C(期中·天津耀华中学)

“Mr Watson, come here. I want to see you.” These words were said on March 10, 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell. He was testing the telephone. His helper, Thomas Watson, was in a different room. By using the telephone, Watson was a 1 to hear Bell’s words. Their work changed the world!
Alexander was b 2 in Scotland in 1847. His father was a teacher. He taught Alexander how a person’s voice works. Alexander wanted to know about sound because his mother could not hear. Alexander hoped deaf people could share m 3 with others. The Bell family moved to Canada when Alexander was a young man. Alexander was still learning about sound. He studied and built things that he hoped would help others. Then he moved to America and taught in a school for the deaf. At the same time, he w 4 on his projects. Bell thought that he could find a way to make spoken words travel t 5 an electrical wire(电线).
Some men who found out that Bell was trying to build a telephone wanted to help. They gave him money so that he could get a helper. Bell hired(雇用)his friend, Thomas Watson. The two men worked for many hours testing the telephone. Finally, the m 6 worked! The men took turns speaking to each other over the telephone.
The news about the telephone was told all around the world. People were e 7 about the new invention. They wanted to buy a telephone so that they could talk to people. In just ten years, more t 8 150,000 people in America had a telephone. Bell b 9 the telephone would change over time. He was right. People have worked to make telephones better. Telephone calls used to be made only from inside a building. Today, mobile phones are powered by batteries. They can be used almost anywhere. The telephone keeps getting better and better. Now, people can e 10 see each other on their phones when they talk!
What a great invention!
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