InventionsInventionsUnit18readingWelcometoourclassWhatwillyouthinkofnext?LeadinLeadin1.Whatdoyouthink“hightech”means?“Hightech”isashorterwayofsaying“hightechnology”.Andhightechnologydescribesanyinvention,systemofdevicethatusesthenewestideasordiscoveriesofscienceandengineering.2.Whatdoyouthink“stateoftheart”means?“Stateofart”issomethingthatisasmodernaspossible(技术发展水平).Itisaproductthatisbasedontheverylatestmethodsandtechnology.Somethingthatis“stateoftheart”isthenewestpossibleorproductofabusinessorindustry.Howdidpeoplemakethem?Didpeoplemakethembyaccident?Canyouthinkofanyother“stateofart”?mp3maglevtrainpalmtopPre-readingInventionsarenotfaraway!Matchtheruleswiththeirproperexamples.1.Mostinventionsarecreatedtosolveaproblem.Thefirstandmostimportantstepistofindtheproblem.Youcanstartbylookingatwhatiswrongwiththethingsyouusenow._______________2.Thenextstepistothinkaboutpossiblesolutions.Aninventionisanewwayofsolvingaproblem.Sothinkofmany,variedandunusualways.Youcanoftencomeupwithasolutionforaproblembylookingatitfromadifferentangleorthinkingaboutitinanewway.______________3.Andifonesolutiondoesn’twork,canitbeputtootheruses?_______________A.Insteadofthinkingofshoesasprotectingyourfeetfromtheground,thinkofusingsomethingtoprotectthegroundfromyourfeet.B.Thatwashowyellowpost-itnotes(N次贴)cameabout----a“failed”adhesive(黏合剂)experimentprovedaweakadhesivehadgoodusestoo!C.Theinventorofthedishwasher,AmericanJosephineCochrane,lovedtogivedinnerparties.Butshefoundittooktoolongtowashthedishesbyandandtoomanyofthembroke.Shedecidedthatthemachinecoulddothejobfasterandwithfewermistakes.So,in1886,shesetouttomakeoneforherself.1.Thefirstandmostimportantstepistofindtheproblem.Youcanstartbylookingatwhatiswrongwiththethingsyouusenow._______________2.Thenextstepistothinkaboutpossiblesolutions.Aninventionisanewwayofsolvingaproblem.Sothinkofmany,variedandunusualways.Youcanoftencomeupwithasolutionforaproblembylookingatitfromadifferentangleorthinkingaboutitinanewway.______________3.Andifonesolutiondoesn’twork,canitbeputtootheruses?_______________CABpairworkDoyouhavetobeveryintelligenttobeaninventor?Howdopeoplecomeupwithideasfornewinventions?While-reading1.Fast-reading----findoutthemainideaofthepassage.HowtobecomemorecreativeordifferentwaysofthinkingTrueorFalse1MostinventorshavehighIQs.2Thethingsweknowcansometimesmakeitmoredifficultforustounderstand.3It’simpossibletolearnhowtobecreative.4Thebestwaytofindagoodsolutionistolookforonegoodanswer.5Inventorstrytoavoidfailure.6Themorewayswehaveoflookingataproblem,themorelikelyitisthatwecanfindasolution.7Mostgoodideasaretheresultofalongprocessoftrialanderror.FFFFTTT2.FurtherreadingThinkoutsidetheboxTakeanotherlookatitMakeconnectionsKeepingtryingFindouthowtobecomemorecreativeFindouttheanswerstothefollowingquestions.Whatiscreativityinthewriter’sopinion?Howdowethinkoutsidethebox?Howdowetakeanotherlookatit?Howdowemakeconnections?Whatconclusioncanwegetfromthelastparagraph?Creativethinking,amatterofhabitsFailureisthemotherofsuccess.RephraseaproblemtoallowforcreativesolutionsTry“impossible”or“crazy”solutionsFailurealsohelpsmovetowardssolutionsBreakawayfromoldthoughpattersandexplorenewpossibilitiesTrynewwaystosolveaproblem:LookinginasmanywaysaspossibleFrominvisibletovisibleTrydifferentattemptsevenfalse...