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It is thanks to Marcel Bich that most people today are able to [1] a ballpoint pen. It was the bad quality and [2] of the pens which were available at the time that inspired him to design a [3] ballpoint pen that would be both inexpensive and reliable. After getting permission from the Biro brothers to base his pen on their [4] , he carefully [5] other ballpoints that were sold in the shops, and in 1950 introduced his own version, the ‘Bic Cristal’. It was popular with the [6] , and Bich became very rich, and the company held great [7] globally. His company, Bic, now makes a variety of cheap [8] , such as lighters and razors
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afford
Keywords: “Marcel Bich” “are able to” “ballpoint pen”
Information: “was the man turned the ballpoint pen into an item that today almost anyone can afford.”
can = be able to: có khả năng
high cost
Keywords: “bad quality”
Information: Bich was appalled at the poor quality of the ballpoint pens that were available, and was also shocked at their high cost.
bad = poor
commercially successful
Keywords: “design” “inexpensive” “reliable”
Information: he decided to design a cheap pen that worked well and would be commercially successful.
Paraphrase: cheap = inexpensive: rẻ, work well = reliable: dùng tốt, đáng tin cậy
original invention / invention
Keywords: “permission” “Biro brothers” “base on”
Information: Bich went to the Biro brothers and asked them if he could use the design of their original invention in one of his own pens.
Paraphrase:
permission (sự cho phép) = asked them if he could
base on = use the design
studied
Keywords: “carefully” “sold”
Information: Then, for two years, Bich studied the detailed construction of every ballpoint pen that was being sold, often working with a microscope.
public
Keywords: “popular”
Information: The public liked it immediately
appeal
Keywords: “great” “globally”
Information: Bich became extremely wealthy thanks to his invention, which had worldwide appeal.
Đại từ quan hệ “which” chỉ phát minh (invention) và cũng để chỉ “company”
products
Keywords: “makes a variety of cheap”
Information: Société Bic, opened factories all over the world and expanded its range of inexpensive products.
Paraphrase: a variety of = a range of