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1、Unit 18 InventionsReadingInventions around usWhat do the great inventors have in common?The great inventors thinking habits: thinking outside the box taking another look at it making connections keeping tryingDiscussion1. Are some people born creative, or is it possible to learn how to creative?2. D
2、o you have to be very intelligent to be an inventor?3. How do people come up with ideas for new inventionsnewpossibilitiesidea(s)thoughtapplicationssolutionsinventionsway(s)The great inventors “new”While-readingWhile-readingPara. 1 1. What does “creativity” mean according to the first paragraph? A m
3、atter of habits.Listen to the tape, read the passage carefully and answer some questions. 2. How can we become morecreative? By thinking about the way we think and practising good thinking strategies.Para. 2 1. What does “THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX ” mean? To think outside the box is to try new ways to s
4、olve a problem. 2. What will help us more towards a better solution?_A. partial solutions, and even failuresB. look only for the correct answerC. reject ideas that do not provide a complete answer Para. 3 1. What does “TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT” mean? Using different ways to look at a problem, using p
5、ictures, words, numbers, models etc.2. How do we take another look at it ? By looking in as many ways as possible. By making their ideas visible.Para. 4What does “MAKE CONNECTIONS” means? Trying to combine new and old ideas in as many different ways as possible. Comparing and connecting ideas and ob
6、jects in new ways.Para. 5What does “KEEP TRYING” means? Success is not an accident. the result of a process of trial and error. for each new invention that works, there are more that dont.Post-readingPost-reading1.1.Tick the sentences that are true Tick the sentences that are true according to the t
7、ext and correct the according to the text and correct the false ones.false ones.( ) Most inventors have a high IQ.( ) Most inventors have a high IQ.( ) The things we know can ( ) The things we know can sometimes make it more difficult for us sometimes make it more difficult for us to understand new
8、ideas. to understand new ideas. F FT TNot all inventorsNot all inventors( )It is impossible to learn how to be ( )It is impossible to learn how to be creative. creative. ( ) The best way to find a good ( ) The best way to find a good solution is to look for one good answer.solution is to look for on
9、e good answer.( ) Inventors try to avoid failure.( ) Inventors try to avoid failure.know that failure is a necessary part know that failure is a necessary part of the thinking processof the thinking processas many answers as possibleas many answers as possibleF FF FF Fpossiblepossible( ) The more wa
10、ys we have of ( ) The more ways we have of looking at a problem, the more looking at a problem, the more likely it is that we can find a likely it is that we can find a solution.solution.( ) Most good ideas are the result ( ) Most good ideas are the result of a long process of trial and error.of a l
11、ong process of trial and error.T TT T2. The examples have been mixed up 2. The examples have been mixed up and place them in the right and place them in the right paragraph. paragraph. According to Leonardo da Vinci, According to Leonardo da Vinci, problems which had seemed problems which had seemed
12、 impossible could be solved if he impossible could be solved if he changed the way he described the changed the way he described the problem.problem. Thomas Edison made a rule saying Thomas Edison made a rule saying that he had to make an invention every that he had to make an invention every ten da
13、ys.ten days. Mozart wrote more than 600 pieces Mozart wrote more than 600 pieces of music.of music. Einstein, who changed the world of Einstein, who changed the world of physics forever with his Theory of physics forever with his Theory of Relativity, preferred images to numbers.Relativity, preferre
14、d images to numbers. Samuel Morse, the man who Samuel Morse, the man who invented the telegraph, got his idea invented the telegraph, got his idea by watching a rider exchange a tired by watching a rider exchange a tired horse for a new one.horse for a new one.25534Language Language PointsPointsHow
15、do they come up with ideas for newcome up with sth.: find or produce an answer, a solution, etce.g. Is that the best excuse you can come up with? Weve been asked to come up with some new e up: 走近走近;发生发生;被提出被提出;长出地面长出地面; 社会地位高社会地位高,出头出头 e.g. One of the teachers came up and started talking to me. His
16、name came up in the conversation. The same problems come up every time. The seeds havent come up yet. He came up the hard way. a matter of 问题问题, 事情事情a matter of opinion 观点问题观点问题,看法不同的问题看法不同的问题a matter of course 理所当然的事理所当然的事另另: a matter of 大约大约,仅有仅有e.g. The ambulance arrived in a matter of minutes.In
17、stead, it seems that creative thinking, is a matter of habitsmatter短语总结短语总结as a matter of fact 事实上事实上, 实际上实际上make / be no matter 无关紧要无关紧要, 不重要不重要to make matters worse 情况更糟糕情况更糟糕a matter of life and/or death 生死攸关的事生死攸关的事its only/just a matter of time 确定会发生确定会发生what we know and what also limit our lim
18、it (to) 把把限定限定(限制限制)到到e.g. We must limit the expense to what we can afford. I limit myself to two cups of coffee a day. limit 减少减少e.g. limit the expenses as much as possible 尽量节省开支尽量节省开支, we may get stuck.get / be stuck 受阻受阻e.g. They got stuck in a traffic jam. The boat was stuck in the mud. Ive got
19、 something stuck in my throat. be stuck on sb.: 迷恋于迷恋于,爱上爱上e.g. He says hes stuck on me.stick sth. on/to/in 粘贴粘贴, 放置放置stick to/together 粘住粘住,钉住钉住e.g. I could feel my shirt sticking to my back. The two pages stuck together. stick (sth.) out 突出突出,伸出伸出,显眼显眼e.g. The little boys front teeth stuck out.Dis
20、cussion1.How do we think outside the box?2. How do we take another look at it?3. Whats your attitude towards “creativity”?Homework1.1.Search more related Search more related information about inventors information about inventors and inventions.and inventions.2.2.2. Remember the new words 2. Remember the new words and phrases in this passage.and phrases in this passage.
