Упр.5 Юнит 5.3 ГДЗ Starlight Баранова 11 класс
5 RNE Read the text and complete the gaps A-F with the parts of the sentences marked by numbers 1-7. One part is extra.
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5 RNE Read the text and complete the gaps A-F with the parts of the sentences marked by numbers 1-7. One part is extra.
1 because of the heat and dust
2 which was used mainly In African countries
3 so he took out a patent for his invention
4 who Is a London-based financier
5 but entertainment is definitely not a priority
6 which looked at scientific and technological developments
7 which would educate villagers about the risks of AIDS
Clockwork Communication
Mukakarimbatasks parents died of AIDS. At only thirteen, Mukakarimba looks after four younger brothers and sisters in a tiny two-roomed mud house in Rwanda. Her most valued possession is a special radio that does not depend on electricity.
After seeing a television report about AIDS, Trevor Baylis got the idea for an invention that was to help change lives in many under-developed countries in Africa. Health organisations needed a way to get information to remote areas A) which would educate villagers about the risks of AIDS. Radio broadcasts would solve the problem, but most people had no electricity, and batteries could cost more than a weektasks food for a family - if they could be found.
Baylis started experimenting with a transistor radio and a small clockwork motor from a toy car. He succeeded in producing a portable radio that worked without batteries. After winding the radio up, it ran for 14 minutes. Baylis was sure that his clockwork radio could be developed into a useful product B) so he took out a patent for his invention. However, he could not find a sponsor to manufacture the radio. Rejection letters included phrases such as "unprofitable" and "commercially flawed".
After years of getting nowhere, Baylis got in touch with the BBC. This proved to be the breakthrough he needed. Tomorrowtasks World was a TV programme C) which looked at scientific and technological developments. Baylis was given the opportunity to demonstrate his invention on the programme and it was seen by Chris Stains, D) who Is a London-based financier. Two days later, Chris was talking to Baylis in his homo about beginning actual production of the clockwork radio.
A factory was set up in South Africa. However, early production models, which worked perfectly well in Baylistask London living room, soon failed in the harsh conditions of African villages E) because of the heat and dust.
Eventually, the problems were overcome and thousands of radios were distributed in remote African villages. They are still being used for a variety of purposes, F) but entertainment is definitely not a priority. The health messages are getting through and in some communities where there is no teacher, children gather round the sets for their school lessons. Many of these children are doing far better than those receiving a more conventional education in state schools. The radios are treated with great respect, as if they were the very teacher in person.