C. The writer decided to send her invention to the patent office the moment she succeeded in catching the snakes.
D. If an application for your product proves to be valid, you can get a patent immediately.
Step3. Reading
THE PROBLEM OF THE SNAKES
Task1.Fast reading. Read the text fast and sum up the main idea of the text.
The text tells the problems of _th_e__s_n_a_k_e_s and presents _th_e__p_r_o_c_ed_u__re_s__ of catching them and applying for __a_p_a_t_e_n_t__.
1. Here was a chance for me to distinguish myself by inventing something merciful that would catch snakes but not harm them. (L7,P20)
2. The first thing I did was to see if there were any products that might help me, but there only seemed to be powders designed to kill snakes. (L11, P20)
3. Between the outside and the inside walls of the bowl there is some jelly, which freezes hard when cooled. (L18, P20)