34 Mr. Bell and the Telephone

Mr. Bell and the Telephone by Carolyn Clark Table of Contents Chapter 1 Who Was Alexander Graham Bell? page 2 Chapter 2 What Happened in the United States? page 6 Chapter 3 What Was Bell's New Invention? page 10 Glossary/ Index page 15 Comprehension Check page 16

《贝尔先生与电话》作者:卡洛琳·克拉克目录第一章亚历山大·格雷厄姆·贝尔是谁? 第二章美国发生了什么? 贝尔的新发明是什么? 第10页词汇表/索引第15页理解检查第16页

Who Was Alexander Graham Bell? You have probably seen lots of different kinds of telephones. But have you ever seen the very first telephone? You might be surprised that this telephone looked so different from the telephones you know. The first call ever made was made in 1876. It was made on a machine like this. In 1876, the telephone was a brand-new invention. Alexander Graham Bell The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell. He was a teacher and a scientist. He was curious to learn about how things worked.

亚历山大·格雷厄姆·贝尔是谁? 你可能见过很多不同种类的电话。 但是你见过第一部电话吗? 你可能会惊讶，这部电话看起来与你所知道的电话如此不同。 第一个电话是在1876年打出去的。 它是用这样的机器制作的。 在1876年，电话是一项全新的发明。 电话是由亚历山大·格雷厄姆·贝尔发明的。 他是一名教师和科学家。 他很想知道事物是如何运作的。

Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland in 1847. He lived in a house with his parents and his two brothers. Even as a boy, Alexander was curious and liked to read to learn new things. Here is Alexander Graham Bell at age 16. As a teacher, Alexander taught his students to talk. Alexander liked to sit by his father as he worked. His father taught people who could not hear. He taught them how to speak. When Alexander grew up, he would become a teacher like his father.

亚历山大·格雷厄姆·贝尔1847年出生于苏格兰。 他和父母还有两个兄弟住在一所房子里。 亚历山大从小就充满好奇心，喜欢读书学习新事物。 这是亚历山大·格雷厄姆·贝尔16岁时的照片。 作为一名教师，亚历山大教他的学生说话。 亚历山大喜欢在父亲工作时坐在他身边。 他的父亲教那些听不见的人。 他教他们说话。 亚历山大长大后，他会像他父亲一样成为一名教师。

What Happened in the United States? When Alexander was 16, his family moved from Scotland. They settled in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1871. Ontario, Canada Boston, Massachusetts Scotland Alexander and his parents first moved to Canada and then to the United States. At that time in the United States, people would visit a telegraph office to send messages. Their message would be sent in code on a telegraph machine. It would go to a telegraph office far away. Telegraph machine This drawing shows a busy telegraph office where messages were sent or received.

美国发生了什么? 亚历山大16岁时，全家从苏格兰搬来。 1871年，他们在马萨诸塞州的波士顿定居。 加拿大安大略省，马萨诸塞州波士顿，苏格兰亚历山大和他的父母先搬到加拿大，然后搬到美国。 当时在美国，人们会去电报局发送信息。 他们的信息将通过电报机以密码形式发送出去。 它会被送到很远的电报局。 这幅图显示了一个繁忙的电报局，在那里发送或接收消息。

Only one message could be sent at a time. Bell knew he wanted to invent a telegraph that could send more than one message. He needed a helper and asked Thomas Watson to work with him. This painting shows Bell and Watson in Bell's office. While working on his idea for a new telegraph, Bell had another idea. Bell and Watson knew that electricity could make sound travel over a wire. They wanted to send words over a wire, too.

一次只能发送一条消息。 贝尔知道他想发明一种可以发送多条信息的电报。 他需要一个帮手，请托马斯·沃森和他一起工作。 这幅画描绘的是贝尔和沃森在贝尔的办公室里。 当贝尔在研究新电报的想法时，他有了另一个想法。 贝尔和沃森知道电可以使声音通过电线传播。 他们还想通过电线传递信息。