与休吉坠入爱河.her father didn’t agree with their

engagement unless he had 10 thousand pounds.不同意他们结婚除非休吉有一万英镑.

3) 故事情节：charming but useless→he could never settled down to do one thing / kind-hearted→ he slipped all he had to a miserable-looking beggar in his friend’s studio.→it turned out that the poor begger was a millionaire→sent a present：10 thousand pounds for his kindness 4) Two things combine to make a model millionaire：have a lof of money有很多钱readiness to

give/are willing to give/to contribute to the happiness of others随时准备付出贡献. 5) Baron Hausberg：found Hughie is a sympathetic and kind-hearted guy，He wisely use his

money to help a person who deserved.

LESSON 9：Only Three More Days

1) 计划William, an American reporter, intended to take Berlin diaries out of the city→ enough in them to get him hanged→put diaries at the bottom of the suitcase and put broadcast scripts and General Staff maps above→phoned Gestapo and asked to be inspected→at the critical moment, he mentioned he reported on the great success of German army→at the airport, due to dozens of seals from Gestapo, he successfully flew off.

2) If Gestapo seized sth they would be satisfied and would not go on with the search.

LESSON 10：The Washwoman

1) …had a very strong sense of duty有强烈的责任感

2) indomitable will to fulfill the task she had undertaken为完成责任而不屈不饶的毅力.

3) an inborn love of labor: for every piece of laundry to come out clean, she will handle ten

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times or more. → every piece of laundry will be as cleaned as polished silver.

4) Stubbornness: she could have lived in the home for the aged, but she insisted on making a

living by herself. → in spite that her son treated her cruelly, she never complained. → she returned the laundry to its rightful owners even when she was severely ill.

5) To be a respected person，what kind of work you do is not important，what counts is attitude.

LESSON 11：How I Served My Apprenticeship

1) He felt very proud that he had become a contributing member of his family.

他为自己成为对家庭有贡献的一元而感到自豪.

2) He was filled with a feeling of satisfaction because the money was the hard-earned reward of

honest work.充满了满足感… 3) He believed that he would get into a better position some day.

相信自己会得到更好的工作. 4) 关键词：found himself grown up when…拿到第一份工钱时发现自己长大了.no longer a mere boy but

quite a man不仅是一个男孩而是一个男人.

5) Poverty is not an evil，on the contrary，it is the soil upon which certain virtue are

produced.These virtue have enabled the human race to reach a high-level civilization...enables children of the poor to grow up in the genuine loving care of their parents.At an early age，children of the poor family began to share their parents’ responsibility of supporting the family.This helps to develop a sense of responsibility in them，this is why many outstanding people come from poor families.

LESSON 12：A Friend of the Environment（详见课后翻译）

1) When she was young ，she began to love birds，plants and animals从小就喜欢大自然→the

biology course she took widened her horizon and made her aware of the wonder and excitement of the scientific study生物课影响了她→after graduation，she engaged in research on the ocean creatures and published1951毕业后钻研于海洋生物研究并且出版了《我们周围的海洋》→another book1962，she sounded a warning：if a man continues to use the poisonous chemical pesticides indiscriminately，he will wipe out（消灭） all birds and other animals and plants.发出警告，拒绝用化学杀虫剂→aroused the public attention to the important issue of environmental protection引起社会关注环保问题. →and became a landmark of man’s effort to save the earth成为人类努力拯救地球的里程碑.

LESSON 13：Who Shall Dwell？

1) The man and his wife were both loving parents.when…both first thought of their kids.当核弹警

报来临，父母同时都先考虑到自己的孩子.

2) However，they didn’t agree with each other on whether they should share their shelter with

their neighbours.他们对于该不该和邻居分享自家的避难所而意见不同

3) The man thought：a man’s primary duty was to protect his own family

父亲觉得一个男人的主要任务是保护自己的家庭.

4) His wife thought：we can’t deny safety to our friends when the crisis comes.

母亲觉得我们不能在危机来临时拒绝挽救朋友的生命. 5) When a women begged them to let her daughter in→the man’s wife dashed out and pushed

the girl in→the man changed her mind and made a big decision→he went out and shoved 2 kids in→their actions expressed their devotion to each other. 6) 关键词：no one could deny a child the chance to live.

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LESSON 14：Cipher in the Snow

Outline:

Cliff dropped dead on his way to school→ when news came, students and teachers had no idea who he was→principal sent his favorite teacher to his family→step-father owed his death to his silence→At school, teacher gave him unfavorable comment (low IQ, slow-witted) →students excluded him from activities→he was never legally adopted by his step-father→It was cruel educational system and lack of care from his family and school that lead to his death.残酷的教育和缺乏关爱.

