Whatwillyouthinkofnext?Areyoufamiliarwiththeseinventions?Whatarethey?InventionsareNOTfarawayfromus!ScanningReadthefirstparagraphandgetthegeneralidea.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtoparagraphONE?A.CreativitydoesnotneedhighIQ.B.Creativityisamatterofhabits.C.Thinkersandinventorshavealotincommon.D.Creativityisoneofthemosthighlyvaluedskillsinsociety.Howcanwebecomemorecreative?Bythinkingaboutthewaywethinkandpractisinggoodthinkingstrategies,wecanbecomemorecreative.Whatarethey?ThinkoutsidetheboxTakeanotherlookatitMakeconnectionsKeeptryingWhyshouldwedevelopcreativethinkingintheseways?Knowledgeandlearningmayalsolimitourthinking.Goodsolutionsornewideasoftencomefromachangeinperception.Everynewthoughtorideahastobeconnectedtowhatwealreadyknow.Goodideasarenoaccident.2.Whatdoes“Thinkoutsidethebox”mean?1.Whatdoestheunderlinedpart“Thinkoutsidethebox”referto?A.“impossible”or“crazy”B.acompleteanswerC.theoldthoughtpatternsD.partialsolutionsandfailures3.Inventorsoftenrephraseaproblemtoallowforcreativesolutionsandalsotry“impossible”or“crazy”solutions.4.Ifwelookonlyforthecorrectanswerandrejectideasthatdonotprovideacompleteanswer,wemaygetstuck.5.Creativethinkingisaconsciousefforttobreakawayfromoldthoughtpatternsinordertoexplorenewpossibilities.LanguageFocus:1.Bylookinginasmanywaysaspossible,creativethinkerscanfindsolutionsthatwouldotherwiseremaininvisible.2.What’sthewriter’sopinionaboutdifferentattemptsandseveralfalsestarts?Achangeinperception:FrominvisibletovisibleDifferentattemptsevenfalsestartsleadtobetterunderstanding.a)Trytoconnectnewandoldideasinasmanydifferentwaysaspossibleb)Compareandconnectideasandobjectsinnewwaysc)ThinkofnewapplicationsandsolutionsNewideaisalwaysconnectedtowhatwealreadyknow:1.Howdogreatthinkerstrytomakeconnections?GuessthenumberWhenThomasEdisoninventedthelightbulb,hetried___________experimentsbeforehegotittowork.Andittookhim___yearstoinventit.over2,00015Goodideasarenoaccident.Theyaretheresultofalongprocessoftrialanderror.PracticeTrueorFalse1MostinventorshavehighIQs.2Thethingsweknowcansometimesmakeitmoredifficultforustounderstand.3It’simpossibletolearnhowtobecreative.4Thebestwaytofindagoodsolutionistolookforonegoodanswer.5Inventorstrytoavoidfailure.6Themorewayswehaveoflookingataproblem,themorelikelyitisthatwecanfindasolution.7Mostgoodideasaretheresultofalongprocessoftrialanderror.FFFFTTTAplanecrashed.Whynobodyintheplanewasinjured?Whenwecutacornerfromasquare-shapeddeskwithfourcorners,howmanycornersareleft?Whycanafrogjumphigherthanatree?Forsomequestions,ifwethinkoutoftheusualway,wecangettheanswerseasily.Allthepeopleintheplanedied.Five.Atreecan’tjump.Ofcoursewecanseeanoldman.Takeanotherlookatit!Whatelsecanyousee?Aretheeyesofthesameheight?Wehavesuccessfullymademanyinventions,usingconnection.Herearesomeexamples:++storagebatteryelectricalmachinery(电机）electricallyoperatedbike+++pumpfireengineheatingwireelectricblanketDiscussionWhatwordsdoyouthinkcanbeusedwhenwetalkabouttheinvention?DevelopyourcreativethinkingfreelyinventioninventionHomework1.Reviewthetext.2.DoEx.2onP60.Thankyou!
