人教版選修8unit1Inventors and inventionsP5 Listening exercise

1、Unit 3 Inventors and inventions 注注: : 另附另附 word word 文檔。文檔。點擊此處鏈接點擊此處鏈接GOOD DESIGN IS PRACTICALZhou Rui (ZR) made a phone call to Dr Smith (S), an engineer who works for James Dyson, a famous British inventor. Now Dr Smith is ringing him back.Listen to the text.S: Hello, can I _ to Zhou Rui please?

2、This is Dr Smith.ZR: Good morning, Dr Smith. How kind of you to ring me _! Would you mind if I asked you a _ questions about James Dysons inventions.S: Not at all. Id be happy to talk about our company and our _, James Dyson. Hes an _ who takes everyday products, like washing machines, and Listen ag

3、ain and fill in the blanks.speakbackfewfounderinventor makes them work better.ZR: I see. Why did he _ the washing machine?S: He found that clothes were not as _ from a washing machine as those _ by hand.ZR: Really? Is that _?S: Yes, because most machines have one large _ and the clothes go round and

4、 _ in it.ZR: So what did he do to improve that?improvecleanwashedtruedrumroundS: This is the _ part. James Dyson invented a _ with two drums in the same machine. Together they are the same _ as the old drum, but they work _. One drum goes in one _ and the other goes in the other. So its more like ha

5、nd-washing and the clothes come out _.ZR: Was it _ to design?cleversystemsizedifferentlycleanereasydirectionS: No. It took many working _ before Mr Dyson was _.ZR: How _ did it take him?S: Im not sure. But I do know that inventing a new _ cleaner took five years before he was happy _ it.ZR: Wow! I d

6、idnt realize that it took that _! modelssatisfiedlongcarpetwithlongS: And of course he had to _ for patents for all of the new parts hed designed. You must do that to _ your ideas.ZR: Has that been a problem?S: Well, in the _ years, James Dyson found that a large company _ carpet cleaners in America

7、 was _ his ideas. He had to go to court to protect his _.applyprotectearlymakingcopyinginventionZR: Did he _?S: Yes, in the end the company _ to pay us a lot of money.ZR: What _ ideas does James Dyson have?S: Im sorry but youll just have to _ and see! ZR: Thank you very much and Im afraid I shall ha

8、ve to ring _ now. Goodbye.S: Goodbye.winhadnewwaitoffListen to the text.Ruth Bacon (RB) is asking her friend, Zhang Jie (ZJ), for advice.WHICH ONE SHOULD I CHOOSE?RB: Hello, is that Zhang Jie? This is Ruth. Im thinking of _ a new mobile phone. What do you suggest?ZJ: Hello Ruth. Im happy to _. Its l

9、ucky you could get through. Ive been having some _ with the line and I keep getting cut off. If the line goes _, ring me _ immediately on my mobile and it should be OK. Now what do you want your mobile to do?Listen again and fill in the blanks.buyinghelptroubledeadbackRB: Well, Ive _ about mobiles t

10、hat are computers and can videotape as well. Do you think theyre a _ idea?ZJ: Mmm. Yes, theyre _. I can use the Internet even when Im on the _.RB: So you _ one like that then?ZJ: _ necessarily. It seems therell be some new mobile phones _ on the market next year. Theyre going to be even _ powerful.h

11、eardgoodusefultrainsuggestNotcomingmoreRB: What are they going to do?ZJ: Oh, youve no idea what theyre _! These new phones will be able to _ your life. Theyre called _ phones because theyre the _ generation of mobile phones. They “think” for you.RB: How can they do that?planningorganize3GthirdZJ: We

12、ll, theyll be able to _ you plan a holiday. The phone will book air tickets and the hotel. _ itll pay for you.MB: Wow! Im _ sure Id be happy with that! I dont like the idea of a machine spending my _.ZJ: Well, many businesses _ use mobile phones to buy goods. They leave them to _ goods when they are

13、 at their _.helpThennotmoneyalreadyordercheapestRB: Do they really? Well, I _! What I need is a mobile to stop me _ important calls. I missed _ yesterday because my mobile was _ off. ZJ: You can have that too. Theres a new mobile coming out _ that will turn itself on _ important calls come through.n

14、evermissingthreeswitchedsoonwhenRB: Are you sure? _ thats the case, thats the one for _! Thank you, Zhang Jie, I think Ill _ for that one. Goodbye.ZJ: Goodbye.IfmewaitListen to the text.Ellie Smith (ES) is discussing with one of her friends Tang Ling (TL), what this invention by Leonardo might be. W

15、HAT CAN IT BE?ES: Look at this _! What do you think this is supposed to be?TL: I dont know! It doesnt say, _ lets see if we can work _ what it is.ES: OK. Now lets see. It looks a bit like a _ but has four wheels underneath.TL: Youre right, but when you look at the _ picture with the wheels, you can

16、see that it had a floor to _ onListen again and fill in the blanks.drawingbut tentsecondstandout and wheels below that. Do you think it was a roundabout for _? ES: Good thinking. But the way that he _ the wheels shows that it must have been for going _ and backwards, not round and round. No, I _ thi

17、nk it was a roundabout.TL: Lets look at it again. Do you think its made of _? The wheels seem to have handles to _ them.childrenplacedforwardsdontmetalmoveES: In that case it _ have been large enough for _ than one person. You would have needed _ people one to move each wheel. So it cannot be a tent

18、 as that is made of _.TL: Yes, I think youre right.ES: It also seems to have something like _ coming out of the body. Do you think they are for _?TL: Perhaps. That is _ as we know Leonardo was an artist.mustmorefourclothsticksdecorationpossibleES: Yes and if that were the case, perhaps it was for _ for the family. It could carry four people to move the w