Usinglanguage高中英语选修8Unit3浅析.ppt

他认为人应该保持一颗好奇心，他最著名的一名话是: “偶尔离开平路，去寻求困境。当你这么做的时候，你一定会发现你从未见过的东西。跟踪下去，不断探索，不知不觉中，你就会发现某种值得思考的东西占据着你的头脑。所有真正伟大的发现都是思考的结果。” R: Hang on a moment. Putting you through, caller! E: Hello. Dr Brown speaking. How can I help you? S : My name is Zhou Rui. I’d like to talk to somebody about joining your company as an engineer. I’d really like to know what I need to work in the James Dyson Company. (2) adj. 时下的, 当今的, 流行的, 通用的 e.g. Most of the old are interested in current events. 大部分老年人都对时事感兴趣。 They are expecting profits of over $2 million in the current year. 他们期望今年的利润超过二百万美元。 The word is no longer in current use. 这个词已不再使用。 5. The patent was given in 1876, but it was not until five days later that Bell sent his first telephone message to his assistant, Watson. 这项专利是1876年发布的，但是贝尔是在5天之后才跟他的助手华生通了第一次电话。 It is/was not until … that …. 这是强调not until引导的时间状语从句句型。 e.g. It was not until he finished his homework that he went to bed. 6. Being very stable, it has proved invaluable in the design of bridges. (四面体)十分稳定牢固, 在桥梁设计 领域的价值难以估量。 Being very stable, 是Because it is very stable 的省略句, 它在句中作原因状语。 stable: e.g. 1. The patient’s condition is stable. 患者病情稳定。 2. The ladder doesn’t seem very stable. 这架梯子好像不太稳。 a stable relationship 稳定的关系 adj. 稳固的；稳定的；牢固的 Zhou Rui has decided to do a project on a living British inventor called James Dyson. So he telephoned Dyson’s company in England to interview one of its engineers about the great man’s ideas. Listening and speaking James Dyson 工业设计师, 发明家, 真空吸尘器的发明者。戴森工业的创始人。 1. Listen to the tape and tick the words you hear. □ washing machine □ drum □ refrigerator □ bicycle □ carpet cleaner □court √ √ √ √ Washing machine James Dyson’s improvement The Problem Object Washing machines at that time do not clean the clothes as well as by hand. He invented a machine using two drums which move in opposite