1. Unit 9 Creativity Lily Zhao Foreign Language School Where Do Bright Ideas Come From?

2. Text Analysis Objectives 1 to understand the source of the bright ideas 2 to learn the important language points in the text 3 To realize the importance of the unconscious mind

3. Text Analysis Contents 1 warm up discussion 2 text analysis 3 language points 4 Writing devices

4. Creativity is the ability to use your imagination to produce new ideas, make things etc (LONGMAN Dictionary of Contemporary English ) Creativity is a phenomenon whereby something new and somehow valuable is formed. The created item may be intangible (such as an idea, a scientific theory, a musical composition or a joke) or an original physical object (such as an invention, a literary work or a painting). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity (Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity What is creativity?

5. + + storage battery electrical machinery ( 电机 ) electrically operated bike Creativity Inventions

6. video phone electric blanket + heating wire +

7. romantic funny beautiful CREATIVITY convenient comfortable

8. All the beautiful things in the world are the fruits of creativity. — Meters But where do those bright ideas come from?

9. Part I General understanding of the text Where do good ideas come from ? How many examples or ways of getting good ideas are discussed? Scan the text with the following questions in your mind. Try to answer them after first reading. And then, write an outline of the text in Section A.

10. 1.Where do good ideas come from ? 2. How many examples or ways of getting good ideas are discussed? Three. (Richard Wagner; Henri Poincare; Descartes) “Unconscious”. Creative thought depends on what was unknown becoming known. Check up.

11. Title: Where do those bright ideas come from? (The birth of bright ideas) Main idea: I.Wagner: Ⅱ. Poincare: Ⅲ. Descartes: Good ideas come from the unconscious mind or brain activity usually not controlled by us. It is easiest to examine it in the great creative personalities. The conscious mind observing the new combinations being formed in the unconscious. A sudden explosion of a new conception into consciousness. A new idea in a dream whose content is very close to conscious thought. Conclusion: The unconscious is the source of instinctive activity Outline

12. Richard Wagner (1813-1883 ) Part Ⅱ Background Information the greatest composer of German opera, who made a major contribution to the creation of music drama which combines singing, orchestra, verse (poem), story, drama and spectacle. Wagner’s works include “The Ring of the Nibelung” 尼伯龙根 的指环 (1853-1874), a set of four operas based on historical German stories.

13. The Rhinegold 莱茵的黄金 :The first of the four operas in the “Ring” cycle, which exemplifies Wagner’s theory of music drama in its purest form.

14. Henri Poincare (1854-1912) A great French mathematics and theoretical science professor at University of Paris, who had a highly original influence on the development of pure and applied mathematics. He also worked on functions that changed celestial mechanics 天体力学, helped algebraic topology 代数拓扑 and co- discovered the special theory of relativity.

15. Descartes (1596-1650) A famous French philosopher, mathematician and scientist, one of the most influential thinkers in history. He is considered the founder of both modern philosophy and analytic geometry. During his life, established ideas were being challenged, so he tried to develop a way to reach the truth. He based his theory that the world is made up of mind and matter on a concept that came to him in a dream.

16. Cogito ergo sum It is Latin for “I think; therefore, I exist”, a key point in Descartes’ philosophy. He claimed that the only thing anyone can be certain of is that s/he thinks and, therefore, s/he exists. The “I” is the mind which can exist without being extended so that it can in principle survive the death of the body.

