PARAGRAPH ONE:
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design |
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happy to wear it |
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It's invisible because |
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airbag |
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a kind of |
c. |
like a scarf |
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inside |
d. |
students |
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wear it around their neck |
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and bulky |
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When the cyclist |
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a collar |
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normal helmets are too big |
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you cannot see it |
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people would be |
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falls off |
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PARAGRAPH TWO:
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The women started |
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of cycling accidents |
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They looked at thousands |
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buy the helmet online |
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make the |
c. |
yesterday |
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change how |
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research on the Hövding |
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Cars are so |
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safest helmet |
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their helmet would make |
f. |
of the world |
7. |
People can only |
g. |
them millionaires |
8. |
people in the rest |
h. |
people cycle |
Swedish design (1) ___________________ a new bicycle helmet. It's invisible because you (2) ___________________. The "invisible" helmet is really a kind of airbag inside a collar. People wear it around their (3) ___________________. When the cyclist falls off his/her bike, the collar fills with gas (4) ___________________ goes around the head. The students, Anna Haupt and Terese Alstin, want to change how people cycle. They think normal helmets are too (5) ___________________. They said they are "like a hard mushroom on your head." They called their helmet the Hövding. They said it is fashionable, so "people (6) ___________________ wear it".
The women (7) ___________________ the Hövding in 2005. They looked at thousands of cycling accidents. They wanted to make the safest helmet and change (8) ___________________. They teamed up with a Swedish airbag company. Today, their company employs 17 people. In (9) ___________________, Haupt and Alstin said: "Cars are so yesterday. Bikes (10) ___________________." They also said their helmet would (11) ___________________. People can only buy the helmet online in Europe, for around $530. The company did not say when people in (12) ___________________ world could buy it.
Swedishdesignstudentshaveinventedanewbicyclehelmet.It'sinvis
iblebecauseyoucannotseeit.The"invisible"helmetisreallyakindofai
rbaginsideacollar.Peoplewearitaroundtheirnecklikeascarf.Whent
hecyclistfallsoffhis/herbike,thecollarfillswithgasandanairbaggoes
aroundthehead.Thestudents,AnnaHauptandTereseAlstin,wanttoc
hangehowpeoplecycle.Theythinknormalhelmetsaretoobigandbul
ky.Theysaidtheyare"likeahardmushroomonyourhead."Theycalled
theirhelmettheHövding.Theysaiditisfashionable,so"peoplewouldb
ehappytowearit".ThewomenstartedresearchontheHövdingin2005
.Theylookedatthousandsofcyclingaccidents.Theywantedtomaket
hesafesthelmetandchangehowpeoplecycle.TheyteamedupwithaS
wedishairbagcompany.Today,theircompanyemploys17people.Int
hecompany'svideo,HauptandAlstinsaid:"Carsaresoyesterday.Bik
esarethefuture."Theyalsosaidtheirhelmetwouldmakethemmillion
aires.PeoplecanonlybuythehelmetonlineinEurope,foraround$530
.Thecompanydidnotsaywhenpeopleintherestoftheworldcouldbuyi
t.
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