1) cruel educational system:when he began school，his I.Q.was above average though he was a

bit shy and timid，he was never given an opportunity to take part in activities of any sort at school.Then he began to believe what teachers said about him.Finally turned into cipher. 2) This recognition made Jean a big resolution：she taught her students not only the knowledge

but also the way to be happier and more useful.Teachers should be the guide like Jean did.

LESSON 15：Bribery——An Inevitable Evil？（详见课后翻译）

1) Offering bribes refers to giving or offering someone a sum of money or some valuables to

make him do something favorable（有利的，赞同的） to the bribe offerer. 行贿是指向某人赠送钱或贵重物品，使其做出有利于赠送者的事. 2) Bribery is widespread because it helps certain people to get what they want

行贿的广泛性:让许多人得到他们想要的东西.

3) For the giver：bribery helps to secure contracts帮助获得合同，to break into new market进入

新的商业市场，to get things smoothly and quickly做某些事快且无阻碍. 4) For the receiver：it seems a steady flow of money.

5) If everyone rejects bribes，there would be no such thing as bribery.

如果每个人都拒绝贿赂，就不会有类似的事发生.

6) The root cause of bribery is man’s greed.因为人类的贪婪.

LESSON 16：A Social Event

Outline:

Randy and Carole were a promising Hollywood couple→they didn’t get the invitation to the funeral of Scotty Woodrow→ It was in the best interests of their career since all the big names might appear. → they thought of food poisoning → they knew Muriel, the maid was invited→ they persuaded her to take them to the occasion as her family→ they sacrificed their dignity（尊严高贵） for vanity（虚荣心）.

1) It seems that less well-known actors and actresses often do their best to establish connection

with famous actors and actresses.And only in this way they can succeed more quickly比较不出名的演员常常与有名的演员建立好关系这样才能很快成功. 2) But I think acting skills are the most important factor for success.So the most important thing

for a beginning actor or actress is to improve themselves.演绎技巧才是最重要的，一定要改进自己才能成功.

LESSON 1：Courtesy：Key to a Happier World

1) Three“basic ingredients”of courtesy/politeness/good manner： a strong sense of

justice强烈的正义感, the ability to share another person’s inner feelings（compathy同情感）and the capacity to treat all people alike能够一视同仁.

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2) Three things helps people improve their manners：practicing courtesy联系有礼貌的行为

to think in a courteous way对人有礼貌的方式去思考问题to accept courtesy gladly愉快地接受他人对你的文明行为

3) 关键词：be considerate of others为他人着想.identify with their problems体谅他人.don’t let other

people’s bad manners goad you into retaliating不要让他人的不礼貌促使你产生报复感..

4) 例文According to the essay, a courteous person should possess some essential qualities, such

as a strong sense of justice, the ability to share another person’s inner feelings and the capacity to treat all people alike.2.That is to say, a courteous person is careful about observing the rules of a competition, considerate of the feelings and troubles, and in addition, he will treat persons with good manners in spite of their status.3.For example, I have a friend whom I think has good manners…

LESSON 2&3 The Man Who Could Work Miracles（详见课后翻译）

1) Until he was thirty years old，Fotheringay didn’t believe in miracles→but one day he found

that he could do things by his will→at first he was confused and worried about this extraordinary power→but after he did a number of useful things by his will→his state of mind passed from wonder to delight→on Sunday，he told Mr.Maydig about his…and showed him by a sort of experiments，Mr.Maydig was very surprised at it and urged him on working miracles continuously→their ambition enlarged→at last，at the request of the priest，he stopped the rotation of the earth. →the earth did stop but the movables upon the earth’s surface hadn’t stopped→they kept moving rapidly and caused great destruction（毁灭）→he felt that his miracle had miscarried and ordered everthing to be put right→finally，he let himself lose his miraculous power by his will

2) His experience shows：if it not used properly，any powerful thing would not bring benefit to

human beings，but destruction.他的经历说明：任何强有力的东西，要是使用不当就不会为人类造福。只会带来破坏.

LESSON 4 Zero Hour：Forty-Three Seconds over Hiroshima

1) When she saw a B-29 bomber approaching，it didn’t frighten her，because she thought

Hiroshima was the only peaceful city during the war.开始不害怕

2) But，then，Kaz saw the bomb falling away from the plane and drifting down towards

her..The journey took 43 seconds.A loud explosion reverberated（V.反射，回响）in the air.A mushroom cloud rose over the remains of the city.Kaz was flung to the ground so violently that her two front teeth broke off.She sunk into unconsciousness.

3) When she came to herself, she found there was a dead silence around, broken only by the

cries of the dying.Their house crashed down .Her father had the front of his body burnt. When her brother came back, she could barely recognize him through his wounds.

