2. Choose the right answer:
1 There is ……. oil in the bottle.
a)any b)some
2 Nina needs ……… bananas.
a)some b) any
3 There are ……… dresses to choose from!
a) much b)a lot of
4 There isn’t …….. coffee left.
a)many b)any
5 Tom and Kate haven’t got …….. time.
a)much b)few
The most reliable way for quite some time and were runners postal birds . Also, as a means of communication used by the smoke , fire, specially trained criers . In the XVI century Italian scientist Giovanni della Porta proposed to establish a system of negotiating pipes laid across Italy . However, his idea was not supported and has not been put into practice . In 1837, American inventor Samuel Morse invented the transmitting machine - the electric telegraph and invented a system of codes - telegraph Morse ( Morse code ) .In 1861, German scientist Philip Rice invented a device capable of transmitting sound over a distance on the wire. In fact, this was the first phone . However, discoverer of the phone got amerikanskomuTelefon inventor Alexander Graham Bell Bell patented his telephone February 14, 1876 . Simultaneously with an application for a similar device , another American inventor filed Elish Gray. But since it was filed on 2 hours later , a patent was issued Graham Bell . Later, Gray filed a case against the opponent , but lost it. But despite the inconsistency of this discovery , it marked the beginning of a new era in the field of communications - telephony era .
In 1878, Thomas Edison perfected the telephone by entering the circuit induction coil and the carbon microphone . This has greatly increased the distance between subscribers . In the same year, was commissioned first telephone exchange in a small American city of New Cheyven . In 1887, Russian inventor K.A.Mostsitsky created automatic switch, which foreshadowed the creation of automatic telephone exchanges .
By the way the first audio message transmitted by telephone Bell was: "Mr. Watson, come here , I need you . " In Russia, the first telephone conversation took place in 1879