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人教版B8U3 Inventors and inventions
Using language Listening and Speaking
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printing
gunpowder
paper-making
New four great inventions
high-speed railways, electronic payments,
shared bicycles and online shopping.
作为一家英国创新科技公司和无尘袋吸尘器发明者,戴森致力于设计和研发能用科技来简化人们生活的产品。
James Dyson
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 to the text.
Listening and speaking on P26
Listen to the tape and tick the words you hear.
washing machine
bicycle
carpet cleaner
court
refrigerator
drum
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S: Hello, can I speak to Zhou Rui please?
This is Dr Smith.
ZR: Good morning, Dr Smith. How kind
of you to _____ me _____! Would you
mind if I asked you a few questions
about James Dyson’s_______ .
S: Not at all. I’d be happy to talk about our
company and our founder, James Dyson.
He’s an ________ who takes everyday
_______, like washing machines, and
Listen again and fill in the blanks.
back
inventor
inventions
products
ring
makes them work better.
ZR: I see. Why did he _________ the
washing machine?
S: He found that clothes were not as clean
from a washing machine as those
washed ______ ______.
ZR: Really? Is that true ?
S: Yes, because most machines have one
large ______ and the clothes go round
and round in it.
ZR: So what did he do to improve that?
improve
drum
by
hand
S: This is a clever part. James Dyson ______ a system with two drums in the same machine. Together they are the same size 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 cleaner .
ZR: Was it easy to design ?
invented
differently
direction
S: No. It took many working models
before Mr Dyson was satisfied.
ZR: How long did it take him?
S: I’m not sure. But I do know that
inventing a new ______ ______ took five
years before he was happy with it.
ZR: Wow! I didn’t realize that it took that
long.
carpet
cleaner
S: And of course he had to ______ for
_______ for all of the new parts he’d
designed. You must do that to protect
your ideas.
ZR: Has that been a problem?
S: Well, in the early years, James Dyson
found that a large company making
carpet cleaners in America was ______ his ideas. He had to go to _______ to
protect his invention.
apply
patents
court
copying
ZR: Did he win?
S: Yes, in the end the company had to
pay us a lot of money.
ZR: What new 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 ____ ____ now. Goodbye.
S: Goodbye.
wait
ring
off
Washing machines at that time do not clean the clothes as well as washed by hand
He invented a machine using two drums which move in opposite directions
Make notes on James Dyson’s invention.
Object The problem James Dyson’s improvement
Washing machine
1. “Like everyone we get frustrated by products that don’t work properly. As design engineers we do something about it. We’re all about invention and improvement.”
James Dyson 123:
2.Quotes By James Dyson
2.Manufacturing is more than just putting parts together. It's coming up with ideas, testing principles and perfecting the engineering, as well as final assembly(装配) .
1.When you can't compete on cost, compete on quality.
3.Enjoy failure and learn from it. You can never learn from success.
4.You need a stubborn belief in an idea in order to see it realized.
https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/james_dyson
3. James Dyson is chairman of consumer products innovator (创新者). Dyson, whose 58 products generated (生成)$4.8 billion in sales in 2017.
Frustrated with his family's vacuum, Dyson set out
(invent) a better version in 1978 (use) a cyclone (旋风分离器) to lift dirt. After five years of testing?,Dyson's first vacuum cleaner was invented. It
was powerful that its inner-cyclone mechanism separated air and dust at speed of 924 mph and could pull cigarette smoke from the air.
Dyson (employ) 3,500 engineers around the world and says it invests about $10 million a week in product development. September 2017, Dyson revealed that its own electric car, will cost $2.7 billion in R&D , will launch in 2020.
, Dyson, who attended art school in London, does not have an engineering degree.
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Thinking:
Do you think what kind of person James Dyson is ?
As students, what can we learn from him?
Suppose from the newspaper, you know that Dyson’s company will offer a summer job for students who are interested in inventing. And you are going to apply for the job in Dyson’s company, now you are ringing up one of his engineers to ask what kind of person heshe needs.
Speaking:
Which extension…, please?
Can I speak to …, please?
Hold the line, please.
Hang on, please.
Just a moment, please.
I’m sorry, but this phone is out of order.
Useful expressions:
I can’t get through.
Sorry. He/She isn’t here right now.
Can I ring back later?
I’ll ring him/her up again.
I must ring off now because …
1.Find more information about James Dyson from the Internet.
2.Make a poster about Dyson or your favorite inventor and hisher inventions.