—Good morning. I' ve got an appointment with Miss Smith in the Personnel Department.
—Ah, good morning. You ( ) be Mrs. Peters.
So you’ve got an invention — you and around 39,000 others each year, according to 2002 statistics!
The 64,000-dollar question, if you have come up with a device which you believe to be the answer to the energy crisis or you’ve invented a lawnmower which cuts grass with a jet of water (not so daft, someone has invented one), is how to ensure you’re the one to reap the rewards of your ingenuity. How will all you garden shed boffins out there keep others from capitalizing on your ideas and lining their pockets at your expense
One of the first steps to protect your interest is to patent your invention. That can keep it out of the grasp of the pirates for at least the next 20 years. And for this reason inventors in their droves beat a constant trail from all over the country to the doors of an anonymous grey-fronted building just behind London’s Holborn to try and patent their devices.
The building houses the Patent Office. It&rsqu
A. keep their ideas from being stolen
B. reap the rewards of somebody else’s ingenuity
C. visit the patent office building
D. come up with more new devices
—Guess what, we've got our visas for a short-term visit to the UK this summer.
—How nice! You ()a different culture then.
M: Have you got any aspirin I’ve got a terrible headache.
W: I’ll just look. I think I’ve got some in my bag. Oh, no, sorry, I haven’t got any.
A——Employee relations
B——Basic salary
C——Night shift
D——Attendance book
E——Human resources management
F——Work permit
G——Employment injury insurance
H——Housing fund
I——Annual salary
J——Year-end bonus
K——Contract of service
L——Evaluation of employees
M——Sick leave
N——Coffee break
O——Unemployment insurance
P——Minimum wage
Q——Quality management
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