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Unit18InventionsWhatwillyouthinkofnext?ThomasEdisoninventedtheelectricbulbNewtonthetheoryofgravityJamesWattsteamerThesegreatthinkershaveusedtheircreativityandimaginationtochangetheworld.1.Arethesepeopleborncreative?2.Doyouhavetobeveryintelligenttobeaninventor?Discussion1.Aresomepeopleborncreative?Howcanwebecomemorecreative?2.Doyouhavetobeveryintelligenttobeaninventor?3.Howmanythinkingstrategiesarementionedinthetext?Whatarethey?Fast-ReadingReadthefirstparagraphandthesubtitlesfastandthentrytofindouttheanswerstothesequestions1Arethesepeopleborncreative?Howcanwebecomemorecreative?2Doyouhavetobeveryintelligenttobeaninventor?No,wecanbecomemorecreativebythinkingaboutthewaywethinkandpracticinggoodthinkingstrategies.No.Becauseonlysomeofthethinkersdidwellinschool.Andcreativityisnotaboutgettinghighscores,havingahighIQorbeingsmart.4thinkingstrategiesThinkoutsidethebox框外思维Makeconnections联想Keeptrying不断实验Takeanotherlookatit换个角度看问题3.Howmanythinkingstrategiesarementionedinthetext?Whatarethey?CarefulReadingReadthepassagemorecarefullyandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.Whatdoesthinkoutsidetheboxmean?2.Whydoweneedtotakeanotherlookatit?Whatdoestheworditreferto?3.Whyisitnecessaryforcreativethinkerstocombinenewandoldideasinasmanydifferentwaysaspossible?4.Howdoyouunderstandgoodideasarenoaccident?1.Aplanecrashed.Whynobodyintheplanewasinjured?Allthepeopleintheplanedied.2.Whycanafrogjumphigherthanatree?Atreecan’tjump.Paragraph2Totrynewwaystosolveaproblem.Whatis“tothinkoutsidethebox”?Trytoanswerthisquestionsbythinkingoutsidethebox3Whydoweneedtotakeanotherlookatit?Whatdoestheworditreferto?Bylookingataprobleminasmanywaysaspossible,creativethinkerscanfindsolutionsthatwouldotherwiseremaininvisible.What'smore,eachnewwayoflookingatasituationimprovesourunderstandingandmakesiteasiertodiscovernewpossibilities.Itreferstotheproblem.Paragraph3Forgetaboutthenumbers…Let’sdraw!Examplesoftakinganotherlookatit4Whyisitnecessaryforcreativethinkerstocombinenewandoldideasinasmanydifferentwaysaspossible?Ifweconnectnewideastoonlyoneareaofourpreviousknowledge,itiseasytolimitthepossibilitiesofanewidea.Bycomparingandconnectingideasandobjectsinnewways,creativethinkersareabletothinkofnewapplicationsandsolutions.Paragraph4Wehavesuccessfullymademanyinventions,usingconnection.Herearesomeexamples:+++storagebatteryelectricalmachinery(电机)electricallyoperatedbikevideophoneWilltheseinventionsbepossible?+Plikewhcow1.HowdoyouunderstandGoodideasarenoaccident?Paragraph5-6Goodideasaretheresultofalongprocessoftrialanderror.MadameCurieworkedhardallherlifetodiscoverPoloniumandRadium.IttookEdison15yearstoinventlightbulb.Canyouplacethemixedexamplesintherightparagraph?1.AccordingtoLeonardodaVinci,problemswhichhasseemedimpossiblecouldbesolvedifhechangedthewayhedescribedtheproblem.2.ThomasEdisonmadearulesayingthathehadtomakeaninventioneverytendays.3.Einstein,whochangedtheworldofphysicsforeverwithhisTheoryofRelativity,preferredimagestonumbers4.SamuelMorse,themanwhoinventedthetelegraph,gothisideabywatchingariderexchangeatiredhorseforanewone.(para2-----thinkoutsidethebox)(para5-----keeptrying)(para3-----takeanotherlookatit)(para4-----makeconnections)Homework1.Readthepassageagainandfindoutsomesentencesandphrasesyoudon’tunderstand.2.Retellthetextwithabout120words.Let’sthink!Let’screate!Let’sinvent!Letournationbestronger!Thankyouforyourattention!