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1、Unit 8,AIR FORCE UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND RESEARCH PRESS,Ways of IncreasingCreativity,Section B,Contents,Reading Skills,Text B,Test Yourself,Reading Skills,自测,课文,Like the other skills for your use, the skill introduced in this unit does render you better ability in rea
2、ding.,This practice is designed to help you get a deeper insight into the skill for this unit.,Scanning and Predicting,Scanning a passage before you read it is a very useful way to improve your comprehension if you keep your mind active as you scan. To scan the content of a passage, you should very
3、carefully read the subject, the paragraph headings, the first sentence of a paragraph, or sometimes just part of the first sentence to get enough information for your thinking.,随 笔,Practice,To be continued,Although you may not be able to understand every detail from the subject or the first sentence
4、 and although a writer may surprise you with unexpected ideasyou can often see the general direction in which the writer is going. This reading skill can help you understand the text better when you go back for a closer reading, or give you a good idea of where in the reading passage to look for ans
5、wers to specific questions.,Practice,To be continued,随 笔,Try to read ONLY the yellow-colored part and make your predictions. All of us have experienced this sudden arrival of a new idea, but it is easiest to examine it in the great creative personalities, many of whom experienced it in an intensifie
6、d form and have written it down in their life stories and letters. One can draw examples from genius in any field, (Para. 3 Text A) Possible prediction?,Example,Practice,随 笔,Some big ideas come by themselves all of a sudden.,Directions: Before you read Text B, have a quick look at the title and subt
7、itles of the passage. This is to help you get a general idea of its content.,Practice,Introduction,随 笔,Title: Ways of Increasing Creativity Subtitles: Capture the fleeting Daydream Seek challenges Expand your world,Introduction,随 笔,Directions: Judging from the title and subtitles, what kind of conte
8、nt do you expect to find under each of them? Choose the answer that seems most likely to you.,Introduction,随 笔,1. Capture the fleeting A. Seize the passing ideas. B. Capture the big boat. C. Catch the passing boat. 2. Daydream A. You should stay away from daydreaming. B. You will get big ideas while
9、 daydreaming. C. Daydreaming would destroy your big ideas.,Introduction,随 笔,3. Seek challenges A. Be ready to fight against anyone. B. Try to find anyone who holds a different idea from yours. C. Actively try to answer new questions.,Introduction,随 笔,4. Expand your world A. Enlarge your room to cont
10、ain more things. B. Try to travel and learn more. C. Try to do things outside of your usual interests.,Introduction,随 笔,5. Ways of Increasing Creativity A. Different ways of enhancing a creative mind. B. How to become a great man. C. What increasing creativity means.,Introduction,随 笔,Text B,随 笔,Ques
11、tions,Text Study,Choice Making,New Words if youre a nurse, try a course in vitamin therapy. Read a book on a new subject. Change your daily newspaper. The new will combine with the old in novel and potentially fascinating ways. Becoming more creative means paying attention to that endless flow of id
12、eas you produce, and learning to capture and act upon the new thats within you.,Chinese,Question 8,1. The guests applauded because _. A. they wanted to express their admiration for the womans brightness B. they found themselves as clever as the woman C. they would have perfectly cooled wine to drink
13、 D. they wondered at the rapidity with which the wine was ready,Refer to Paras. 2-3,New Words,Questions,Text Study,随 笔,2. Compared to a genius, what the average person lacks is _. A. the creative capacity which he can use to encourage creative impulses and then act upon them B. the ability to use hi
14、s creative capacity by encouraging creative impulses and then acting upon them C. the reservoir of ideas that hides within clever people D. the creative potential available only to the selected few,Refer to Para. 4,New Words,Questions,Text Study,随 笔,3. The word “fortunately” (Paragraph 7) suggests t
15、hat _. A. Beethoven rode in the same carriage the next day B. Beethoven returned home on time by riding in a carriage C. Beethoven awoke in time to capture the tune in writing D. Beethoven remembered the tune that he had forgotten,Refer to Para. 7,New Words,Questions,Text Study,随 笔,4. When you have
16、a good idea, you should _. A. decide cautiously whether it has any value B. go with it as far as possible C. write it down as quickly as possible D. try other good ideas,Refer to Para. 8b,New Words,Questions,Text Study,随 笔,5. As long as you can be with your thoughts undisturbed, you will _. A. see the “three bs”bed, bath and
