How many famous inventors do you know?What do they invent? 张衡张衡(78—139)(78—139)Seismograph Thomas Edison America (1847——1931)electric belbrecorder Bell (England)Bell (England)(1847--1922)(1847--1922) 本茨本茨 (( 德国德国 ))(1884--1929)(1884--1929) a steam engine 奥威尔奥威尔 .. 莱特莱特(1871--1948)(1871--1948)威尔伯威尔伯 .. 莱特莱特(1867--1912)(1867--1912) Benjamin Franklin What characteristics do they have in common? What are the characteristics of an inventor?• He/she should …Be creative, imaginative, careful, determinated, etc.Try new ways to solve a problem.Keep trying.Observe the world around him/her carefully.Master much knowledge. Unit 18 InventionsInventionsWhat will you think of next?Reading Skimming: Read the text fast and find out the main idea of the text.It mainly tells us how to be more creative./ What thinking strategies one should use if he wants to develop his creativity.What thinking strategies does the passage mention? Think outside the boxTake another look at itMake connectionsKeep tryingScanning: Find out what the following ways mean.Try new ways to solvea problem.Look at a problem in as many ways as possible.Try to combine new and old ideas in asmany different waysas possible.Have a long processof trial and error. The examples have been mixed up .Can you place them in the right paragraph?1.According to Leonardo da Vinci, problems which has seemed impossible could be solved if he changed the way he described the problem.2.Thomas Edison made a rule saying that he had to make an invention every ten years.3.Mozart wrote more than 600 pieces of music.4.Einstein, who changed the world of physics forever with his Theory of Relativity , preferred images to numbers.5. Samuel Morse, the man who inven...
