Упр.5 Юнит 5.3 ГДЗ Starlight Баранова 11 класс

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

Mukakarimba’s 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) _____. Radio broadcasts would solve the problem, but most people had no electricity, and batteries could cost more than a week’s 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) _____. 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. Tomorrow’s World was a TV programme C) _____. Baylis was given the opportunity to demonstrate his invention on the programme and it was seen by Chris Stains, D) _____. Two days later, Chris was talking to Baylis in his home 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 Baylis’ London living room, soon failed in the harsh conditions of African villages E) _____. 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) _____. 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.