37. 38.VII. READ THE PASSAGE, THEN CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER.ALEXA...
36. 37. 38.VII. Read the passage, then choose the correct answer.Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father was anexpert in phonetics, the study of the sounds of languages. As a boy, Bell becameinterested in sounds and speech.In 1870 the Bells decided to emigrate to America. They lived in Boston, whereAlexander taught in a school for the deaf – mutes. There, he began experimenting with amachine to help the deaf hear.Soon, Bell started experimenting with ways of transmittingspeech over a long distance.While experimenting with this machine, Bell had an idea. Why not use electricity tosend the human voice from one place to another? Bell began work on a new invention ofthe telephone.Bell and his assistant, Thomas Watson, conducted many experiments andfinally came up with a divide which they first introduced in 1876. Bell said on thetelephone: "Mr.Watson, come here. I want you." This was the first telephone message.