Section_ⅣLearning_about_Language_&_Using_Language

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ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL

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①Alexander Graham/??lIɡ'zɑ?nd?

Alexander Graham Bell was born in 'ɡreI?m/Bell亚历山大·格雷厄姆·贝尔 1847 in Scotland, but when he was young his family moved to Boston, USA. His mother was almost entirely deaf, so Alexander became interested in helping deaf people communicate and in deaf education. This interest led him to invent the microphone. He found that by pressing his lips against his mother's forehead， he could make his mother understand what he was saying.

He believed that one should always be curious and his most famous saying was：

“Leavethebeaten trackoccasionallyanddive into

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②entirely adv.完全地；彻底地

③lead sb. to do sth.致使/导致某人做某事 ④microphone/'maIkr?f??n/n.麦克风；话筒

⑤press ...against压在??上 ⑥forehead/'f?rId/n.额头

⑦beaten track被踩出来的路；常规；惯例 ⑧occasionally/?'keI??n?lI/adv.偶然地；不时地

⑨dive into迅速把手伸入；一心投入 ⑩every time是名词短语作连词，引导时间状语从句，相当于whenever，意为“每次??”。

?that you have never seen before是that

thewoods. Everytime?

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youdoyouwillbecertaintofindsomethingthatyouhaveneverseenbefore.

Followitup, 引导的定语从句，修饰something。

?before you know it可翻译成“不知不觉地”。

?be worth doing sth.值得做某事， doing此处用主动形式表示被动含义。

exploreallaroundit, andbeforeyouknowit?， youwillhavesomethingworththinkingabouttooccupyyourmind.

Allreallybigdiscoveriesaretheresultofthought.”

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亚历山大·格雷厄姆·贝尔 [第1～2段译文] 亚历山大·格雷厄姆·贝尔1847年出生于苏格兰，但在他还小的时候，他家就搬到了美国的波士顿。他的母亲几乎全聋了，因此他有志于帮助聋人交流，并从事聋人教育事业。这一爱好促使他发明了麦克风。他发现他把嘴唇放到母亲的额头上，就可以使母亲听懂他所说的话。 他认为一个人应当具有好奇心，他最著名的一句话是： “偶尔离开平路去寻求困境。当你这样做的时候，你一定会发现你从未见过的东西。跟踪下去，不断探索，不知不觉中，你就会发现某种值得思考的东西占据着你的头脑。所有真正伟大的发现都是思考的结果。”

It was this exploring around that? led to his most famous

?dynamic/daI'n?mIk/adj.充满活力的；精力充

problems and his dynamic? spirit 沛的；动态的；发展变化的

?It was ...that ...是强调句型，此处强调了句子

invention — the telephone in 1876. 主语this exploring和spirit。

Bell never set out to? invent the ?set out (to do)开始(做) telephone and what he was trying to design?

?what he was trying to design是what引导的主语从句。

?multiple/'m?ltIpl/adj.多种的；多样的；多类型的 n．倍数

?Morse/m??s/code莫尔斯电码

?dot/d?t/n.点；小圆点 vt.以小圆点标出；分散

21tap/t?p/vt.&vi.轻打；轻拍；轻敲 n．轻轻○

was a multiple

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telegraph. This original telegraph sent a message over distances using Morse code? (a series of dots?

21 out along a wire○22 in a tapped○

particular order). But only one

23. Bell message could go at a time○24 it wanted to improve it so that○could send several messages at the same time. He designed a machine

25 different that would separate○地敲击(声)；(水)龙头

22wire/'waI?/n.金属丝；23at a time一次 ○电线 ○24so that引导目的状语从句。 ○

25that would separate ...是that引导的定语从○

sound waves and allow different same time. But he found the

conversations to be held at the 句，对a machine加以修饰和限制。

26difficult to solve是形容词短语作后置定语，○

26. One problem difficult to solve○相当于定语从句that which is difficult to solve。to day as he was experimenting

solve是动词不定式，用主动形式表达被动意义。

27 one end of a straw○28joined with○

27experiment with用/对??做实验；试用 ○

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29 and to a deaf man's ear drum○28straw/str??/n.稻草；麦秆；饮料吸管 ○

29过去分词短语joined to a deaf man's ear ○

the other to a piece of smoked glass,

Bell noticed that when he spoke drum作定语。

into the ear, the straw drew sound 30a flash of inspiration灵机一动 ○waves on the glass. Suddenly he