17. Sentence pattern ： There are few…quite so adj. … as… 翻译： 1. 再没有比看到亲人离去更令人难过的事了。 1.There are few experiences quite so upsetting as seeing a relative pass away. 2.There are few houses as cheap as this in this area. 2. 这个地区再没有比这个房子更便宜的了。 Para.1 There are few experiences quite so satisfactory as getting a good idea. Part Ⅲ Text Learning & Language points

18. Para. 2 Of course, all ideas don’t come like that but the interesting thing is that so many do, particularly the most important ones. sentence pattern:… don’t come like that but so many do, particularly … （不是所有 …… 都会像那样，但是许多会，特别是一些 …… ） As for those films, all people will not imitate but some will, particularly some young men. 对于那些电影，不是所有人都会去模仿，但是一些人会，特别是一些年轻人。

19. Para. 2 They burst into the mind, glowing with the heat of creation. Glow with ： show redness or heat with feelings, etc. My father’s face glowed with satisfaction when he saw my college grades. 翻译： 父亲看到我的学习成绩时，脸上露出满意的神情。

20. Para. 4 On September 4, 1853, he reached Spezia sick, went to a hotel, could not sleep for noise without and fever within, took a long walk the next day, and in the afternoon flung himself on a couch intending to sleep. Spezia: a city in Italy sick (subject complement.) : ill noise without and fever within : it was noisy outside and he had a fever

21. Para. 5 When morning came, he had established the existence of one class of Fuchsian functions. 到了早晨，他已经确证了一类富克斯函数的存在。 The world “come” is not only used to talk about a person’s or an animal’s action but also an event or time. 翻译 : 经过多次失败 后才获得成功是 常有的事。 It often happens that success comes after many failures.

22. Para. 6 A third type of creative experience is exemplified by the dreams which came to Descartes at the age of twenty-three and determined the path he was to follow for the rest of his life. exemplify : show by example The room’s style exemplifies his ideal of beauty and plainness. 翻译： 这间房子的风格表明了他对美与质朴的憧憬 ( 可以作为 … 的例证） 。

23. Para. 7 Wagner's, Poincare's, and Descartes' experiences are representative of countless others in every field of culture. be representative of ： be like or common to others of the same class He was in no way representative of those who suffered from the accident.

24. Para. 7 The unconscious is certainly the source of instinctive activity and therefore sometimes in conflict with the demands of reason, as Freud emphasized. But in creative thought the unconscious is responsible, not for conflict, but for the production of new organized forms from relatively disorganized elements. 潜意识肯定是本能活动产生的源泉, 因此，正如 Freud 强调的，它有时 与理性的要求冲突。然而，在创造性思维过程中，潜意识不会导致矛盾 ，正是潜意识使得相对无序的成分变成新的有序形式。

25. The unconscious is a reservoir of feelings, thoughts, urges, and memories that outside of our conscious awareness. Most of the contents of the unconscious are unacceptable or unpleasant, such as feelings of pain, anxiety, or conflict. According to Freud, the unconscious continues to influence our behavior and experience, even though we are unaware of these underlying influences.

26. exemplification Sequence of Time and Space Comparison and Contrast Devices For Developing the Text Part Ⅳ Writing devices

27. Exemplification 举例法 1 ） Take the example of Richard Wagner composing the opening to “Rhinegold”. (Para. 4) 2) As a contrast, we may consider a famous story: the discovery by Henri Poincare, …, of a new mathematical method called the Fuchsian functions. (Para. 5) 3) A third type of creative experience is exemplified by the dreams which came to Descartes at the age of twenty-three and determined his life path.(Para. 6)

28. Sequence of Time and Space 时空顺序法 1)You think about a problem until you’re tired, forget it, maybe sleep on it, and then flash! When you aren't thinking about it, suddenly the answer arrives as a gift from the gods. (Para.1) 2) For weeks, he sat at his table every day and spent an hour or two trying a great number of …. One night he drank …Many ideas kept surging in his head; he could almost feel them pushing against one another, until two of them combined to form a stable combination. When morning came, he had established the existence of one class of Fuchsian functions. (Para. 5)

29. Comparison and Contrast 对比法 1) In this example, the conscious mind at the moment of creation knew nothing of the actual processes by which the solution was found. As a contrast we may take a famous story: the discovery by… 2) While the Wagner story shows the sudden explosion of a new conception into consciousness, in this one we see the conscious mind observing the new combinations being formed in the unconscious.

30. Assignment Please use Eiffel Tower to make your own creation.