事实：亚历山大·格拉汉姆·贝尔更倾向于用“Ahoy”-Alexander Graham Bell Preferred “Ahoy” To “Hello”
时间：2018-12-19 作者：英语课 分类：Facts-事实
Pre-Listening Vocabulary
device: a piece of equipment
nautical 1: related to shipping 2 or boating
rival: a person that one is often in competition with
side: to choose one person or argument to agree with
etiquette 3: manners; proper behaviour and language
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Alexander Graham Bell Preferred “Ahoy” To “Hello”
After the telephone was invented, people needed some instructions on how to use it. One concern was how to begin a conversation on this device. Instead of “Are you here?” or “Are you ready to talk?” Alexander Graham Bell, the now-disputed inventor, suggested the nautical greeting “Ahoy”. Bell’s rival Thomas Edison thought “Hello” was a more appropriate telephone greeting. The writers of the first telephone books sided with Edison, and often included his suggestion in an instructional page on telephone etiquette. Alexander Graham Bell continued to use “Ahoy” in his telephone conversations for the rest of his life.
- A nautical mile is 1,852 meters.一海里等于1852米。
- It is 206 nautical miles from our present location.距离我们现在的位置有206海里。