31reproduce/?ri?pr?'dju?s/vt.复制；再现??的○

30. If had a flash of inspiration○

形象或声音

sound waves could be

32current/'k?r?nt/n.(水或气)流；○电流 adj.现在

31reproduced○ in a moving

的；当前的

32，electrical current○ they could be

sent along a wire. In searching to improve the telegraph, Bell had invented the first telephone！ [第3段译文] 正是这种对问题的探索和富有活力的精神造就了他那最著名的发明——1876年的电话的。贝尔并非一开始就想要发明电话的，他本来想设计的东西是多路电报。这种原始的电报用莫尔斯电码长距离传送信息?莫尔斯电码是通过电线发出的以特定的次序敲击出的一连串点、划?。但是这样一次只能发一个信息。贝尔想改进电报通讯方式，以便同时能发出好几个信息。他设计了一种机器，以使声波分成不同的音调，从而有可能在同一时间里进行不同的通话。但是他发现这个问题很难解决。有一天做实验，他把一根干草的一端和一个耳聋的人的耳鼓膜连接起来，另一端连接了一块被烟熏过的玻璃。贝尔发现，当他对着耳朵说话的时候，这根干草就把声波画在玻璃上。突然间他灵机一动，灵感来了。如果声波能够以连续运动的电流形式复制的话，那么声波就可以沿着导线传送出去了。在探求改进电报的过程中，贝尔发明了第一台电话机！ 33 the Bell was fully aware of○

33be aware of意识到 ○

34when引导定语从句，修饰the day。○

importance of his invention and wrote to his father：

“Thedayiscomingwhentelegraphwireswi34llbelaidontohousesjustlikewaterorgas○ —

is coming是现在进行时表将来。

35it was not until five days later that ...○

andfriendswilltalktoeachotherwithoutleavinghome.”

The patent was given in 1876, but it was 是强调句型，强调时间状语not until five days later。

36interest sb./oneself in使某人/自己对○

35 Bell sent his 某事、某物感兴趣 not until five days later that○first telephone message to his assistant Watson. The words have now become

37helicopter/'helIk?pt?/n.直升飞机 ○

38While searching for a kite ...是时间○

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famous：

“MrWatson Iwanttoseeyou.”

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comehere

状语从句的省略形式，补充完整为：While — he was searching for a kite ...

39triangle/'traI??ɡl/n．三角形；三角○

Alexander Graham Bell was not a man 形物体

36 himself in many to rest and he interested○

40tetrahedron/?tetr?'hi?drn/n.四面体 ○

41stable/'steIbl/adj.稳固的；稳定的；○

other areas of invention. He experimented

37 designs and flying 安定的 with helicopter○

38 machines. While searching for a kite○42invaluable/In'v?lj??bl/adj.无价的；○

strong enough to carry a man into the air, 极宝贵的

39 Bell experimented putting triangles○

43associate/?'s???IeIt/vt.联想；联系 ○

40 together and discovered the tetrahedron○/?'s???I?t/n.同伴；伙伴

41， it has proved shape. Being very stable○44Although引导让步状语从句。 ○42 in the design of bridges. invaluable○

45continuing是现在分词作定语，○意为

Bell was an inventor all his life. He made his first invention at eleven and his last at seventy-five. Although he is most often

43 with the invention of the associated○

44， he was indeed a continuing○45 telephone○

46 solutions to searcher after practical○

“持续的；永不停息的”。

46practical/'pr?ktIkl/adj.实际的；○实践

的；实用的

improve the quality of everybody's life.

[第4～7段译文] 贝尔完全意识到这项发明的重要性，他写信对他的父亲说：,“这样的一天即将到来。到那时，电报线将会铺到各家各户，就像水和煤气通到各家各户一样。朋友之间不必离开家就可以彼此通话了。”,这项专利是1876年授予的，但是直到5天以后贝尔才跟他的助手华生通了第一次电话。他说的话现在已成名言了：,“华生先生——到这儿来——我想见到你。”,亚历山大·格雷厄姆·贝尔是个闲不住的人，他对许多其他领域的发明都感兴趣。他试验直升飞机和设计飞行器。他寻找一种强度足以把人带上天空的风筝，他又试着把三角形拼装在一起，因而发现了四面体。这种四面体非常稳定，被证明是在桥梁设计中的无价之宝。,贝尔的一生都在发明创造。他11岁时就有了第一项发明，而他的最后一项发明则是在他75岁高龄的时候。虽然人们常把他和发明电话联系起来，但是他的确是一名永不停息的探索家，不断寻求着改善人们生活质量的途径。

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