Inventions Unit18reading Welcometoourclass reading Whatwillyouthinkofnext Leadin 1 Whatdoyouthink hightech means Hightech isashorterwayofsaying hightechnology Andhightechnologydescribesanyinvention systemofdevicethatusesthenewestideasordiscoveriesofscienceandengineering 2 Whatdoyouthink stateoftheart means Stateofart issomethingthatisasmodernaspossible 技术发展水平 Itisaproductthatisbasedontheverylatestmethodsandtechnology Somethingthatis stateoftheart isthenewestpossibleorproductofabusinessorindustry Howdidpeoplemakethem Didpeoplemakethembyaccident Canyouthinkofanyother stateofart mp3 maglevtrain palmtop Pre readingInventionsarenotfaraway Matchtheruleswiththeirproperexamples 1 Mostinventionsarecreatedtosolveaproblem Thefirstandmostimportantstepistofindtheproblem Youcanstartbylookingatwhatiswrongwiththethingsyouusenow 2 Thenextstepistothinkaboutpossiblesolutions Aninventionisanewwayofsolvingaproblem Sothinkofmany variedandunusualways Youcanoftencomeupwithasolutionforaproblembylookingatitfromadifferentangleorthinkingaboutitinanewway 3 Andifonesolutiondoesn twork canitbeputtootheruses A Insteadofthinkingofshoesasprotectingyourfeetfromtheground thinkofusingsomethingtoprotectthegroundfromyourfeet B Thatwashowyellowpost itnotes N次贴 cameabout a failed adhesive 黏合剂 experimentprovedaweakadhesivehadgoodusestoo C Theinventorofthedishwasher AmericanJosephineCochrane lovedtogivedinnerparties Butshefoundittooktoolongtowashthedishesbyandandtoomanyofthembroke Shedecidedthatthemachinecoulddothejobfasterandwithfewermistakes So in1886 shesetouttomakeoneforherself 1 Thefirstandmostimportantstepistofindtheproblem Youcanstartbylookingatwhatiswrongwiththethingsyouusenow 2 Thenextstepistothinkaboutpossiblesolutions Aninventionisanewwayofsolvingaproblem Sothinkofmany variedandunusualways Youcanoftencomeupwithasolutionforaproblembylookingatitfromadifferentangleorthinkingaboutitinanewway 3 Andifonesolutiondoesn twork canitbeputtootheruses C A B pairwork Doyouhavetobeveryintelligenttobeaninventor Howdopeoplecomeupwithideasfornewinventions While reading 1 Fast reading findoutthemainideaofthepassage Howtobecomemorecreativeordifferentwaysofthinking TrueorFalse 1MostinventorshavehighIQs 2Thethingsweknowcansometimesmakeitmoredifficultforustounderstand 3It simpossibletolearnhowtobecreative 4Thebestwaytofindagoodsolutionistolookforonegoodanswer 5Inventorstrytoavoidfailure 6Themorewayswehaveoflookingataproblem themorelikelyitisthatwecanfindasolution 7Mostgoodideasaretheresultofalongprocessoftrialanderror F F F F T T T 2 Furtherreading ThinkoutsidetheboxTakeanotherlookatitMakeconnectionsKeepingtrying Findouthowtobecomemorecreative Findouttheanswerstothefollowingquestions Whatiscreativityinthewriter sopinion Howdowethinkoutsidethebox Howdowetakeanotherlookatit Howdowemakeconnections Whatconclusioncanwegetfromthelastparagraph Creativethinking amatterofhabits Failureisthemotherofsuccess RephraseaproblemtoallowforcreativesolutionsTry impossible or crazy solutionsFailurealsohelpsmovetowardssolutionsBreakawayfromoldthoughpattersandexplorenewpossibilities Trynewwaystosolveaproblem LookinginasmanywaysaspossibleFrominvisibletovisibleTrydifferentattemptsevenfalsestartstounderstanding Achangeinperception TrytoconnectnewandoldideasinasmanydifferentwaysaspossibleCompareandconnectideasandobjectsinnewwaysThinkofnewapplicationsandsolutions Newideaisalwaysconnectedtowhatwealreadyknow 1 Whatdoestheunderlinedpart Thinkoutsidethebox referto A impossible or crazy B acompleteanswerC theoldthoughtpatternsD partialsolutionsandfailures2 Ifweconnectnewinformationonlywithwhat s logical or normal we A limitourcreativityB discovernewpossibilitiesC havegoodthinkingstrategiesD comeupwithideasfornewinvention C A Choosethebestanswer Languagepoints 1beborn adj n Hewasbornblind Shewasbornasinger 2comeupwithCanscientistscomeupwithwaysofpredictingtsunami 海啸 3allowfor includesborsthinone scalculation考虑到 顾及Itwilltakeyouhalfanhourtogettothestation allowingfortrafficdelays 5aswith like正如 一样Aswithdrawingapicture youshouldbepatientandcarefulwhenyoudothejob 6breakawayfromTaiwanispartofChina Itcan tbreakawayfromChina 7beawareof that clauseAreyouawareofyourmistake Shebecameawarethatsomethingwasburning 4get bestuckThecargotstuckinthemud Post reading 1Thefollowingexampleshavebeenfixedup Canyouplacethemintherighttitlesofthepassage AccordingtoLeonardodaVinci problemswhichhadseemedimpossiblecouldbesolvedifhechangedthewayhedescribedtheproblem 2 ThomasEdisonmadearulesayingthathehadtomakeaninventioneverytendays Thinkoutsidethebox Keeptrying 3 Mozart wholivedinAustria wrotemorethan600piecesofmusic 4 Einstein whochangedtheworldofphysicsforeverwithhisTheoryofRelativity preferredimagesofnumbers 5 SamuelMoorse themanwhoinventedthetelegraph gothisideabywatchingariderexchangeatiredhorseforanewone Keeptrying Takeanotherlookatit Makeconnections 2Howdoyouunderstandthetitleofthepassage 3Whatotherrulesshouldyouhaveifyouwanttobecreative 4Ofalltherulesdiscussedabove whichonedoyouthinkisthemostimportant Why Ifwewant