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RevisionUnit18InventionsDictationOurabilitytocomeupwithgodideasorsolutionsislimitedbythewaywenormallythink.Creativethinkerstrytobreakawayfromtheirnormalpatternsofthought–“thebox”–inordertosolvedifficultproblems.Theyalsorealizethatpartialanswersandevenfailureshelpusbetterunderstandaproblem.Revisionofthetext1.Takeanotherlookatit.Ourperceptionofthingscanalsobealimitingfactor.Ifweonlyviewaprobleminoneway,wemaynotbeabletosolveit.Greatthinkersliketousedifferentwaystolookataproblem–usingpictures,words,numbers,modelsetc.2.Keeptrying.Themoreideasaninventorexamines,themorelikelyheorsheistofindagoodone.Greatinventionsarerarelytheresultofasuddenflashofgenius,butrathertendtocomeafteralongseriesoftrialanderror.Manyfamousinventorsforcedthemselvestokeepthinkingandmakingnewinventionsevenwhentheydidnotfeelinspired.Wordstudy1.我们所知道的东西和我们已经学到手的东西也可能限制我们的思维。Whatweknowandwhatwehavelearntmayalsolimitourthinking.limit(1)vt.限制,限定limit+n.+(ton.)limited医生限制我的饭量.妈妈限制我们每人吃一块蛋糕.ThedoctorlimitstheamountoffoodthatIeat.Mymotherlimitedustoonecakeeach.(2)n.限制,限定Thereisalimittoeverything.gobeyond/overthelimitsetalimittowithoutlimittothelimitofreachthelimitofone’spatience凡事都有限度.超过限度限制,控制无限制地到…极限达到了忍无可忍的地步withoutlimittothelimitofoverthelimitYoucan’tdrink____________.Theteamperformed_____________itscapabilities.Youcan’tdrive–you’re_____________.2.正如突破常规思考一样，这个换个角度看问题的过程涉及到一系列不同的尝试和一些错误的开端。Aswiththinkingoutsidethebox,theprocessincludesaseriesofdifferentattemptsandseveralfalsestarts.attempt(1)vt.=tryattemptsth./attempttodosth.Theyhaveattemptedadifficulttask.Iattemptedtofinishreadingthenovelinonehour.他们已经开始了一项艰难的工作.我试图在一小时读完这本小说.(2)n.theactoftryinginone’s/anattempttodomakeanattempttodo/atmakeanattemptonatthefirstattempt试图;力图打算…;试图…试图夺取inanattempttomadeanattempttomadeanattemptonTwofactorieswereclosed_______________cutcosts.He___________________passtheexam,butitwastoodifficult.Someonehas______________________thePresident’slife.(3)adj.attempted未遂的（2004江苏高考）Amanisbeingquestionedinrelationtothe_______murderlastnight.A.advisedB.attendedC.attemptedD.admittedC3.伟大的科学家了解到这一点，并且设法把新的思想和旧的知识以尽可能多的不同方式联系起来。Greatthinkersareawareofthisandtrytocombinenewandoldideasinasmanydifferentwaysaspossible.awareadj.(表语形容词)awarenessn.beawareofsb./sth.that-clausewh-clausemakesb.awarethat…of…1).他觉察到了风险/危险/威胁.2).他发觉有东西烧着了.3).我知道他在打什么主意.4).AsfarasI’maware,nobodyhasdoneanythingaboutit.raise/increasepublicawarenessofsth.agreater/agrowing/anincreasingawarenessofsth.Heisawareoftherisk./danger./threat.Hebecameawarethatsomethingwasburning.Iwasawareofwhathewasaimingat.据我所知,尚无人对此采取任何措施.加强/增强公众对某事物的意识对某事物更大的/日益增长的/愈来愈大的兴趣Phrases18.发明家常常会换一种说法来表述一个问题,考虑那些具有创造性的解决办法,尝试一些”不可能”或者”不实际的”解决办法.Inventorsoftenrephraseaproblemtoallowforcreativesolutionsandalsotry“impossible”or“crazy”solutions.allowforsth./sb.allowofsth.alllowsb.todosth.doingsth.sb.sththat…考虑到;把…算在内允许某人干某事允许干某事容许承认…给予某人某物1)把火车晚点考虑在内我们应该在10点半之前回来.2)她不可以在外呆的很晚.3)大厅内不许抽烟.4)我承认他是一个能干的人.Allowingforthetrainbeinglate,weshouldbebackby10:30.Sheisnotallowedtostayoutlate.Smokingisnotallowedinthehall.Iallowthatheisanableman.19.如果我们只找正确答案,拒绝那些不能给我们完整答案的想法,那么我们就可能被框住.Ifwelookonlyforthecorrectanswerandrejectideasthatdonotprovideacompleteanswer,wemaygetstuck.getstuck被困住;陷入我在拼写一个字谜中的词时被卡住了.Sarah,hurryup.I’mafraidyoucan’thavetimeto_____beforetheparty.A.getchangedB.getchangeC.getchangingD.gettochangeIgotstuckwhenIspeltawordinacrosswordpuzzle.Agetbeatengetdressed/undressedgetcaughtintheraingetangry/bored/hungry/worried,etc.挨揍穿上/脱下衣服遇上雨/被雨淋了发怒/生厌/饥饿/不安Sentencestructures1.Instead,itseemsthatcreativethinking,(whichisoneofthemosthighlyvaluedskillsinsociety,)isamatterofhabits.2.Knowledgeandlearningareimportantifwewanttobesuccessful,butwemustrealisethatwhatweknowandwhatwehavelearntmayalsolimitourthinking.3.Itiscertainlytruethatcomputers,cellphonesanddigitalcamerashavebecomepartofoureverydaylife.4.[Anywherewego],wecanheartheringingofacellphone,thetappingofakeyboardortheclickingofamouse.5.Wearesaidtobelivinginthe“InformationAge”,atimeofnewdiscoveriesandgreatchanges.6.Afterall,whatmakesanewinventionsuchawonderfulthingisthatitallowsustodosomethingwecouldnotdobefore.7.[Nowthatwearedevelopingnewtechnologyatsuchahighpace],thetruechallengeistofindnewwaystousingit.8.Therealfunctionwillonlybeknown[oncewediscovernewwaysofthinkingaboutthetechnology].Multiplechoices1-6AAACAAAnswerstothedialoguefrompleasedcalledexpectingworkinginterestedcooperatingoptimisticachieveplanningWritingTheComputeroftheFutureThecomputeristhemostexcitinginventionofthe20thcentury.Eversincethefirstcomputerwasbuilt,eachnewcomputerhasbeensmaller,faster,andmorepowerful.Mostmoderndesktopcomputerscanperformoperationsthatonlysupercomputerscoulddointhepast.Thetrendwillnodoubtcontinue,butjusthowsmallandfastcancomputersget?Willwegetcomputersthataresosmallthatthey“disappear”,thatis,willtheybecomesosmallthatwewillwearthemorhavetheminsideourbody?Ithinkit’spossiblethatfuturePCswillbemadeofsomethingotherthanplasticandglass.Thecomputerwillnolongerbeathinginyourhouse,butinsteadsomethingverysmallthatyoubringwithyouw