Номер 67, страница 22 - гдз по английскому языку 7 класс (enjoy english) учебник Биболетова

67 Read the text and entitle it. Answer the following questions.

1. What means of communication were used to send messages over long distances long ago?

2. What gave a new beginning to the history of long-distance communication?

Thousands of years ago, men could send messages over a long distance.

They used the light of fires at night and the smoke of fires by day. They used the loud sound of drums to send messages across the great forests of Africa. These means of long-distance communication were used for centuries.

The long-distance communication changed in 1832, when the electric telegraph was invented by the Russian scientist P. L. Shilling.

The telegraph could not carry voices¹. People used a special code to send words over the telegraph.

The telephone was invented by A. G. Bell, who was born in Scotland, in 1847. The first telephone was not at all like the one we use today. The person who talked into it could not hear; and the person who heard could not talk.

Some years later, there were telephones all over the world. Telephone lines became longer and longer. In 1915 the first coast-to-coast line was opened, from New York to San Francisco.

The first telephone exchange¹ opened in Moscow in 1882. At that time it served 61 clients. Ten years later, their number was 1400.

Today we can talk across seas, oceans and continents: there is hardly a corner of civilised world that cannot be reached by phone.

67 Прочитайте текст и озаглавьте его. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.

1. Какие средства связи использовались для передачи сообщений на большие расстояния давным-давно?

Ответ:

Long ago, men used the light of fires at night, the smoke of fires by day, and the loud sound of drums to send messages over long distances.

Давным-давно люди использовали свет костров ночью, дым костров днем и громкий звук барабанов для передачи сообщений на большие расстояния.

2. Что дало новое начало истории дальней связи?

Ответ:

The invention of the electric telegraph by the Russian scientist P. L. Shilling in 1832 gave a new beginning to the history of long-distance communication.

Изобретение электрического телеграфа русским ученым П. Л. Шиллингом в 1832 году дало новое начало истории дальней связи.

67 Translate the words and word combinations. Make up your own sentences using the words.

communicate

with people

with each other

(друг с другом)

means

(средства)

of communication

by means of (с помощью)

mean (означать что-либо)

What do you mean?

The dark clouds mean rain.

telephone

(звонить по телефону)

to ring up smb / a place

to phone smb / a place

to call up smb / a place

to talk / speak to smb over / on the telephone

phone

(телефон, звонить по телефону)

What’s your phone number?

a phone card

a phone box (телефонная будка)

mobile phone