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V. Read the text ‘The Telegraph’. Find in the text the English equivalents for the
following Russian phrases:
очень важный вопрос; эффективная система связи на дальние
расстояния; электрический проводник; узкая полоска бумаги; код, в
котором применялись точки и тире; нажать ключ; записать
сообщение; телеграфные провода протянулись от Атлантики до
Тихого океана; проложить кабель по дну Атлантического океана;
вкладывать деньги.
VI. Find in the text ‘The Telegraph’ sentences with the predicate in the Passive
Voice. Translate them.
VII. Translate the text ‘The Telegraph’. Pay attention to the sentences in the Passive
Voice.
VIII. Put ten questions on the text ‘The Telegraph’.
IX. Describe the principle of action of the telegraph made by S. Morse.
Text C. THOMAS ALVA EDISON (1847 - 1931)
Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11,1847 in Milan, Ohio.
At the age of seven he entered school but left it very soon. The teacher thought
that he was a dull boy. His mother then became his teacher. The boy loved books. He
had a wonderful memory.
Edison began to work when he was twelve years old. His first job was a
newspaper boy on a train. He soon began to produce his own newspaper. It was about
the size of a handkerchief. He gathered news, printed and sold the newspapers all by
himself. He had a small laboratory in the baggage car of this train. There he carried
out experiments. Edison kept records of all his experiments. Then Edison got lessons
in telegraphy and the next five years he worked as a telegraphist in various cities of
the US and Canada.
In 1877 Edison invented a phonograph. This talking machine both recorded and
played back. It resembled the present day tape recorder more than a record player.
Next Edison became interested in the invention of an electric-light bulb for
lightning streets and buildings by electricity instead of by gas.
It had taken Edison and his assistants thirteen months to produce the
incandescent lamp, but he already knew, that success awaited it. Edison was sure
that the lamp should be burnt for a hundred hours.
Edison carried out experiments from morning till night. All his inventions were
the results of his endless work. He sometimes made thousands of experiments. For
months he slept no more than one or two hours a day. Yet he had time to read not only

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