Unit18InventioInventionsnsWhatwillyouthinkofnext?Itisveryusefulinourdailylife,youcanfinditinalmostalltherooms;Itneedselectricitytowork;ElectricbulbThisinventioncanhelppeopletokeepseeingwhenit’sdark.electricbulbWasheborncreative?ThomasEdisonThomasAlvaEdisonBornin1847,hecouldn’tspeakuntilhewasalmostfouryearsold.Hewasoncethoughttobeaboywhowasnotwortheducating.Sohedroppedoutofschool(退学)whenhewasveryyoung.Infacthewasaboyfullofimagination.Hemadeagreatcontributiontotheworld.Inhislifetime,Edisonpatented1,093inventions.Geniusis1%inspirationand99%perspiration.Washeborncreative?Althoughdisabled,StephenHawinghasalwaysbeenkeptdoinghisscientificresearch.YuanLongpinghasbeenkeepingimprovingricetocontributetoagriculture.ﻵSkimtofindoutthemainideaofthepassage.HowtobecomemorecreativeordifferentwaysofthinkingﻵFindouthowtobecomemorecreativeThinkoutsidetheboxTakeanotherlookatitMakeconnectionsKeepingtrying•Whatiscreativityinthewriter’sopinion?•Howdowethinkoutsidethebox?•Howdowetakeanotherlookatit?•Howdowemakeconnections?•Whatconclusioncanwegetfromthelastparagraph?Creativethinking,amatterofhabitsFailureisthemotherofsuccess.Findouttheanswerstothefollowingquestions.RephraseaproblemtoallowforcreativesolutionsTry“impossible”or“crazy”solutionsFailurealsohelpsmovetowardssolutionsBreakawayfromoldthoughtpattersandexplorenewpossibilitiesTrynewwaystosolveaproblem:2.Whonevergoestoseeadoctor,evenwhenheisill?1.Mike’sfatherisapoliceman.WhydidMikerecognizehimamonghisworkmatesthoughtheywereallinuniform?3.Itisleaking(漏水)everywhereintheofficeonarainyday,whynobodyhasgotwet?Ablindman.Theworkmatesarepolicewomen.Nobodyisin.4.Aplanecrashed.Whywasnobodyintheplaneinjured?Allthepeopleintheplanedied.5.Whycanafrogjumphigherthanatree?Atreecan’tjump.LookinginasmanywaysaspossibleFrominvisibletovisibleTrydifferentattemptsevenfalsestartstounderstandingAchangeinperception:AromanticstoryfromtherubbishTrytoconnectnewandoldideasinasmanydifferentwaysaspossibleCompareandconnectideasandobjectsinnewwaysThinkofnewapplicationsandsolutionsNewideaisalwaysconnectedtowhatwealreadyknow:creativethinkingthinkoutsidetheboxtakeanotherlookatitmakeconnectionskeeptryingtryanewwayto……inasmanywaysaspossible.combinenewandoldideas…Alongprocessoftrialanderror.???Whatwillyouthinkofnext?TelltheTrueorFalse.TelltheTrueorFalse.1()MostinventorshaveahighIQ.2()Thethingsweknowcansometimesmakeitmoredifficultforustounderstandnewideas.3()Itisimpossibletolearnhowtobecreative.4()Thebestwaytofindagoodsolutionistolookforonegoodanswer.5()Inventorstrytoavoidfailure.6()Themorewayswehaveoflookingataproblem,themorelikelyitisthatwecanfindasolution.7()Mostgoodideasaretheresultofalongprocessoftrialanderror.NotallinventorsNotallinventorspossiblepossibleasmanyanswersaspossibleasmanyanswersaspossibleknowthatfailureisanecessaryknowthatfailureisanecessarypartofthethinkingprocesspartofthethinkingprocess1.Whatdoestheunderlinedpart“Thinkoutsidethebox”referto?A.“impossible”or“crazy”B.acompleteanswerC.theoldthoughtpatternsD.partialsolutionsandfailures2.Ifweconnectnewinformationonlywithwhat’s“logical”or“normal”,we______?A.limitourcreativityB.discovernewpossibilitiesC.havegoodthinkingstrategiesD.comeupwithideasfornewinventionCAChoosethebestanswer1.Whatwordisusedthemostfrequently?newnewsolutionsinventionsidea(s)way(s)possi...