☎️ Telephone – Talking Over Distance

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📞 What is a Telephone?

• A telephone is a device that lets people talk to each other even when they are far away.
• You speak into it, and your voice travels to the other person.
• Today, phones can be wired or wireless.

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🧑‍🔬 Who invented the telephone?

• The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell.
• He invented it in 1876.
• His first message on the telephone was:

🗣️ “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.”

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⚙️ How does a telephone work? (Simple idea)

1. You talk into the phone.
2. Your voice turns into signals.
3. The signals travel through wires or air.
4. The other phone changes the signals back into sound 🎵.

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📜 What were old telephones like?

• Early telephones were:
  • Very big
  • Connected with wires
  • Had a rotary dial you had to turn ☎️
• People had to stay in one place to talk.

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📱 Telephones today

• Modern phones are called mobile phones or smartphones.
• They can:
  • Make calls 📞
  • Send messages 💬
  • Take photos 📸
  • Play games 🎮
  • Use the internet 🌐

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🧠 Easy to remember

The telephone helps people talk, even when they are far apart 🌍

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⭐ Fun facts for kids

• ☎️ The first phones had no buttons
• 📞 Old phones rang loudly to get attention
• 📱 Today’s phones are more powerful than old computers
• 🌍 Phones help people talk across countries and oceans
• 📟 Before mobile phones, people used phone booths

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