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Unit 3 Inventors and inventions Period 5 Using Language II Listening and writing Teaching aims: 1. To enable the students to understand the listening text. 2. To help students learn how to write a cover letter. 3. To inspire students to think up more useful expressions which can use in the composition. 4. To develop students’ ability of expressing their ideas.

Teaching important and difficult points: 1. The under standing of the listening text on the tape. 2. How to write a cover letter. Teaching procedures: Step 1 Greetings

Greet the whole class as usual. Step 2 Lead in

Today, we are going to finish the tasks in this period. Please turn to page 26, read the short passage.

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.

Before our listening, let’s have a background introduction.

James Dyson is a British inventor, industrial designer and founder of the Dyson company. He is best known as the inventor of the vacuum cleaner.

Step 3 Listening

Now, Listen to the text and complete the task 1.

Task1 tick the words you hear.

GOOD DESIGN IS PRACTICAL

Zhou Rui (ZR) made a phone call to Dr Smith (S), an engineer who works for James Dyson. Now Dr Smith is ringing him back. answer for the exercise: washing machine

drum

carpet cleaner

court Task 2 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 _____ and see!

ZR: Thank you very much and I’m afraid I shall have to ring ____ now. Goodbye. S: Goodbye. Suggested answers:

Step 4 Writing Task Now please read the letter to James Dyson asking him for a job at his company on page 27 and summarize how to write a cover letter.

Step 5 Summary Let students summarize how to write a cover letter. 1. Salutation

2. Reason for writing 3. Personal details and experiences 4. Finish the letter in a formal way 5. Close 6. Applicant’s signature

Step 6 Practice

we have already known how to write a letter, let’s write a letter to practice.

假如你是李华,请根据下列写作内容写一封求职信。

[写作内容]

1.

熟悉环保知识,具有环保意识; 2.

待人友好,容易相处; 3.

性格外向,善于与人交流; 4.

英语流利,在去年学校的英语演讲比赛中荣获一等奖; 5.

身体健康,能够适应长时间户外活动。

[写作要求]只能使用5个句子表达全部内容（注意：已给出的句子不计算在5个句子之内）

书信开头如下：

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing to apply for the position, the volunteer for the “ caring-for-the-earth” activity, because I am quite interested in it and feel that I am fit for the job.

......

Yours sincerely, Li Hua

Step 7 brainstorm time

Let students say some useful expressions and structures and bring some inspirations one another. Then, ask some students show their sentences in class. Step 8 Writing and Show

Give students some minutes to complete their composition and ask two students read their letter. Step 9 Homework Finish the letter after class, revise it and make a final version. Step 10 The design of writing on the blackboard Unit 3 Inventors and inventions Period 5 Using Language II Listening and writing How to writing a cover letter 1. Salutation

4. Finish the letter in a formal wa 2. Reason for writing

5. Close 3. Personal details and experiences

6. Applicant’s signature