廣西欽州市高二英語《Unit18InventionsReading》新人教版

Unit18InventionsWhatwillyouthinkofnextHumorousinventionsAlexanderBellelectricityThomasEdisonthefirsttelephoneWrightsbrotherstheelectricbulbMadameCurieblackholesinuniverseFranklinTheoryofGravityStevenHawkingthefirstplaneElbertEinsteinradiumIsaacNewtontheTheoryofRelativitymatchAB2.Howmanythinkingstrategiesdoesthepassagetalkabout?Whatarethey?1.Thisisanexpositivearticle(說明文).Howisthepassageorganized?ScanningmakeconnectionsTellthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalseandcorrectthefalseones.MostinventorshaveahighIQ.Thethingsweknowcansometimesmakeitmoredifficultforustounderstandnewideas.Itisimpossibletolearnhowtobecreative.Thebestwaytofindagoodsolutionistolookforonegoodanswer.Inventorstrytoavoidfailure.Themorewayswehaveoflookingataproblem,themorelikelyitisthatwecanfindasolution.Mostgoodideasareresultoflongprocessoftrialanderror.TTTFFFFNotall/OnlysomepossibleasmanyanswersaspossibleInventersallknowthatforeachnewinventionthatworks,thereareatleasttenthatdonot.LeviStrauss,atentmaker,joinedthegoldrush(淘金夢)inSanFranciscointhe1850s.Hesawtherewasfewchancetofindgold.Buthefoundanotherwayto

makemoney.That’stomakeworkingclothesforthediggers.Hissuccessledhimtothisworldfamousbrandofclothing--Levi’s.Heofcoursegotveryrichsellingjeans.LeviStraussisthefirstpersonwhohasinventedjeans.TakeanotherlookatitOurperception

ofthingscanalsobealimitingfactorofourthinking.我們對事物的直覺可能局限我們的思維。

Ifwelookatproblems_________________________,wemayfindsolutionsthatwouldotherwise_______________havedifferent_______and___________.improveour_____________makeourideas________Para.3TakeanotherlookatitremaininvisibleattemptsfalsestartsunderstandingvisibleinasmanywaysaspossibleAretheeyesofthesameheight?Isitonlyavase?Isthereonlyanoldmaninthepicture?AromanticstoryfromtherubbishWhichappearstobethelonger-AorB?

Arethered,greenandbluelinesontheconcentriccirclesbentorstraight?Confucius(孔夫子)says,

byreviewingtheoldknowledge,onecan

gainnewideas.

子曰：“溫故而知新，可以為師矣?！?Everynewthoughtorideahastobe___________towhatwealreadyknow.?

Itiseasyto_____thepossibilitiesofanewideabyconnectingittoonly________ofourpreviousknowledge.connectedlimitonearea

Wehavesuccessfullymademanyinventions,usingconnections.Examples:+++

storagebattery

electricalmachinery(電機(jī)）

electricallyoperatedbike

videophone++pumpfireengine+heatingwire

electricblanketblanket

Bionics(仿生學(xué))isasciencebasedonbiologicalbehaviorthatcanbeappliedtomachinedesignsandhumandevelopment.Willtheseinventionsbepossible?+PlikewheelcowWhydidn'tIthinkofthat???Goodideasarenoaccident.IttookEdison15yearstoinventlightbulb.MadameCurieworkedhardallherlifetodiscoverPoloniumandRadium.Goodideasaretheresultofa_______________________________.Nevertogiveupandtryagainandagain.longprocessoftrialanderror.Wecangettheconclusionfromthefifthparagraphthat____A.tobeclevercanleadtosuccessB.hewholaughslastlaughsbestC.failureisthemotherofsuccessD.nevertoooldtolearnBythinkingaboutthewaywethinkandpractisinggoodthinkingstrategies.(Para.1)

Howcanwebecomemorecreative??Wecantryusingsomeofthethinkingstrategiesofthegreatandfamous.(Para.6)Para.1&6Aresomepeopleborncreative?OrdotheyhaveahighIQ?Whatqualityisneededtobeaninventor?

Inventions知識knowledge智力intelligence

好奇心curiosity

努力effort勇氣

courage

Discussion想象力imagination

創(chuàng)新creativityCreativityisthesoulofanation!Let’sthink!Let’screate!Let’sinvent!Let’smakeournationstronger!NowLet'shaveatest!

Whatthinkingstrategyisappliedinthefollowingexample??

LiYang’sEnglishwasverybad.SohepractisedspeakingEnglisheverydayverycrazilyinhisuniversity.Heisfamousfor“CrazyEnglish”now.(10)?

Bywatchinghowthesteamraisedthelid,Wattimprovedthesteamengine.(10)?田忌賽馬（Tianji’sHorseRaceStory)(20)KeeptryingTakeanotherlookatitMakeconnectionsWhatisit?(10)?

What’stheendofeverything?(10)It’s“g”.1.SEPcuTEMBER(20)2.

3.

Canyouworkoutthepuzzles:stand_____?UtownSeeyouinSeptemberYouunderstand?downtown(20)(20)Connecttheninedotswithfourstraightnon-stoplines.Whileyouaredrawing,yourpencannotleavethepaper.(20)Useanypossiblewaytomakethe4numbersinto24.Eachnumbercanonlybeusedonce.(20)25797x5-2-9=24Homework:Required:1.TextbookP60Postreadingquestions2.UnderlinetheusefulphrasesandlongdifficultsentencesOptional:

WriteareplytoWuDongaccordingtothematerialbelow.

MostofthestudentsinclassIthinktheyshouldkeepworkinghardeven