Unit 4 Meeting the museInspiration springs more readily from knowledge than from ignorance.—Horace灵感往往来自知识，而非愚昧。——贺拉斯There is no wide road which leads to the Muses.—Propertius没有宽敞的大道可以通向诗人的灵感。——普罗佩提乌斯Inspiration is solitary，never consecutive.—Lamartine灵感是孤独的，决无连续性。——拉马丁Inspiration is like a butterfly.The more you chase it，the more elusive it becomes.People shouldn't turn lack of inspiration into an obsessive problem，because they'll never find the way out.Inspiration is like oxygen.The main thing to do is to be in constant search of inspiration ， because our creativity and productivity depend mostly on the mood and other emotional states.Writing a good story is not an easy task.What's the secret? Mo Yan believes his success comes from a large amount of reading.Mo was born into a farming family in a village in Shandong province.He grew up listening to folk stories about gods，spirits and foxes.Those stories later became the inspiration for Mo's writing.1After Mo left his hometown and joined the army in 1976 ，he began to read widely，including works by Lu Xun and many other famous writers.He studied from these writers but did not copy them.Instead，he developed his own style.As the first Chinese citizen to win a Nobel Prize in literature ， Mo told a group of reporters in his hometown shortly after he won the award.“I grew up in an environment filled with folk culture.It enters my novels whenever I pick up a pen.This has affected，even decided，my style.”[探究发现]1．Find out where is Mo Yan from.Shandong.2．Find out where Mo Yan's inspiration comes from.A large amount of reading.3．Find out what can we learn from Mo Yan.Rome was not built in a day.2
