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Larry Schwarz started his career(事业) as an inventor many years ago—when he was a kid, actually, he had a habit of taking his toys apart and making them into new toys. Even when he was in law school, Schwarz couldn’t help drawing his toy ideas on notebook paper. And so, in 1997, he gave up his law career and formed Rumpus Corp, a toy company.
Schwarz comes up with ideas all the time. In fact, he filled 26 notebooks while in law school. How is he able to keep coming up with fresh ideas when most people find it hard to get just one? It all comes down to his philosophy(信条) about inventing—he thinks toys should be fun. He looks for toys that kids can find their own ways to play with. He wants kids to be surprised, and the toys to be unpredictable(难以预料的).
“Ideas come to me all the time, just from where I’m in my life or what happened to me in the past,” shares Schwarz. For example, the Monster In My Closet toy, a “friendly” monster(怪物), was a result of Schwarz’s childhood fear of monsters. And the idea for the Gallery Gang, a group of soft characters from different artists, came about when Schwarz was walking through a museum one day.
The point is to look for ideas wherever and whenever you can. Schwarz, who often gives inventing talks at primary schools, likes to tell kids “to look at objects they see every day and see how they could be improved”. And that’s surely what an inventor should do.
19. Schwarz started a(n) toy company after giving up his law career.
20. Coming up with fresh ideas is difficult for most people, but easy for Schwarz.
21. Schwarz hopes that his toys can be unpredictable and give kids a(n) surprise.
22. The idea for the Monster In My Closet toy came from Schwarz’s childhood fear of monsters.
23. Do you want to be an inventor? Why or why not?Yes, I do. Because I want to make new things that help people and make the world better.

答案： 19. toy company 20. fresh ideas 21. surprise 22. childhood fear 23. Yes, I do. Because I want to make new things that help people and make the world better. /No, I don't. Because I think improving things is more important than making new things. /...