__1__ Worldwide, the devices have protected up to a million people.

　　America first recognized the invention of an automobile seat belt in 1849. The government gave a patent to an engineer named Edward Claghorn of New York City so that others would not copy his invention of a safety device.

　　__2__

　　This early version of safety belt was said to include hooks and other attachments for securing the person to a fixed object.

　　Other inventors followed with different versions of the seat belt.

　　__3__

　　It resulted from the work of a Swedish engineer, Nils Bohlin. His three－point, ld securely in place.

　　His invention contained a cloth strap(带子) that was placed across the chest and another strap across the hips.

　　__4__Nils Bohlin's design to other car－makers.__5__ He received a gold medal from the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences in 1995.

　　He died in Sweden in 2002.

　　A. The Swedish engineer won many honors for his seat belt.

　　B. Claghorn was a promising young engineer with many honors all his life.

　　C. The design joined the straps next to the hip.

　　D. There are many companies adopting Nils Bohlin's invention of the seat belt.

　　E. Safety experts say that seat belts save thousands of lives a year in America alone.

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