Unit 4
Making a proposal for
protecting intellectual property
Discussion
Have you ever downloaded
a song or a film from the
Internet?
Did you pay for the music or
the film?
Why do you think copying
films and music without
permission is a crime?
It is illegal to copy
intellectual property without
permission. Intellectual
property is protected by law.
Intellectual property
Industrial
property
Copyright
inventions
novels
trade
marks
films
industrial
designs
artwork
music
architectur
al designs
Fast Reading
Read the passage and summarize
the main idea of each part.
Part 1 The definition
_________ of
intellectual property.
Part 2 The reasons
________
for
protecting intellectual property.
Part 3 The current problems we
are facing.
Part 4 The possible solutions
_______ to
the problems.
Read and try to answer these questions.
1. What is intellectual property?
(no more than 13 words)
2. Why is it considered
necessary to protect intellectual
property?(no more than 13
words)
3. What are the common ways
in which people affect
intellectual property rights (no
more than 16 words)?
Read and try to answer these
questions.
1. What is intellectual
property?
It refers to the ideas that
belong to a person,
organization or company.
2. Why is it considered
necessary
to
protect
intellectual property?
Research and development
is important and ideas are
more
valuable
in
the
physical world.
3. What are the common
ways in which people affect
intellectual property rights
(no more than 16 words)?
People have downloaded
videos free from the
Internet or they have
copied and shared
computer software.
Careful Reading
Fill in the blanks with no
more than 3 words
according to the passage
1. __________
Ideas, including inventions, 2. _________, drawings,
symbols, designs, novels, films and music.
3. _______ for ●If a company spends money researching and
protection
developing new products, that company should
be4. ________ for its work.
●Ideas are of greater 5.______ than many material
things.
Problems
8. _______ to
take
●Short of 6. _________ to protect IP in some
countries.
●Lacking of 7. _________ of IP among people.
9._______
Companies
●Never buy pirated products or
download music or film illegally.
●Buy CDs or DVDs in trustworthy
shops rather than download them
illegally or buy pirated version.
●Take steps to protect themselves
against piracy including ______ free
material to discourage piracy.
●Take people to court for piracy and
fine them if necessary.
Definition
patents
paid
laws
Reasons
value
recognition
Measures
consumers
offering
Important Phrases
研发新产品
research and develop new
products(L10)
应该受到支付
deserve to be paid for it(9)
保护知识产权
protect intellectual property(6)
物质世界
physical world(13)
原材料
raw material(13)
增加价值
added value(15)
使生效，实施
put into effect(29)
盗版音乐与软件
pirated music and software(50)
接受道歉
accept an apology(57)
随着…的发展
with the development of(43)
免费下载视频
download videos free
from the Internet(37)
促进国际贸易进展顺利
smooth the progress of
international trade（26）
制定计划
work out a proposal（part B）
把理论应用于实际
apply the theory to practice
面对
be faced with(36)
努力干…
in an effort to
行李被海关检查
luggage be inspected by customs(30)
检查街边货摊
check street stands(32)
防止被复制
keep them from being copied(53)
推进与盗版的斗争
further the fight against piracy(53)
只在于，目的是
be aimed at(Part B)
把某人带上法庭
take sb to court(52)
仿写句子
1. 很多国家通过法律使没有给原
创做人付费而复制其知识产权（的
行为）成为非法。
Laws have been passed in
make
most countries to______
_____
_____ to copy _________
it illegal
intellectual
property without paying the
_________
person who created the
material.
2. 给这些原材料附加值的是使用的
技术。
What
________gives
added value _____
to
these raw material, then, is
the technology _________.
used
3. 属于这个组织的条件之一是这些法
律必须在成员国有效。
One of the conditions of
_________
belonging_____
to the organization
is that these laws must be
put into
effect
_____
______
______ by member
countries.
4. 人们应该在值得信赖的商店购买
CD和DVD，而不是免费下载或者购
买盗版，以帮助推动反对侵犯知识产
权的斗争。
To
______help
further the fight
________
against
_______
the
intellectual
property theft, people should
buy CDs and DVDs from
respected shops instead of
downloading them free or
buying ________
pirated _______.
version