65. Read the text and entitle it. Answer the following questions: 1. What means of communication were used to send messages over long distances long ago? 2. What gave a new beginning to the history of long-distance communication? Text: Thousands of years ago, men could send messages over a long distance. They used the light of fires at night and the smoke of fires by day. They used the loud sound of drums to send messages across the great forests of Africa. These means of long-distance communication were used for centuries. The long-distance communication changed in 1832, when the electric telegraph was invented by the Russian scientist P. L. Shilling. The telegraph could not carry voices. People used a special code to send words over the telegraph.

Перевод задания: Прочитайте текст и озаглавьте его. Ответьте на вопросы: 1. Какие средства связи использовали давным-давно, чтобы отправлять сообщения на большие расстояния? 2. Что положило новое начало истории дальней связи?

A Title: The History of Long-Distance Communication
(История дальней связи)

1. People used the light of fires at night, the smoke of fires by day, and the loud sound of drums.
(Люди использовали свет костров ночью, дым костров днём и громкий звук барабанов.)

2. The invention of the electric telegraph by the Russian scientist P. L. Shilling in 1832 gave a new beginning to the history of long-distance communication.
(Новое начало истории дальней связи положило изобретение электрического телеграфа русским учёным П. Л. Шиллингом в 1832 году.)