A man who never gave up

　　愛迪生是個偉大的發明家。他發明里許多東西，一生中有1093項發明。
5. when he was a child, he was always asking questions and trying out ideas.
　　當他還是個孩子的時候，他總是問一些問題，試驗一些新的想法。
（1）always與進行時態連用，表示說話人厭煩、贊賞、不滿、批評等情感，意為“總是……”。如：
　　the girl behind me is always talking in class.
　　坐在我后面的女生上課總是講話。 （表示厭煩）
　　the pla are always doing good deeds for the people.
　　人民解放軍總是為人民做好事。 （表示贊賞）
（2）try out 意為“試驗；試用”。如：
　　the inventor is excited, and he is going to try out his new machine. his idea sounds fine, but we need to try it out in practice
　　這位發明家很興奮，他要試一下他的新機器。他的主意聽起來不錯，但我們要在實踐中試驗一下。
　　XX年高考題例：we didn’t plan our art exhibition like that but it ________ very well.
　　a. worked out b. tried out c. went on d. carried on
　答案：a
6. most of the questions had nothing to do with his lessons. 多數問題都與他的功課無關。
　　have nothing to do with 意思是“與……無關“。如：
　　you stay in another city. this has nothing to do with your.
　　你在另一個城市。這跟你沒有關系。
　　另外：
　　have something to do with　　與……有關
　　have much to do with　　　　 與……有很大關系
　　have a little to do with　　 與……有一點兒關系
　　have little to do with　　　 與……幾乎沒有關系
　　注意：此處的替換詞都是不可數的，不能用many, a few，或few替換。疑問句中要用anything，如：
　　— did her speaking have anything to do with the question?
　　— yes, it did. what she said had something /much /a little(little) to do with our work.
　　— 她的話與問題有關嗎？
　　— 是的，她的話和我們的工作有些關系/有很大關系/有一點兒關系(幾乎沒有關系)。
7. the teacher didn’t want to teach tom any more. 　　老師再也不想教湯姆了。
　　not…any more 意思為“不再；再也不”相當于not…any longer，通常可用no longer代替，在句中作狀語，表示動詞或狀態不再延續。如：
　　i can not wait any longer /any more. = i can no longer wait.
　　我再也不能等了。
8. he learnt very fast and became very interested in science.
　　他學得很快，對自然科學產生了濃厚的興趣。
　　be (become ) interested in …對……感興趣。注意此處是interested，不是 interesting。
　　that girl is (becomes ) interested in singing and dancing. my brother feels drawing is interesting. they both have their own special likes and hobbies.
　　那女孩對唱歌跳舞感興趣。我弟弟對畫畫感興趣。他們都有自己的喜好。
9. edison saw a little boy playing on the railway tracks at a station.
　　愛迪生看見一個小男孩在車站的鐵軌上玩。