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( ) He / she has a high IQ. ( ) He / she is creative & imaginable. ( ) He / she must be a top student at school. ( ) He / she is smart. Para one How do they come up with ideas for new inventions ?

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.

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A plane crashed. Why nobody in the plane was injured? When we cut a corner from a square-shaped desk with four corners, how many corners are left? 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. Three/ four/ five A tree can’t jump.

Are the eyes of the same height? Can you only see a pot? Pay attention to the dark! Two faces!

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 video phone

+ + + pump fire engine heating wire electric blanket

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Madame Curie worked hard all her life to discover Polonium and Radium. It took Edison 15 years to invent light bulb.

Although disabled, Stephen Hawing has always kept doing his scientific research. Yuan Longping has been keeping improving rice to contribute to agriculture.

The following examples have been fixed up. Can you place them in the right titles of the passage? 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 of numbers. images of 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. 2The things we know can sometimes make it more difficult for us to understand. more difficult for us to understand. 3 It’s impossible to learn how to be creative. 4The best way to find a good solution is to look for one good answer. 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.

Language points: 1 ） be born+ adj./n. He was born blind. She was born a singer. 2 ） come up with Can scientists come up with ways of predicting tsunami （海啸）？

3 ） allow for 考虑到 ; 顾及 It will take you half an hour to get to the station, allowing for traffic delays. allow of 容许，允许 The situation allow of no delay. 情况不允许我们耽误。

5 ） as with=like 正如 …… 一样 As with drawing a picture, you should be patient and careful when you do the job. 4 ） get/be stuck The car got stuck in the mud.

6 ） break away from Taiwan is part of China. It can’t break away from China.

7 ） be aware of / that-clause Are you aware of your mistake? She became aware that something was burning.

8 ） otherwise ①连词 否则，要不然 (or else= if not) You should go now, otherwise otherwise you’ll miss the bus. ②副词 在其他方面，除此之外 otherwise He is noisy, but otherwise a nice boy. ③形容词 另外的，别样的 otherwise Some are wise, some are otherwise.

9) once 句中是连词 “ 一 …… 就 ” Once I make up my mind, no one can persuade me. 一旦我下定决心，没有人能说服我。

How do you understand the title of the passage? creative 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

Homework Write a passage to tell what rules you should have if you want to be creative, which one is the most important and explain the reasons.