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The Clockwork
Radio
The British inventor Trevor Baylis created
this really clever ′wind-up radio′ for people from Third World countries. in
some parts of the Third World countries, it’s very hard for people to get or pay for
enough energy. This radio uses no batteries (電池) and does not need any electricity to run it. A
clockwork generator (發(fā)電機(jī)) is put inside the radio and
works as the power. When it is fully wound up (上弦), the
radio can work for long periods.
The clock work product is not a new
invention. The Victorians had already put it in wide use. We may find them used
in toys as well. Then what is new about this clockwork radio? Baylis has used
this simple but effective (高效的) way of creating electricity to both help the people of the Third
World and to develop a product which is selling well in Western Europe.
Even former President of South Africa, Nelson
Mandella has one of these radios and personally recommends this product to
others.
1.What does the clockwork radio use to run it?
A. Batteries. B.
Electricity.
C. A clockwork generator. D.
Wind power.
2.The Third World countries are in
the world.
A. the rich countries B.
the poor countries
C. Western European D.
Victorian countries
3.Which sentence is true according to the passage?
A. the clockwork radio can work for only a
short period of time.
B. Trevor Baylis created the world’s first clockwork
product.
C. The clockwise radio is also a toy for
people of the Third World.
D. Nelson Mandella owns one of the clockwork
radios.
