# Intellectual property - 科目：雅思听力真题（Part 3） - 考频：中频 - 最近考试：2024.9.28 - 题目数：10 - 来源页：https://www.yaquan.site/paper/05bcc08c-76ac-4f6a-a4ef-e76ece760a83（在线机考练习与音频请访问该页面） - 数据更新：2026-10-29 ## 题目原文 00:00:00,740 Now turn to section three. 00:00:07,840 Section three. You will hear two business students talking about the research they have done into one area of business. First, you have some time to look at questions twenty-one to twenty-six. 00:00:32,520 Now listen carefully and answer questions twenty-one to twenty-six. 00:01:00,520 Okay, so let's look at what topic we've got for the next tutorial. Ah, intellectual property. That's anything that you produce from your own ideas or creative activity. It's like the property of your mind. 00:01:15,700 And we have to look at the different ways of legally protecting these ideas and inventions. 00:01:22,040 Right. We need to know what they are and be able to talk about them. You wanna start with copyright? 00:01:28,740 Yeah. It's the one I knew a bit about already. It's your right as the author or inventor lasting for seventy years after your death. It's free, and you don't even have to apply for it. 00:01:42,100 But it doesn't fit every situation, does it? Okay, what about some other kinds of registration? Hmm, I did some research on patents. 00:01:51,720 Right. A patent means no one else can financially benefit from your invention. 00:01:57,800 Right. It seems to be very costly to apply for. So you really need to know what you've invented is worth going through all the rigmarole for. 00:02:07,280 Well, I don't think it's something you can do without professional help. It's a very complicated process. 00:02:14,480 Let's have a look at trademarks next. We are both quite familiar with these. I mean, just think how well-known the logos of some companies are. They seem to really instill trust in a brand, and so they add millions of dollars to how much a company's worth. 00:02:31,720 And from what I've discovered, it doesn't seem to cost much to register trademarks either. Okay, so what's next? Ah, design. This has quite a specific meaning as it relates to how something looks and not how it works. I read it's standard for the big corporations that make mobile phones to register the design of their handsets, so they remain quite distinctive. 00:02:58,960 That's interesting. I wasn't aware of that. So how does design differ from the next category of protection? 00:03:06,420 You mean circuit? Well, circuits are a type of protection that safeguards original layout design for things like computer chips. So it's fairly narrow in its meaning, and it is quite limited as it can only be enforced in this country. 00:03:23,240 Yeah, the blueprint could be copied and reproduced in other countries, and the owner has no legal protection. So my view is, what's the point? 00:03:32,880 Maybe in time it will be recognized elsewhere. 00:03:36,600 I find the next category quite interesting. When I think of trade secrets, I immediately think of Granny Mae's Cookies. They've deliberately not patented their special recipes so that the other manufacturers don't know what the ingredients are. Hard for them to discover. 00:03:55,400 Yeah, but it must be difficult to maintain a trade secret because you have to make sure that all staff sign an agreement and stick to it if they leave. 00:04:05,860 That's true. Okay, so we're happy with what we've discussed with different types of intellectual property. 00:04:16,000 Before you hear the rest of the discussion, you have some time to look at questions twenty-seven to thirty. 00:04:30,100 Now listen and answer questions twenty-seven to thirty. 00:04:50,920 Next, we have to write up the process that one company uses to manage its intellectual property. 00:04:57,420 Yeah. In the company we looked at, there were certainly a lot of people involved in this process, from the research leader through to the commercialization committee. 00:05:08,240 Right. Well, it all gets initiated by the quarterly research report. This is produced by the... Let me look at my notes. The project leader. They have to write up the report with details of how they are meeting their research deadlines. 00:05:25,280 And they put details in it about changes in intellectual property, don't they? Things like they now realize that they are researching something that may be patentable after all, and they have to identify this as early as possible. 00:05:40,980 And do they send the report to an external expert at this stage? 00:05:45,340 No. They send it on to the commercialization committee, which consists of the program leader and an industry representative. They review the report bearing amendments to the intellectual property. 00:05:58,200 Right. Then from that review meeting, all the amendments are brought together and gone through by the delivery officer, who works out the most beneficial way to register the intellectual property. 