在美国新泽西州曼罗园他的实验室里,我的父亲爱迪生踱来踱去,一缕乱发覆盖着前额,锐利的眼睛,皱了的衣服尽是污痕和被化学品烧破的洞,全不像一位改革家,他也不充什么派头。有次一位要人来访,问他是否曾获得许多奖章奖状,他答:“晤,有的,家里有两瓶酒,是妈妈奖赏的。”“妈妈”是指他的太太,我的母亲。 In his lab in Manro Park, New Jersey, my father, Edison, was walking up and down, with a wisp of hair covering his forehead and sharp eyes, his wrinkled clothes full of smudges and holes burnt by chemicals, No one like a reformer, he does not charge what style. There was a visiting person who asked him if he had won many medals and he said, “Yes, there are two bottles of wine at home that are rewarded by my mother.” “Mom” means his wife, my mother .