基础英语轻松学【41】小发明，大贡献——圆珠笔的故事_小升初语法

基础英语轻松学【41】小发明，大贡献——圆珠笔的故事

　　本课您将学到：tiny,small,little的区别，tip（小费）不可不给，give ones name to句型

　　圆珠笔（ballpoint pen）经常被许多人称作biro，这是为什么呢？今天我们就来了解圆珠笔的故事。

　　Not many people have given their names to the English language. Among those who have is Laszlo Josef Biro. He was the maker of the first Biro, a name still used around the world for his most successful invention（发明）, the ballpoint pen.

　　Biro patented（申请专利） his first pen in 1938. It had a tiny ball bearing in the tip which picked up ink as it turned against the paper. During the Second World War, Biro went to Argentina（阿根廷） where he had some success selling his product.

　　However, he never took a patent in the United States. Partly because of this, American companies such as Bic, Parker, and Papermate have dominated（支配、统治） the writing market ever since the ballpoint pen became popular in the 1950s.

　「读书笔记」

　　人名能成为英文词汇的人并不多，（give ones name to以自己的名字命名）而Laszlo Josef Biro就是其中之一。Among those who have就是指在已经把名字融入英文中的人们之中。

　　他发明了第一支biro，（He was the maker of the first Biro）现在世界上还有人用这个名称来称呼他这项最成功的发明圆珠笔。（a name still used around the world for his most successful invention, the ballpoint pen）