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Unit25 At the conference

Lesson 98

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组织一次大型的医疗会议

organize a large medical conference

发出邀请

send out an invitation

到车站接某人

meet s.b. at the station

接通（电话）

get through

回电话

ring sb. back

重复某人的电话号码

repeat sb’s phone number

名单

a list of names

What happened to Dr Baker at the conference?

AT THE CONFERENCE (1)

"That's funny!" said Dr Baker to himself, looking at the invitation. "An invitation to the 199... Medical Conference in London. They don't usually invite me." He looked at his diary and found that he would be free that week. He decided to attend the meeting though he was still a bit surprised. He wondered why they had invited him. Dr Baker replied to the invitation, accepting it.

A few months later, Dr Baker arrived at the conference. He knew several people there. One or two of them were surprised to see him. "I didn't know you were coming," said one.On the morning of the second day of the conference, everybody was waiting in the main conference room for the speaker. She had not yet arrived. After about twenty minutes, one of the organizers of the conference came into the hall.

"Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention, please?" he said. "Dr Lively was going to give a talk this morning. I'm afraid her plane will be very late because of bad weather at the airport. So she will be unable to give her talk today. However, we are lucky to have another world-famous expert here at the conference. I hope very much that he will be able to give a talk on a different subject. If Dr Baker is in the hall, will he please make himself known to me?"

Dr Baker got up and went over to the organizer. “I'm Dr Baker," he said. “How can I help you?”

“Ah! Dr Baker, I'm so glad you're here. I'm looking for another speaker who could give a talk, as our main speaker can’t get here today. Would you mind giving a talk today about DNA?”

“About DNA?” said Dr Baker. “You must be joking! I know nothing at all about that subject.”

“But Dr Baker, you're world-famous.”

"You can't be serious!"

"Everybody knows that you're an expert on the subject. Everybody here has read

Peter Baker's 'Introduction to DNA'."

"That may be so," said Dr Baker. "But I'm not Peter Baker; I'm David Baker!"

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. Dr.Baker was surprised when he received the invitation because_________.

A. he hadn’t been invited to such a conference before

B. he knew the organizer had made some mistakes

C.he was asked to give a talk on DNA

D.the organizer took him for another person whose name was similar to his

A

2. The main speaker didn’t arrive on time because _____________.

A. she had changed her mind

B. she returned for her notes

C.she missed her plane

D.the weather was bad

D

3. It proved that Dr.Baker’s appearance at the conference was _________.

A.an unknown mistake B. a serious problem

C. a pleasant surprise D. a well-kept secret

C

4. Why did the organizer ask Dr. David Baker to give a talk on DNA ?

A. He knew the world-famous expert very well.

B. He thought he was another expert on DNA whose name was Peter Baker.

C. He just wanted to make fun of Dr.Baker.

D. He wanted to please the people there by telling a joke.

B

5. Which of the following statements is true ?

A. The organizer made the careless mistake.

B. David Baker also did research in DNA at college.

C. Dr. Lively was going to give a talk on ENT.

D. David was a bit angry at such a careless mistake.

C

6. Can you guess what will happen next year ?

A. The organizer will not invite Dr.Baker.

B.Dr.Baker will not come to their meeting .

C. They will not invite more experts to the meeting.

D. Dr.Baker will come to attend their meeting.

D

Do the correction exercises.

1.Dr.Baker was invited to the 199…Computer Conference in London.

2.Dr.Baker was not surprised because they usually invited him to such conferences.

3.Dr. Baker refused the invitation after he thought carefully about it.

4.Dr.Lively was coming to the conference by train.

5.The organizer took Dr.Baker for an expert on ENT.

6. David Baker was a world-famous expert on DNA.

Dr.Baker was invited to the 199…Medical Conference in London.

Dr.Baker was a bit surprised because they didn’t usually invited him to such conferences

Dr. Baker accepted the invitation after he thought carefully about it.

Dr.Lively was coming to the conference by plane.

The organizer took Dr.Baker for an expert on DNA.

David Baker was a world-famous expert on ENT.

Answer the questions according to the text.

1. Why was Dr. Baker surprised when he received the invitation?

2. Why did he decide to attend the meeting?

3. Why didn’t the speaker arrive on time?

4. What did the organizer ask Dr.Baker to do?

5. Was Dr.Baker an expert on DNA?

6. Why did the organizer ask Dr.Baker to give a talk on DNA?

Language points

A invitation

accept an invitation

receive an invitation

give sb. an invitation

refuse sb’s invitation

send out an invitation

at the invitation of sb.

on / upon invitation

an invitation to ( an activity )

an invitation from sb.