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Morse code is an alphabet that uses combinations of dots and dashes to represent letters.
摩尔斯电码是一种用点和划组合来表示字母的字母表。
American inventor Samuel Morse created the code in the 1830s as a way to communicate through an electric telegraph.
美国发明家塞缪尔·摩尔斯在19世纪30年代创造了摩尔斯电码，作为一种通过电报通信的方式。
He designed it so that letters used frequently in English would be easier to transmit.
他设计的目的是使英语中经常使用的字母能更容易地传输。
The letter ‘E’ was the simplest, represented by one dot.
字母“E”是最简单的，用一个点表示。
As the telegraph became popular in many countries, a variation of Morse code with accented letters was created so that people who didn’t speak English could use it.
随着电报在许多国家普及，一种带有重音字母的莫尔斯电码变体被发明了出来。这样，不会说英语的人也可以使用它。
Eventually, the invention of the telephone made the telegraph obsolete in everyday communication.
最终，电话的发明使电报在日常通信中被淘汰了。
However, militaries continued to use Morse code in wartime through the 20th century.
然而，在整个20世纪，军队在战时都继续使用莫尔斯电码。
In fact, SOS became a universal distress signal because it was easy to transmit through Morse code.
事实上，SOS之所以成为一种通用的遇险信号，是因为它很容易通过莫尔斯电码传输。
