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Using Language
GOOD DESIGN IS PRACTICAL
Zhou 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 again and fill in the blanks.
S: Hello, can I _____ to Zhou Rui please? This is Dr Smith.
ZR: Goo
2、d morning, Dr Smith. How kind of you to ring me _____! Would you mind if I asked you a _____ questions about James Dyson’s inventions.
S: Not at all. I’d be happy to talk about our company and our _______, James Dyson. He’s an ________ who takes everyday products, like washing machines, and makes t
3、hem 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 ______ in it.
ZR: So what
4、 did he do to improve that?
S: 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 it’s more like hand-washing and th
5、e clothes come out _______.
ZR: Was it ______ to design?
S: No. It took many working _______ before Mr Dyson was _________.
ZR: How ______ did it take him?
S: I’m not sure. But I do know that inventing a new ______ cleaner took five years before he was happy _____ it.
ZR: Wow! I didn’t realize
6、that it took that _____!
S: And of course he had to ______ for patents for all of the new parts he’d 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 was _____
7、__ his ideas. He had to go to court to protect his _________.
ZR: Did he _____?
S: Yes, in the end the company ____ to pay us a lot of money.
ZR: What _____ ideas does James Dyson have?
S: I’m sorry but you’ll just have to _____ and see!
ZR: Thank you very much and I’m afraid I shall have to r
8、ing ____ now. Goodbye.
S: Goodbye.
Workbook-Listening
WHICH ONE SHOULD I CHOOSE?
Ruth Bacon (RB) is asking her friend, Zhang Jie (ZJ), for advice.
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Listen again and fill in the blanks.
RB: Hello, is that Zhang Jie? This is Ruth. I’m thinking of _______ a new mobile phone. What do you
9、 suggest?
ZJ: Hello Ruth. I’m happy to _____. It’s lucky you could get through. I’ve 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?
RB: Well, I’ve _____ abo
10、ut mobiles that are computers and can videotape as well. Do you think they’re a _____ idea?
ZJ: Mmm. Yes, they’re ______. I can use the Internet even when I’m on the ____.
RB: So you ________ one like that then?
ZJ: ____ necessarily. It seems there’ll be some new mobile phones _______ on the mark
11、et next year. They’re going to be even ______ powerful.
RB: What are they going to do?
ZJ: Oh, you’ve no idea what they’re ________! These new phones will be able to ________ your life. They’re called ___ phones because they’re the _____ generation of mobile phones. They “think” for you.
RB: How
12、can they do that?
ZJ: Well, they’ll be able to _____ you plan a holiday. The phone will book air tickets and the hotel. ______ it’ll pay for you.
MB: Wow! I’m ___ sure I’d be happy with that! I don’t like the idea of a machine spending my _______.
ZJ: Well, many businesses ________ use mobile pho
13、nes to buy goods. They leave them to ______ goods when they are at their __________.
RB: 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. There’s a new mobile comin
14、g out _____ that will turn itself on ______ important calls come through.
RB: Are you sure? ____ that’s the case, that’s the one for ____! Thank you, Zhang Jie, I think I’ll _____ for that one. Goodbye.
ZJ: Goodbye.
Workbook-Listening Task
WHAT CAN IT BE?
Ellie Smith (ES) is discussing with one
15、 of her friends Tang Ling (TL), what this invention by Leonardo might be.
Listen again and fill in the blanks.
ES: Look at this _________! What do you think this is supposed to be?
TL: I don’t know! It doesn’t say, _____ let’s see if we can work _____ what it is.
ES: OK. Now let’s see. It looks
16、 a bit like a _____ but has four wheels underneath.
TL: You’re right, but when you look at the _______ picture with the wheels, you can see that it had a floor to _____ on and wheels below that. Do you think it was a roundabout for _________?
ES: Good thinking. But the way that he ______ the
17、wheels shows that it must have been for going _________ and backwards, not round and round. No, I _______ think it was a roundabout.
TL: Let’s look at it again. Do you think it’s made of ______? The wheels seem to have handles to ______ them.
ES: In that case it ______ have been large enough for _
18、____ than one person. You would have needed _____ people — one to move each wheel. So it cannot be a tent as that is made of _____.
TL: Yes, I think you’re right.
ES: It also seems to have something like ______ coming out of the body. Do you think they are for __________?
TL: Perhaps. That is ___
19、_____ as we know Leonardo was an artist.
ES: Yes and if that were the case, perhaps it was for ____ for the family. It could carry four people to move the wheels and then ________ one or two children to help. Maybe six _________.
TL: Wow! So it must have been made of metal. ________ else could car
20、ry all that weight.
ES: True! The wheels must be made of ______ or metal.
TL: Do you think it’s a caravan?
ES: Yes, that makes _____. It would be big _______ but there doesn’t seem to be any room to ______ in it. And it wouldn’t be very easy to _____ for the night. So perhaps it was an _____ car?
TL: Well, let’s look in the __________. Oh no — it seems you’re not correct.
ES: Gracious. So what on _____ can it be?
TL: Think again about Leonardo’s ____. Can’t you guess?
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2014-2015學(xué)年高中英語 Unit 3 Inventors and inventions Listening練習(xí) 新人教版選修