00:06:11,840 Yes, this stage can take quite a long time. The project leader must get really frustrated by all this. If I've got this right, they then let the business manager know what has been decided, and it's at this point that the intellectual property gets taken out of the control of the research area, and it becomes more to do with the financial or commercial issues of registration. 00:06:37,000 Exactly. So if they feel that their proposal fits within the allocated budget for intellectual property and a likely return on the investment is worth it, they will then need to engage the help of a specialist in the field. It's extremely likely that they will find themselves ## 题目与答案 ### 21. copyright copyright - need to sign an additional contract - automatically applied - has no time limit - need assistance from specialists - not applicable overseas - increase the value of the company **答案**：automatically applied 原文定位：It's free, and you don't even have to apply for it ### 22. patent patent - need to sign an additional contract - automatically applied - has no time limit - need assistance from specialists - not applicable overseas - increase the value of the company **答案**：need assistance from specialists 原文定位：Well, I don't think it's something you can do without professional help. It's a very complicated process 同义替换：「need」↔「cannot do without」；「assistance」↔「professional help」 ### 23. trademarks trademarks - need to sign an additional contract - automatically applied - has no time limit - need assistance from specialists - not applicable overseas - increase the value of the company **答案**：increase the value of the company 原文定位：They seem to really instill trust in a brand, and so they add millions of dollars to how much a company's worth 同义替换：「increase the value of」↔「add millions of dollars to」 ### 24. design design - need to sign an additional contract - automatically applied - has no time limit - need assistance from specialists - not applicable overseas - increase the value of the company **答案**：make the products unique 原文定位：register the design of their handsets, so they remain quite distinctive ### 25. circuit circuit - need to sign an additional contract - automatically applied - has no time limit - need assistance from specialists - not applicable overseas - increase the value of the company **答案**：not applicable overseas 原文定位：Circuits;can only be enforced in this country;The blueprint could be copied and reproduced in other countries, and the owner has no legal protection 同义替换：「unique」↔「distinctive」 ### 26. trade secret trade secret - need to sign an additional contract - automatically applied - has no time limit - need assistance from specialists - not applicable overseas - increase the value of the company **答案**：need to sign an additional contract 原文定位：you have to make sure that all staff sign an agreement and stick to it if they leave 同义替换：「contract」↔「agreement」 ### 27. The process of intellectual property management quarterly research is written up by the 27_____ . The process of intellectual property management quarterly research is written up by the 27_____ . - the commercialization committee - a business manager - a research leader - an external export - a program leader - a project leaders **答案**：a project leaders 原文定位：This is produced by the;the project leader. They have to write up the report with details of how they are meeting their research deadlines ### 28. identify whether it is patentable deliver the report to 28_____ to make amendments identify whether it is patentable deliver the report to 28_____ to make amendments - the commercialization committee - a business manager - a research leader - an external export - a program leader - a project leaders **答案**：the commercialization committee 原文定位：They send it on to the commercialization committee, which consists of the program leader and an industry representative. They review the report bearing amendments to the intellectual property 同义替换：「deliver」↔「send」 ### 29. in the review meeting, 29_____ will check all the amendments in the review meeting, 29_____ will check all the amendments - the commercialization committee - a business manager - a research leader - an external export - a program leader - a project leaders **答案**：a delivery manager 原文定位：all the amendments are brought together and gone through by the delivery officer 同义替换：「check」↔「gone through」；「manager」↔「officer」 ### 30. The final decision will be sent to the 30_____ to analyze the cost of the whole process. The final decision will be sent to the 30_____ to analyze the cost of the whole process. - the commercialization committee - a business manager - a research leader - an external export - a program leader - a project leaders **答案**：a business manager 原文定位：they then let the business manager know what has been decided;it becomes more to do with the financial or commercial issues of registration 同义替换：「analyze the cost」↔「financial」 --- 以上内容由鸭圈雅思真题库（www.yaquan.site）提供，收录近期雅思考试真题回忆，支持在线机考模式免费练习。