Communication Through Time PDF

Since the dawn of time, people 1 have been using different ways of communicating at a distance. In ancient times, they used smoke signals and after writing developed, they 2 invented more ingenious methods of delivering messages; for example, sending a message in a bottle. At the turn of the 20th ce...

Since the dawn of time, people 1 have been using different ways of communicating at a distance. In ancient times, they used smoke signals and after writing developed, they 2 invented more ingenious methods of delivering messages; for example, sending a message in a bottle. At the turn of the 20th century, bottles were found which had been sent by people who 3 were travelling on board the Titanic. Happier stories have also come to light. In 1956, Ake Viking, a Swede, tossed a letter into the sea, hoping it would reach his future wife. Two years later, he received a letter from a Sicilian girl, Paolina, who 4 had found his bottle and soon after they were married! The invention of the telegraph in 1837 sped up communication dramatically. A criminal, John Tawell, was caught after he had escaped on the train to London. A telegram was sent to the London police, and they 5 were waiting for him when he arrived there. In Jordan, there are over six million mobile phones in use by the population. But you can still send telegrams through the Jordan Post Company! Since the invention of the mobile phone and the Internet, the world 6 has become a different place. People 7 are still sending messages and it usually 8 takes only seconds to deliver them. But 9 are we now forgetting how to communicate face-to-face? Without a doubt there are some challenges, but there are also examples of when the Internet 10 has changed someone's life for the better. Look at Tara Taylor's case, a mother who 11 lives in the USA: when she uploaded a photo of her daughter on social media, a friend spotted a problem with one of the child's eyes. It turned out that the girl had a rare disease, but her sight was saved!