Listen to the text and complete the sentences by choosing the correct answer from the drop box.
1.Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in
2.Nowadays, though, we increasingly use Bell’s invention for emails, faxes and the internet rather than
3.In the 1940s, researchers began experimenting with the idea of using a number of radio masts located around the countryside to pick up signals from
4.However, 1940s technology was still quite primitive, and the “telephones” were enormous boxes which had to be transported
5. cheaper handsets and cheaper calling rates meant that, almost overnight, it seemed that everyone had a mobile phone.
6. before it, the text message has altered the way we write in English, bringing more abbreviations and a more lax approach to language construction.
7. would be amazed if he could see how far the science of telephony has progressed in less than 150 years.
Alexander Graham Bell
Atsauce:
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/magazine-articles/mobile-phones
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