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B: No? P: No, you see, there’s another, more serious, problem Listen to Dialogue1 on the tape and answer the questions below are the advantages of Mr. Jones’ new invention? 2. How does it work? 3. What can it be used for? 4. Why does the patent officer not want to give Mr. Jones a patent? The new invention is clean and cheap. It’s a vehicle that doesn’t need an engine or fuel. the vehicle is powered by the person who uses it. The invention can be used as a means of transportation, instead of cars and buses. The patent officer won’t give the man a patent because the vehicle described by the inventor has already been invented – it’s a bikebike twowheel car. Listen to Dialogue2 on the tape and answer the questions below has Mr. Butler invented? 2. Why did he invent it? 3. How does it work? 4. Why does the patent officer not want give Mr. Butler a patent? He invented a device for helping people carry heavy objects. He was tired of carrying heavy grocery bags/ He got the idea when he saw a woman carrying some heavy bags. If you put the bags into a large bucket of water. The bags will float and you won’t have to carry them. The patent officer won’t give the man a patent because his idea doesn’t work you would still have to carry the large buckets 。instead you simply push these things here with your ______. … … means expensive noisy pollute fuel wheels engine feet 。 P:the patent officer … … J:,it’s great! It’s an invention that will change the :cars and buses are good ______of transportation,right?But they are ________ and ____ and they ________the a new means of transportation that lets people travel without a sound, that doesn’t need any _____,and that doesn’t pollute the air. P: Hmm,sounds on please. J: Well,My invention is a vehicle(交通工具) with two _____ in stead of doesn’t have an ______