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One evening in 1993, Trevor Baylis was watching a programme on television about the AIDS epidemic in Africa. The programme expla
One evening in 1993, Trevor Baylis was watching a programme on television about the AIDS epidemic in Africa. The programme expla
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2019-04-17
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One evening in 1993, Trevor Baylis was watching a programme on television about the AIDS epidemic in Africa. The programme explained that the only way to stop the spread of AIDS was to educate people about the disease. However,【C1】______(broadcast)the information was extremely difficult. Most people didn’t have a radio as there was no electricity, and batteries were too【C2】ex______. At this point Trevor Baylis dozed off and had a dream. In the dream he imagined that he was out in the jungle【C3】______to some music on an old gramophone. When he woke up, he had dreamt up the prototype of the clockwork radio.
It took him two to three months to get a concept off the ground and decide that his idea could really【C4】wo______. He filed a patent, and then the problems began. By April of the following year he was a very frustrated man. He had been trying to find a backer for his idea,【C5】______every British company he had contacted had turned him down. However, his【C6】______(expect)TV appearance on the BBC programme changed everything. Trevor Baylis was approached by a South African businessman, and soon money was found to establish a company with a factory based in Cape Town. The company was called Baygen, which stands【C7】______Baylis Generators. Today 200, 000 radios are made in Africa each month, with demand outstripping【C8】sup______.
Trevor Baylis’ invention has made him wealthy, but he hasn’t changed his lifestyle. He gets most satisfaction from the fact that Baygen products are helping the【C9】______(need).
According to Trevor Baylis, you don’t need to be a genius to be an inventor. He believes there’s an invention in all of us. His advice to anybody who has a good idea—keep the idea to【C10】______(you)and never give up.
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