高中英语 Unit 3 Inventors and inventions Listening练习 新人教版选修8(1).doc

using languagegood 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 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 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 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 its 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: im not sure. but i do know that inventing a new _ cleaner took five years before he was happy _ it.zr: wow! i didnt realize that it took that _! s: 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 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: im sorry but youll just have to _ and see! zr: thank you very much and im afraid i shall have to ring _ now. goodbye.s: goodbye.workbook-listeningwhich one should i choose?ruth bacon (rb) is asking her friend, zhang jie (zj), for advice.listen again and fill in the blanks.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 lucky 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?rb: well, ive _ about mobiles that 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.rb: 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?zj: well, 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 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. theres a new mobile coming out _ that will turn itself on _ important calls come through.rb: are you sure? _ thats the case, thats the one for _! thank you, zhang jie, i think ill _ for that one. goodbye.zj: goodbye.workbook-listening taskwhat can it be?ellie smith (es) is discussing with one 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 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 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 wheels shows that it must have been for going _ and backwards, not round and round. no, i _ think it was a roundabout.tl: lets look at it again. do you think its made of _? the wheels seem to have handles to _ them.es: 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 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.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 carry all that weight.es: true! the wheels must be made of _ or metal.tl: do you think its a caravan?es: yes, that makes _. it would be big _ but