Unit 3 Inventors and inventions Section Ⅳ Learning about Language &；Using Language [原文呈现][读文清障]ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELLAlexander Graham Bell① was born in 1847 in Scotland, but when he was young his family moved to Boston, USA. His mother was almost entirely② deaf, so Alexander became interested in helping deaf people communicate and in deaf education. This interest led him to③ invent the microphone④. He found that by pressing his lips against⑤ his mother's forehead⑥， he could make his mother understand what he was saying.He believed that one should always be curious and his most famous saying was：“Leavethebeaten track⑦occasionally⑧anddive into⑨thewoods. Everytime⑩youdoyouwillbecertaintofindsomethingthatyouhaveneverseenbefore⑪. Followitup, exploreallaroundit, andbeforeyouknowit⑫， youwillhavesomethingworththinking⑬abouttooccupyyourmind. Allreallybigdiscoveriesaretheresultofthought.”①Alexander Graham/ ælIɡ'zɑ ndˌːə 'ɡreI m/Bellə亚历山大·格雷厄姆·贝尔②entirely adv.完全地；彻底地③lead sb. to do sth.致使/导致某人做某事④microphone/'maIkr fn/ə əʊn.麦克风；话筒⑤press ...against 压在……上⑥forehead/'f rId/ɒn.额头⑦beaten track 被踩出来的路；常规；惯例⑧occasionally/ 'keIn lI/əʒə əadv. 偶 然地；不时地⑨dive into 迅速把手伸入；一心投入⑩every time 是名词短语作连词，引导时间状语从句，相当于 whenever，意为“每次……”。⑪that you have never seen before 是that 引导的定语从句，修饰 something。⑫before you know it 可翻译成“不知不觉地”。⑬be worth doing sth. 值 得 做 某 事 ， doing 此处用主动形式表示被动含义。亚历山大·格雷厄姆·贝尔[第 1～2 段译文]亚历山大·格雷厄姆·贝尔 1847 年出生于苏格兰，但在他还小的时候，他家就搬到了美国的波士顿。他的母亲几乎全聋了，因此他有志于帮助聋人交流，并从事聋人教育事业这一爱好促使他发明了麦克风。他发现他把嘴唇放到母亲的额头上，就可以使母亲听懂...
