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Unit 3《The secret of success》 Part III Analyses of the text I. Summary Paragraph 1 Introduction to Clive Sinclair’s early life Paragraphs 2-5 Clive Sinclair’s main achievements and his contribution the the British society and the British Mensa. Paragraph 6 The secrets of Clive Sinclair’s success II. Tree diagram III. A retold version of the text Clive Sinclair, born in England in 1940, is a remarkable inventor and businessman. When he was still a child, Sinclair was very talented at inventing things. Sinclair was blessed with brains and spent much of his time educating himself. He hoped that in the future, everyone would be able to use electronic goods. Sinclair registered his first company in 1961. Unfortunately, his financial partners withdrew and the company closed down. A year later, Sinclair restarted his company. He got numerous orders for the pocket-sized radios. After that, he expanded his business, selling other small electronic devices. He launched cheap home computers in the 1980s and a battery-powered car, which used electricity as its energy source. Unfortunately, the car failed in the market. Despite this setback, Sinclair became the chairman of British Mensa, the High IQ Society, in 1980. Under his leadership, the society’s fame and membership increased dramatically. Sinclair was honoured with a knighthood in 1983. Part II Translation of Reading and Project Reading 克莱夫·辛科莱爵士 ――把科学技术带给大众的人 今天的节目是关于克莱夫·辛科莱爵士，英国著名的商人和发明家。辛科莱1940年7月30日出生于英格兰的撒里郡。他童年的大部分时间是与祖父和父亲在一起度过的，他们都是工程师。因此，他很小的时候就开始设计和制造东西。还是一个孩子时，辛科莱就发明了计算器，当发现已经有人发明了计算器候他非常伤心。辛科莱很聪明，他花了很多时间自学成材。到他10岁时，他的老师们说他是如此擅长几何、代数和算术，以至于他们没有办法再教她更多的了。他在几所高中和大学学习，最后决定大学不能再教他任何新东西。因此在17岁时，他得到一份工作，《实用无线技术》这本杂志的助理编辑。 1961年，辛科莱注册了自己的公司，来制造袖珍型收音机。不幸的是，他的财务合伙人撤资，公司随后倒闭。因此，辛科莱很快找了个技术编辑的工作，以此谋生。一年之后，他之前倒闭的公司重新开张。辛科莱的理想是大批量地生产，同时很便宜地出售，这样的话每个人都可以买得起电子产品了。他一做广告后，公司就接到来大量订购这种小型立方体收音机的订单。 这种袖珍型收音机仅仅是体现辛科莱在制造小东西方面天赋的一个例子。他在1962年推出了世界上第一个袖珍计算器、在1976年推出了第一块电子手表，一年之后推出了第一台袖珍电视机。几年后，1980年1月，辛科莱在温布利运动场举办的一次展览会的站台上展示了ZX80电