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2019-2020年高中英语Unit13PeopleSectionⅠWarm-upLesson1-Pre-reading课时作业北师大版必修阅读理解Onesummernightin1900,areporterappearedatthedoorofThomasEdison’slaboratoryaskingforaninterview.Thenightguardwouldn’tadmithim,eventhoughEdisonwasstillatworkupstairs.Thereporter,RemsenCrawford,saidheneededtogetEdison’sreactiontothenewsthatsevenofhisinventions“wouldbeeavailabletothepublic”whentheirpatents专利ranoutatmidnight.TheguardpassedontherequesttoEdison,whoreplied“Goback.TellthatfellowthatIsayMrEdisonhasneverusedhisinventionsaloneandneverexpectstointhisworld.Sotheendingofapatenthasnoeffectuponthewealthofaninventor.”HearingEdison’sresponse,Crawfordwroteanothernote“Whatdoyoumeanby‘neverusedalone’?Mustseeyou.”FinallythegreatinventoradmittedCrawfordandgavehimthisstatement“Inthiscountryaninventorcan’tstoppeoplecopyinghisinventions.Themomentheinventssomething,there’...。