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WHAT THE GOLDEN JUBILEE MEANS TO US
這次五十周年紀念對我們來說意味著什么
The electric lamp today burns many more hours than any-one ever dreamed it would, and its cost is low enough for all to afford its use.
現在，電燈的壽命比任何人曾經希望的都要長得多，而且其成本低得足以讓所有人負擔得起。
Light’s Golden Jubilee proved to the world that Edison’s lamp was a miracle — a miracle that has grown more wonderful during the years since it was invented.
電燈的50周年紀念日向全世界證明，愛迪生的電燈是一個奇跡，自被發明以來的這些年變得更加美妙。
On the day of the Golden Jubilee, Mr. Edison and the President of the United States rode from Detroit to Dearborn in an old wood-burning train of 1872.
50周年紀念日那天，愛迪生和美國總統乘坐1872年燃燒木頭的老式火車從底特律前往迪爾伯恩。
The “Sam Hill,” as the old passenger coach is called, stopped at Smith’s Creek Depot, where a conductor once threw a young boy and his train laboratory off on the platform.
這列火車途中在史密斯的克里克倉庫站停靠，一名列車員曾在這里將一個小男孩和他的列車實驗室扔到站臺上。
乘坐火車時，愛迪生再次扮演售賣東西的男孩。
He took a large basket of fruit and walked the aisles of the old-fashioned car.
他提著一大籃子水果，走在這列老式火車的過道。
When the party left the train, they made their way to Menlo Park laboratory, where Mr. Edison went through the steps by which he made the first lamp.
離開火車后，他們進入了門洛帕克實驗室，愛迪生在那里完成了制作第一盞電燈的步驟。
It is not often that a great inventor lives to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of his greatest invention, for usually he spends a life time in creating it.
偉大的發明家通常不會活著慶祝自己最偉大發明的五十周年，因為通常情況下發明家的創造需要一輩子的時間。
Light’s Golden Jubilee celebrated Thomas Alva Edison’s great gift to the world.
電燈的50周年紀念日慶祝了托馬斯·阿爾瓦·愛迪生獻給世界的偉大禮物。
Men will never forget the picture of the inventor re-living his youthful days in riding on a wood burning train to Dearborn.
人們永遠不會忘記這位發明家在乘坐燃燒木柴的火車前往迪爾伯恩的過程中重現年輕時的日子。
This picture enables us to realize how marvelous is present-day travel by electric train,
這張照片使我們能夠意識到，現在乘坐電力火車旅行的奇妙，
and the brilliant rays of our modern lamp call to mind that far-off Time when a young inventor toiled by the light of flickering gas to free the world from darkness.
而我們現代電燈的燦爛光芒讓我們回想起過去的時光，當時一位年輕的發明家在閃爍的煤油燈旁辛勤工作，使世界擺脫黑暗。
