Sound—energy<span> we can hear—travels only so far before it soaks away into the world around us. Until electrical </span>microphones<span>were invented in the late 19th century, there was no satisfactory way to send </span>sounds<span> to other places. You could shout, but that carried your words only a little further. You couldn't shout in New York City and make yourself heard in London. And you couldn't speak in 1715 and have someone listen to what you said a hundred years later! Remarkably, such things are possible today: by converting sound energy into electricity and information we can store, microphones make it possible to send the sounds of our voices, our music, and the noises in our world to other places and other times. How do microphones work? Let's take a closer look!</span>
<span>After the fields were sprayed for beetles corn borers increased because their natural predator was gone. The beetles had been keeping the corn borers at bay but once their natural predator had been eradicated the corn borers were protected and flourished.</span>
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- Victor pretends he can speak French > Rising action.
- Victor gets his school schedule > Exposition.
- Victor tries to get Teresa's attention after homeroom and at lunch > Rising action.
- Teresa asks Victor if he will help her in French > Falling action.
- Victor checks out books to learn French and help Teresa > Climax
