They reached zenith at about three oclock in the morning and went immediately to the home of the telegraph operator. 凌晨3点钟左右,他们到达了泽尼斯,并立即赶到了报务员的家里。
Q9 Deprived of the financial means to remain independent, Thomas Edison was compelled to seek employment as a night telegraph operator. 参考书上的翻译是:为了保持独立的经济来源,爱迪生不得不去当夜间电报员。
The telegraph operator was right. 报务员说的一点不错。
That ended the joke, and edison won his job, as weil as the title of fastest telegraph operator in the Western Union Company. 这就结束了这场玩笑,爱迪生也赢得了他的职位,同时还赢得了西联电讯公司最快电报员的称号。
Do you know the telegraph operator living over the way? 你认识住在路对面的那个报务员吗?
Edison went to Boston's where he had been promised work as telegraph operator, mainly because of the neat handwriting in his letter of application. 爱迪生去到了波士顿,在那里有人答应给他电报员的工作,主要因为他的求职信中字迹写得工整。
The father who happened to be the stationmaster was so grateful that he offered to teach Tom to become a telegraph operator. 这孩子的父亲正好是站长,他很感激,主动提出要教会汤姆成为电报员。