Section_ⅣLearning_about_Language_&_Using_Language

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　　ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL

　　Alexander 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：

　　"Leave the beaten track⑦ occasionally⑧ and dive into⑨ the woods. Every time⑩ you do you will be certain to find something that you have never seen before⑪. Follow it up, explore all around it, and before you know it⑫， you will have something worth thinking⑬ about to occupy your mind. All really big discoveries are the result of thought." 　　①Alexander Graham/ˌælIɡ'zɑːndə 'ɡreIəm/Bell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/'maIkrəfəʊn/n.麦克风；话筒

　　⑤press ...against压在......上

　　⑥forehead/'fɒrId/n.额头

　　⑦beaten track被踩出来的路；常规；惯例

　　⑧occasionally/ə'keIʒənəlI/adv.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。