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Lead-in Telephones become part of our life. But do you know who invented the telephone? Scanning Read the passage quickly and find out the main idea of it. 3. Bell never set out to invent the telephone and what he was trying to design was a multiple telegraph. 贝尔从未打算发明电话而是试图设计一种复式电报。 current (1) n. 气流; 水流, 洋流; 电流 The current is strongest in the middle of the river． 河中央的水流最急。 This button switches the current on． 这个电钮接通电流。 (2) adj. 时下的, 当今的, 流行的, 通用的 Most of the old are interested in current events． 大部分老年人都对时事感兴趣。 They are expecting profits of over $2 million in the current year． 他们期望今年的利润超过二百万美元。 The word is no longer in current use. 这个词已不再使用。 6. The patent was given in 1876, but it was not until five days later that Bell sent the first telephone message to his assistant, Watson. 这项专利是1876年发布的，但是贝尔是在5 天之后才跟他的助手华生通了第一次电话。 1) It wasn’t until nearly a month later __ I received the manager’s reply.(’05全国I) since B. unless C. as D. that 2) – Did Jack come back early last night? --Yes, it was not yet eight o’clock ___ he arrived home. (’05 福建） A. before B. when C. that D. that * Reading A British inventor called Alexander Graham Bell. It mainly talks about the life of Alexander Graham Bell and how he made the great inventions. dive into He dived into the history of China． 他潜心研究中国历史。 He dived into his pockets and pulled out one dollar． 他迅速把手伸进口袋掏出了一美元。 跳水(头朝下)；迅速把手伸入； (对活动，问题等) 全心投入，潜心研究 The boy dived into the river from the bridge 这男孩从桥上跳人河中。 dive into 作 “潜心于……” 讲时和devote oneself to sth. 的意思一样，但devote oneself to sth. 还有“投身于……; 把自己奉献给……” 的意思。 He ____ his career and made a great contribution to our country. A. dived himself into B. devoted himself to C. dived into D. devoted to every / each time 意为“每次; 每当”, 此 短语在句子中经常作连记词, 引导时间状语从句做连词的名词, 引导时间状语从句