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　　People often said Thomas Edison was the greatest genius of his age．There are only a few men in all of history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light．But Edison could never be pleased only because someone said he was a genius．“There is no such thing as genius,”Edison said．He thought what people called genius was mostly hard work．

　　But Edison was a dreamer as well as a worker．From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature．He tried to understand them, and then he tried to learn what he could usefully do with them．

　　Edison enjoyed thinking．He knew that most people would do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often．But he knew, too, that thinking could give men enjoyment and pleasure．

　　Edison could not understand how anyone could not be interested in life．As he loved to think, he also loved to work．On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what idea he had about life．“Work,”he answered,“Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier．”He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work．

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　　Jackie Chan was born on April 7 th, 1954, in Hong Kong, China．His parents left the mainland of China for Hong Kong a short time before he was born．His parents named him“Chen Gangsheng”, which means“born in Hong Kong”．They wanted to celebrate the safe trip to Hong Kong．

　　At first, Jackie's family lived in the French Embassy(大使馆)．His father was a cook and his mother was a housekeeper．When Jackie was seven years old, his family moved to Australia．His father got a job in the American Embassy．Later, they went back to Hong Kong．Jackie's father sent him to the China Drama Academy(专科院校)．Jackie studied and worked 19 hours a day．The students practiced Kung Fu and learned how to do many stunts(特技) there．

　　When Jackie was 17, he began to do dangerous stunts for films．In the early 1980 s, Jackie went to Hollywood, but he wasn't very successful．He went on to make films in Hong Kong and got great successes．Finally, in 1995, Jackie Chan has both Chinese and American fans and his films make millions of dollars．

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