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Unit18InventionsWhatwillyouthinkofnext?ThomasEdisonBellandhistelephoneSkimming1.Writenumbers1-6beforeeachpara.2.Findoutfourthinkingstrategiesinthepassage.ThinkoutsidetheboxTakeanotherlookatitMakeconnectionsKeeptrying1.Whatiscreativityaccordingtothetext?Creativityisnotaboutgettinghightestscores,havingahighIQorbeingsmart.Instead,itisoneofthemosthighlyvaluedskillsinsociety,isamatterofhabits.Para.11.Aplanecrashed.Whywasnobodyintheplaneinjured?2.Whenwecutacornerfromasquare-shapeddeskwithfourcorners,howmanycornersareleft?Allthepeopleintheplanedied.Five.Thinkoutsidethebox1.Whatisto“thinkoutsidethebox”?Totrynewwaystosolveaproblem.Para.22.What’stheauthor’sopinionaboutpartialsolutionsandfailures?Partialsolutions,andevenfailures,giveusmoreinformationandcluesthathelpusmovetowardsabettersolution.1.Ifwelookatproblemsinasmanywaysaspossible,wemayA.findsolutionsthatwouldotherwiseremaininvisibleB.havedifferentattemptsandfalsestartsC.improveourunderstandingD.makeourideasvisiblePara.3TakeanotherlookatitAretheeyesofthesameheight?Yes!+videophone+heatingwireselectricblanketMakeconnections1.Howdocreativethinkersusuallythinkofnewapplicationsandsolutions?BycomparingandconnectingideasandobjectsinnewwaysPara.4Whydidsomegreatinventorsforcethemselvestodevelopnewideasevenwhentheyweretiredordidnotfeelinspired?Theyallknewthatforeachnewinventionthatworks,thereareatleastten(inventions)thatdonot(work).Para.5-6MadameCurieworkedhardallherlifetodiscoverPoloniumandRadium.IttookEdison15yearstoinventlightbulb.PostreadingDecideTrueorFalse1MostinventorshavehighIQs.2Thethingsweknowcansometimesmakeitmoredifficultforustounderstand.3It’simpossibletolearnhowtobecreative.4Thebestwaytofindagoodsolutionistolookforonegoodanswer.5Inventorstrytoavoidfailure.6Themorewayswehaveoflookingataproblem,themorelikelyitisthatwecanfindasolution.7Mostgoodideasaretheresultofalongprocessoftrialanderror.FFFFTTTTheexampleshavebeenmixedup.Canyouplacethemintherightparagraph?1.AccordingtoLeonardodaVinci,problemswhichhasseemedimpossiblecouldbesolvedifhechangedthewayhedescribedtheproblem.2.ThomasEdisonmadearulesayingthathehadtomakeaninventioneverytenyears.3.Einstein,whochangedtheworldofphysicsforeverwithhisTheoryofRelativity,preferredimagestonumbers.4.SamuelMorse,themanwhoinventedthetelegraph,gothisideabywatchingariderexchangeatiredhorseforanewone.(para2)(para5)(para3)(para4)Homework:1.Copytheusefulexpressionsfortwotimes.2.FinishpartIIof38’inUnit18.