Unit18 Inventions

平阳二中

郑海珍 2006.5.24

He was a Swedish inventor and industrialist

He used a new way to blow up things, which also killed his younger brother.He created the Nobel Prize for outstanding work in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology, Medicine, Literature and Peace.

He had never been to school or university but had studied privately ．

Alfred Nobel

He an American printer, author, and scientist.

His natural curiosity about things and the way they work made him try to find ways to make them work better.

He , famous for his kite flight invented the lightning rod which protect buildings and ships from lightning damage.

Benjamin Franklin

He was both a scientist and an inventor.He couldn’t speak until he was almost four years old. But in fact he was a boy full of imagination.

In his lifetime, he patented 1,093 inventions.

The most famous of his inventions was the light bulb.

I want to bring out the secrets of nature and apply them for the happiness of man. I don't know of any better service to offer for the short time we are in the world . (Thomas Edison, American inventor)

我想揭示大自然的秘密，用来造福人类。我认为，在我们的短暂一生中，最好的贡献莫过于此了。 ( 美国发明家 爱迪生 . T.)

What did they need to come up with ideas for new inventions? /What is needed to be an inventor?

Inventions

知识Knowledge

智力Intelligence 好奇心

Curiosity

努力E_____

勇气 Courage

想象力I__________

创新C__________

ffort

maginationreativity

In pairs .

太空天梯 jeep

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旧的思维模式自觉的努力

It mainly tells us how to be more c______, and what ________ ______ one should use if he wants to develop his creativity.

reative 幻灯片 9

thinking strategies

1. What’s the main idea of the

text?

2. What is creative thinking according to the text ?Creative thinking , which is one of the most highly

valued skills in society, is a matter of habits.

(Para.1)Creative thinking is a _______________to break

away from ___________________ in order to

explore new possibility. (Para.2)

old thought patterns

conscious effort

Scan the passage and underline your answers if possible.

By thinking about the way we think and prac

tising good thinking strategies. (Para.1)

Para.1&6

通过思考我们的思考方式和运用好的思维策略，我们就会变得更有创造性。

(that /in which) How can we become more creative?

What thinking strategies ?

We can try using some of the thinking

strategies of the great and famous. (Para.6)

(people)

make connections

Levi Strauss,a tent maker, joined the gold rush ( 淘金梦 ) in San Francisco in the 1850s. He saw there was few chance to find gold. But he found another way to make money. That’s to make working clothes for the diggers. His success led him to this world famous brand of clothing -- Levi’s. He of course got very rich selling jeans.

A story

Welcome to Levi.Com 幻灯片 10

When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it’s longer than an hour. That’s relativity. (Albert Einstein)

如果一个男人和一个漂亮女人坐在一起 , 一小时就像一分钟 ; 但是如果让他坐在火炉上 , 一分钟比一小时都长。这就是相对论。 （爱因斯坦）

A. “ impossible” or “ crazy”

B. a complete answer

C. the old thought patterns

D. partial solutions and failures

What does the box “Think outside the box” refer to?

Are the eyes of the same height?

Can you only see a pot? Pay attention to the dark!

Yes! Two faces!

Make connections. (Para.4)

+ video phone

+heating wire electric blanket

Combine new and old ideas in as many ways as possible.

1. Why should thinkers combine new and old ideas in as many ways as possible?

2. How do creative thinkers usually think of new applications and solutions?

Because it is easy to limit the possibilities of a new idea by connecting it to only one area of our previous knowledge.

By comparing and

connecting ideas and

objects in new ways.

Para.4

The sentence “ good ideas are no accident” means the following except that _______

A. Good ideas never come by chance. B. The accident is not caused by good ideas. C. To be successful needs many trials and

errors. D.Failures can also help us move towards a b

etter solution.Inventors try to avoid failure.True or false:

Inventors will not try to avoid failure because they know for each new invention that works, there are at least ten that don’t work.

F

Find the expressions with “new”. And try to come up with a new title for the passage.

solutions

inventions

idea(s)

way(s)

possibilities

applications

newnew

thought

Another proper title for the text is probably ______.

A.Creativity B.Great thinkers

C.How to solve problems D.Connection

Let’s have a creativity party to see which group is more creative.

Girls v.s. Boys Rules: There some questions for you in turn.

If it’s for girls this time, next time it’s for boys. And if your answer is not right, the other group can take the chance. Each question has different scores. You can make a choice.

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D (10) 幻灯片 26 E (10) 幻灯片 27

J (20) 幻灯片 28

I (20) 幻灯片 29

K (30) 幻灯片 30

Which one would you choose? 幻灯片 35

L (30) 幻灯片 3

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F (10) 幻灯片 28

G (20) 幻灯片 30 H (20) 幻灯片 30

Thomas Edison made a rule saying that he had to make an invention every ten days.

Keep trying 幻灯片 24

What thinking strategy is applied in the following example?

Su Dongpo said in one of his poems: 横看成岭侧成峰，远近高低各不同。

Take another look at it. 幻灯片 24

Samuel Morse, the man who invented the telegraph, got his idea by watching a rider exchange a tired horse for a new one.

Make connections 幻灯片 24

What thinking strategy is applied in the following example?

According to Leonardo da Vinci, problems which had seemed impossible could be solved if he changed the way he described the problem.

Think outside the box 幻灯片 24

Li Yang’s English was very bad. So he practised speaking English every day very crazily in his university. He is famous for “Crazy English”now.

Keep trying 幻灯片 24

What thinking strategy is applied in the following example?

What will your answer be?

What’s the end of everything? It’s

“g”. 幻灯片 25

If you were engaged( 订婚 ), and your girlfriend asked you,”Would you give me a ring?” What would you answer?

Sure,what’s your

phone number? 幻灯片

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Sure,what’s your

phone number? 幻灯片

25

How do you connect all the dots with only four straight non-stop lines? 幻灯片 24

Use any possible way to make the 4 numbers into 24. Each number can only be used once. 幻灯片 24

2 5 7 9

Use any of the following things to make a new invention and describe how it works.幻灯片 24

cappencil recorder

refrigerator bottletelephone

Use any of the following things to make a new invention and describe how it works.幻灯片 24

tape

flower

jeans

battery

cell phone

dictionary

creative thinking

think outside the box

take another look at itmake connections

keep trying

???

What will you think of next?