4) As night fell, she and her brother made for the mountains to look for a friend of Kaz' s who

offered to take them in. There Kaz looked back and saw the city on fire. She left her brother behind and ran down the hillside towards the flames for her parents .The streets were filled with the dead and the barely living.

5) Then Kaz fell ill with all the symptoms of radiation sickness.She ran a fever，her gums and

her bowels were bleeding.She felt sick and dizzy，almost drunk.finally she recovered，but the illness had not really left her，it had gone into hiding.

LESSON 5 First Principles

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1) Laura had parents who kept her best interests in mind→ Christmas coming, father was out of

job→mother decided to cut the bone to the list and spent holidays on a farm→ it was largely Laura’s doing that they had a unforgettable Christmas→ she accepted cheap gifts instead of ballerina dress → she assisted mother in housework→romped with brother and talked politics sensibly with her father→ If you keep the best interests of children in mind, they won’t let you down in a crisis.

2) The family：The Wades were a middle-class family of five，Henry，Emily，their 14-year-old daughter and their 2 younger sons.

3) Christmas should be an occasion to express one’s love for one’s family是一个表达对家人的

爱的场合 and Christmas gifts should be what one can afford礼物也应该是负担得起的价位and what is worth remembering更应该是值得纪念的东西.

LESSON 6 The Beauty of Britain（详见课后翻译）

There are three major characteristics of the landscape in England: a. variety:It’s immensely varied within a small range.

b. Surprise:You have never to travel long without being pleasantly surprised.For example, on easy-rolling lands cone-shaped hills might pop up.

c. Compromise:The countryside seems to insinuate into the cities. Even the buildings have a kind of coloring and irregularity to fit it snugly into the landscape.

LESSON 7 Some Meanings of Authentic Love（背书为主） 爱指Love means：

1) …that I know the person I love.了解我爱的人.

2) …that I care about the welfare of the person I love.关心我爱的人的健康幸福. 3) …having respect for the dignity of the person I love.尊重我爱的人的尊严. 4) …having a responsibility toward the person I love.对我爱的人有责任感. 5) …growth for both myself and the person I love.我和我爱的人都要成熟发展. 6) …making a commitment to the person I love.对我所爱的人作出承诺. 7) …trusting the person I love.信任我爱的人. 爱的其他特质：

1) Love can tolerate imperfection.爱要容忍缺点. 2) Love is freeing.爱是自由的行为. 3) Love is expansive.爱是博大的.

4) Love means having a want for the person I love without having a need for that person in order

to be complete.我需要我的爱人，但并不是缺少就不行，如果没有你就无法生存，那我就不能自由地爱你. 5) Love means identifying with the person I love.能够理解我爱的人. 6) Love is selfish.爱是以自我为出发点的.

7) Love involves seeing the potential within the person we love.爱包含我能看到我爱的人的潜在能力.

LESSON 8 How I Designed an A-Bomb in My Junior Year at Princeton

John Phillips will be out if flunking one more course→ he decided to design a workable nuclear bomb as his independent project→asked a physicist to be his adviser, who composed a list of reference books for him→ went to Washington for declassified documents→worked day and night on the design→two problems still troubled him, the arrange of the explosives and which explosive to use→when paper was due, ran through all the old calculations mathematically→phone Dupont to confirm his calculations→got one of the only A.

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LESSON 9 Forty Years On

1) I think goading is a good way to prod（V.刺激） the children to behave well.

In a way, goading is positive. As human beings, we all have the sense of self-respect and will be proud of our little achievement. If there are occasions prods in the rear, we will in time be conscious of our inefficiency（N.）, and then press ourselves to achieve higher aims. Just as it affected John and his cousin, goading from time to time can prevent children from being proud of their little achievement. It can make them more modest and prudent（adj.有远见的，精明的）. The modest receive benefit, while the conceited（自负）reap（获得）failure.

However, we could not say it is without any harm. Sometimes it might be harmful. It may disappoint children and cause them to lose heart. Perhaps they will collapse after one setback（挫折）. Therefore, only goading itself is not enough; it must be combined with the proper method to carry it out.

LESSON 10 On Friendship 1) American：Few Americans stay put for a lifetime.Their friends flow in and out of americans’

house with little ceremony and little personal commitment.most people，old and young，are called by first names.americans view friendship more tentatively，subject to changes in intensity as people move，change their jobs，marry，or discover new interests.

2) French：…is a one-to-one relationship that demands a keen awareness of the other person’s

intellect，temperament and particular interests….are not made part of family life.

3) Germany：is a matter of feeling，not so mucn to polish their wits as to share their hopes ans fears and dreams.friends usually are brought into the family.

