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George Stephenson was born in 1781 in a poor 1 . He had to start work when he was only eight. When George was fourteen, he became his father's helper. He spent a lot of time 2 (learn) about engines. On 3 [´hɒlədeɪz], he often took engines into pieces and studied each piece 4 (careful). Soon he became a very good worker though he could not read 5 write.

He 6 (begin) to lean the English letters when he was seventeen years old. Every day 7 he did twelve hours of hard work, he walked a long way to have lessons from a young teacher.

On his eighteenth birthday, he wrote his own name 8 the first time in his life. George invented many things in his life. The train was the 9 (great) one among them. Today when we watch or take trains from one place to 10 [ə´nʌðə], we will think of this great man—George Stephenson.

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