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( )A. He / she has a high IQ. ( )B. He / she is creative & imaginable. ( )C. He / she must be a top student at school. ( )D. He / she is smart. Para one What kind of person can be an inventor?

Think outside the box Take another look at it Make connections Keep trying Scanning Find out what the following ways mean. Try new ways to solve a problem. Look at a problem in as many ways as possible. Try to combine new and old ideas in as many different ways as possible. Have a long process of trial and error

1.A plane crashed. Why was nobody injured in the plane? 2.When we cut a corner from a square-shaped desk with four corners, how many corners are left? 3.Why can a frog jump higher than a tree? For some questions, if we think out of the usual way, we can get the answers easily. All the people in the plane died. Five A tree can’t jump. Part 1: Think outside the box 框外思维

Are the eyes of the same height? Can you only see a pot? Pay attention to the dark! Two faces! Part 2 :Take another look at it 换个角度看问题

Is there only a yellow triangle? Pay attention to the blue! Of course we can see an old man. Look more carefully! What else can you see?

We have successfully made many inventions, using connection. Here are some examples: + + storage battery electrical machinery( 电机） electrically operated bike Part 3 :Make connections 联想

+ video phone

+ + pump fire engine

heating wire electric blanket + towel

Will these inventions be possible? + Plike whcow

Madame Curie worked hard all her life to discover Polonium and Radium. It took Edison 15 years to invent light bulb. Part 4 :Keep trying 不断试验

Disabled as he is, Stephen Hawking has always kept doing his scientific research. ( a physicist) Yuan Longping has been keeping improving rice to contribute to agriculture.

The following examples have been mixed up. Can you place them in the 4 right titles ? 1)According to Leonardo da Vinci, problems which had seemed impossible could be solved if he had seemed impossible could be solved if he changed the way he described the problem. changed the way he described the problem. 2) Thomas Edison made a rule saying that he had to make an invention every ten days. to make an invention every ten days. Think outside the box Keep trying

3) Mozart, who lived in Austria, wrote more than 600 pieces of music. 600 pieces of music. 4) Einstein, who changed the world of physics forever with his Theory of Relativity, preferred forever with his Theory of Relativity, preferred images to numbers. images to numbers. 5) Samuel Moorse, the man who invented the telegraph, got his idea by watching a rider telegraph, got his idea by watching a rider exchange a tired horse for a new one. exchange a tired horse for a new one. Keep trying Take another look at it Make connections

True or False 6 The more ways we have of looking at a problem, the more likely it is that we can problem, the more likely it is that we can find a solution. find a solution. F F F F T T T 1 Most inventors have high IQs. 2 The things we know can sometimes make it more difficult for us to understand. 3 It’s impossible to learn how to be creative. 4 The best way to find a good solution is to look for one good answer. 5 Inventors try to avoid failure. 7 Most good ideas are the result of a long process of trial and error. process of trial and error.

How do you understand the title of the passage? If we want to be creative, we should follow these rules---think outside the box, take another look at it, make connections and keep trying. These rules also work when we solve a problem

Language points: 1 allow for 顾及, 考虑到, 为 … 做准备 It will take you half an hour to get to the station, allowing for traffic delays. 2 get/be stuck 遇到困难, 陷进去 The car got stuck in the mud. 3 as with 正如 …… 一样 As with drawing a picture, you should be patient and careful when you do the job.

4 break away from Taiwan is part of China. It can’t break away from China. 5 be aware of/that-clause Are you aware of your mistake? She became aware that something was burning.

Para 1 1.throughout history 纵观历史 2.come up with 提出, 想出 3.have much in common 有很多共同处 4.get high test scores 考试得高分 5.creative thinking 创造性思维 6.a matter of habits 习惯问题

Para 2 1.limit our thinking 限制我们的思维 2.solve a problem 解决问题 3.allow for 顾及, 考虑到, 为 … 做准备 4.get stuck 遇到困难, 陷进去 5.be conscious of 意识到, 觉悟到 6.break away from 脱离, 摆脱

Para 3 1.the result of ‥‥的结果 2.in as many ways as possible 用尽可能多的方法 3.as with 正如 … 一样 4.a series of 一系列, 一连串 5.v. attempt to do sth. 试图, 企图, 尝试 n. make an attempt to do sth. make an attempt at doing sth

Para 4 1.connect ‥‥ to/with 把 … 和 … 连接 connect…with… 与 … 有关, 有联系 2.be aware of 知道, 意识到, 认识到 3.make connections 联想 4.think of new applications 想到新的应用 5.the similarities between A and B … 和 … 之间的相似点

Para 5,6 1.be no accident 不是偶然 2.trial and error 反复实验, 不断摸索 3.respected scientists 受人尊敬的科学家 4.force themselves to develop new ideas 强调他们自己去开发新思路 5.feel inspired 感到有灵感 6.at least 至少 7.be interested in becoming inventors 对当发明家感兴趣 8.improve our life 改善我们的生活

Discussion what is the proper way to cultivate our students’ creativity ? Homework