姐弟俩刚见面，电报路的班车就到了，停车上了一批下午的客人。
Scarcely had they met when the Telegraph Avenue car came along and stopped to take on a crowd of afternoon shoppers.
1858年，首条横跨大西洋的电报链路建立，发自美国的首批信息中，有一条是“请给我们纽约送一点新闻，纽约人对新闻如饥似渴，爱之欲狂。”
When the first transatlantic telegraph link was established in 1858, one of the first messages sent from America was "PRAY GIVE US SOME NEWS FOR NEW YORK, THEY ARE MAD FOR NEWS."
另一项技术进步——四路系统，由著名发明家托马斯·阿尔瓦·爱迪生(Thomas Alva Edison, 1847- 1931)于1874年发明，它可以使四条信息在同一条电报线上同时传送。
Another improvement, by the famed inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) in 1874, was the Quadruplex system, which allowed for four messages to be transmitted simultaneously using the same wire.
1892年的今天，托马斯·爱迪生收到他的双路电报机的发明专利。
1892 - Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
1892年的今天，托马斯·爱迪生收到他的双路电报机的发明专利。
1892 - Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
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