亚历山大·格雷厄姆·贝尔

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　　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 problems and his dynamic⑭ spirit that⑮ led to his most famous invention - the telephone in 1876. Bell never set out to⑯ invent the telephone and what he was trying to design⑰ was a multiple⑱ telegraph. This original telegraph sent a message over distances using Morse code⑲ (a series of dots⑳ tapped\s\up1(21(21) out along a wire\s\up1(22(22) in a particular order). But only one message could go at a time\s\up1(23(23). Bell wanted to improve it so that\s\up1(24(24) it could send several messages at the same time. He designed a machine that would separate\s\up1(25(25) different sound waves and allow different conversations to be held at the same time. But he found the problem difficult to solve\s\up1(26(26). One day as he was experimenting with\s\up1(27(27) one end of a straw\s\up1(28(28) joined to a deaf man's ear drum\s\up1(29(29) and the other to a piece of smoked glass, Bell noticed that when he spoke into the ear, the straw drew sound waves on the glass. Suddenly he had a flash of inspiration\s\up1(30(30). If sound waves could be reproduced\s\up1(31(31) in a moving electrical current\s\up1(32(32)， they could be sent along a wire. In searching to improve the telegraph, Bell had invented the first telephone！ 　　⑭dynamic/daI'næmIk/adj.充满活力的；精力充沛的；动态的；发展变化的

　　⑮It was ...that ...是强调句型，此处强调了句子主语this exploring和spirit。

　　⑯set out (to do)开始(做)

　　⑰what he was trying to design是what引导的主语从句。

　　⑱multiple/'mʌltIpl/adj.多种的；多样的；多类型的 n．倍数

　　⑲Morse/mɔːs/code莫尔斯电码

　　⑳dot/dɒt/n.点；小圆点 vt.以小圆点标出；分散

　　\s\up1(21(21)tap/tæp/vt.& vi.轻打；轻拍；轻敲 n．轻轻地敲击(声)；(水)龙头

　　\s\up1(22(22)wire/'waIə/n.金属丝；电线　\s\up1(23(23)at a time一次

　　\s\up1(24(24)so that引导目的状语从句。

　　\s\up1(25(25)that would separate ...是that引导的定语从句，对a machine加以修饰和限制。

　　\s\up1(26(26)difficult to solve是形容词短语作后置定语，相当于定语从句that which is difficult to solve。to solve是动词不定式，用主动形式表达被动意义。

　　\s\up1(27(27)experiment with用/对......做实验；试用

　　\s\up1(28(28)straw/strɔː/n.稻草；麦秆；饮料吸管

　　\s\up1(29(29)过去分词短语joined to a deaf man's ear drum作定语。

　　\s\up1(30(30)a flash of inspiration灵机一动

　　\s\up1(31(31)reproduce/ˌriːprə'djuːs/vt.复制；再现......的形象或声音

　　\s\up1(32(32)current/'kʌrənt/n.(水或气)流；电流 adj.现在的；当前的