高中英语 Unit 3 Inventors and inventions Listening练习 新人教版选修8.docVIP

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: Good 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 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 ______ in it. ZR: So what 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 the 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 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 _______ 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