4) English：their basis is shared activity.you can take up just where you left off.they can’t put up with misjudgement.

5) Friendship：choose and is chosen.special individual give and take.

6) There are many important qualities in a friend; In my opinion, the most important ones are

listed as follows:First of all, a friend should have a keen awareness of the other person’s temperament and interests.With a friend, your best qualities will be drawn out and be enhanced.For example, if you have a friend who has a deep appreciation of a play, he will encourage you to develop this taste and therefore your own taste will be intensified accordingly.Next, a friend should have shared activities with you, which might be of very different kinds.Then, in the middle of the activity, whatever it may be, you will fall into step and the friend can easily anticipate what you will do day by day or in some critical situations.Last but not the least, a friend should learn how to give and take, he should identify with the other person’s different characters, feelings and even shortcomings, and care about each other’s growth.

LESSON 11&12 Selling the Post Mother’s character：

1) self-reliant自立: she brought two children up all by herself and made something of Russell. 2) Strict严格: she always cited（citeV.引用） maxims to goad her son when he complained about difficulties.

3) Considerate考虑周到的: when she found Russell couldn’t make a success in the world of business, she didn’t stick to it but rather encouraged Russell to do something he was good at. Difference between young Russell and Doris

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Take the example of“gumption”，Baker lacked it but Doris had enough of it for a dozen people. Baker liked to do most was lying in front of the radio reading his favorite Big Little Book.In contrast，Doris liked activity.washing dishes、making beds、cleaning the house and so on.When she was only seven，she could carry a piece of shortweighted cheese back to the store，threaten the manager with legal action. Others：

1) a salesman should possess a quality of never-say-quit spirit 2) gumption ia a spirit of improvement

LESSON 13 How to Grow Old（详见课后翻译）

1) The recipe for keeping youth is to develop wide and keen interests and activities in which

you can still be affective.

2) What’s more, you have to avoid two things.

A.One is too great an absorption in the past.太沉溺于过去.one should not live in memories，in regrets for the good old days，or in sadness about friends who are dead.one’s thoughts must be directed to the future，and think about what should be done.

B.Another is clinging to your children.不依赖子女. If you stay with your child too close, they might consider you a burden.it’s no use telling grown-up children not to make mistakes，both because they will not believe you，and because mistakes are an essential part of education. 3) Old man shouldn’t be afraid of death. If they have finished everything that is in them to do, the

fear of death might be ignoble.

4) 翻译文 Old age is the last stage of one’s life.In this stage，people usually face many

problems.In physiology，old men will gradually lose their sight，hearing，memory and strength.And they will probably lose their jobs，hobbies，friends and the people they love.In psychology，they will be more and more attached to their kids because they feel lonely and powerless.Besides，some of them will find themselves disturbed by the fear of death.However，

the misery of loneliness and fear of death are not necessarily the process of growing old.The problem lies in that the old people could not see any sense in life.The way for them to have a meaningful old age is to join suitable activities and try to attain the life goal that they have sought after.Actually，both the old and the young should have their life goals.Wth them，they will obtain strength to confront difficulties and disasters.While without them，they will very likely lose hope，thus giving up making any try.

LESSON 14 The Listener

1) In my opinion, the major characters of the lighthouse keeper are listed as follows: 2) First of all, he was very brave.勇敢的.

3) We learn from the essay that in the face of the violent storm, he remains equable, seemingly

took it as the involuntary movement of his body. 4) Next, he was hospitable.好客的.

5) Although he had never met the fiddler before in his life, the lighthouse keeper took him in and

offered him food and drinks.

6) Last but not the least, he was a considerable listener.好的倾听者.

7) Ignorant as he was about violin, when the fiddler played a piece of passionate music, he

listened massively, and conferred upon him greatest importance.

8) In conclusion, the lighthouse keeper was courageous, kind and willing to identify with the

inner world of a stranger as well.

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LESSON 13 Edison：Inventor of Invention

Edison is the greatest inventor of the world. His inventions include the incandescent lamp, the photograph and innumerable other devices. But the total effect of his career surpasses the sum of all of them. His greatest contribution to mankind is that is that he altered the mentality of mankind and established the place of scientific research in human society. People in the previous ages viewed the world as unchangeable and beyond man’s control. Edison and his inventions demonstrated and helped people accept the idea that the world could be changed, things could be invented and life could be made better. Largely because of his success, there came into wide acceptance the revolutionary conception that man could by the use of his intelligence invent a new mode of living on this planet. Edison was the supreme propagandist of science and his name the great symbol of an almost blind faith in its possibilities. He was not only the symbol but the creator of a new age.

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