1. Unit18 Inventions
平阳二中
郑海珍

2. Alfred Nobel Thinking&guessing
He was a Swedish inventor and industrialist
He had never been to school or university but had studied privately．
Alfred Nobel
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.

3. Thinking&guessing
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.
Benjamin Franklin
He , famous for his kite flight invented the lightning rod which protect buildings and ships from lightning damage.

4. Thinking&guessing
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.
Thomas Alva Edison
The most famous of his inventions was the light bulb.

5. 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.)
Quotation
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.)

6. Discussion ffort reativity magination In pairs .
What did they need to come up with ideas for new inventions? /What is needed to be an inventor? 智力
Intelligence 知识
Knowledge
好奇心
Curiosity
Inventions 勇气
Courage 努力
E_____
ffort 创新
C__________
想象力
I__________
reativity
magination

7. READING What will you think of next?
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What will you
think of next?
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8. scanning ? Scan the passage and underline your answers if possible.
1. What’s the main idea of the text? ?
2. What is creative thinking according to the text ?
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
Creative thinking , which is one of the most highly valued skills in society, is a matter of habits. (Para.1)
conscious effort
Creative thinking is a _______________to break away from ___________________ in order to explore new possibility. (Para.2)
old thought patterns
自觉的努力
旧的思维模式

9. Careful-reading Para.1&6 ? How can we become more creative?
(that /in which)
By thinking about the way we think and practising good thinking strategies. (Para.1)
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。
We can try using some of the thinking strategies of the great and famous. (Para.6)
(people)
What thinking strategies ?

10. make connections

11. A story
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.

12. Welcome to Levi.Com 幻灯片 10

13. 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。
Rephrasing
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）

14. What does the box “Think outside the box” refer to?
A. “ impossible” or “ crazy”
B. a complete answer
C. the old thought patterns
D. partial solutions and failures

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

16. + + ? Make Combine new and old ideas in as many ways as possible.
connections. (Para.4) ?
Combine new and old ideas in as many ways as possible. +
video phone +
heating wire
electric blanket

17. Careful-reading
Para.4
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.

18. 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 better solution. F
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.

19. new Listening Find the expressions with “new”. And try
to come up with a new title for the passage.
way(s)
new
inventions
possibilities
idea(s)
solutions
thought
applications

20. Creativity is the soul of a nation! Creativity is the soul of my life!
Another proper title for the text is probably ______.
Creativity B.Great thinkers
C.How to solve problems D.Connection
Creativity is the soul of a nation!
创新是一个民族进步的灵魂!
Creativity is the soul of my life!

21. Creativity party Girls v.s. Boys
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.

22. C (10)幻灯片 25 A (10)幻灯片 25 B (10)幻灯片 26 D (10)幻灯片 26 F (10)幻灯片 28
Which one would you choose?幻灯片 35
C (10)幻灯片 25
A (10)幻灯片 25
B (10)幻灯片 26
D (10)幻灯片 26
F (10)幻灯片 28
E (10)幻灯片 27
G (20)幻灯片 30
H (20)幻灯片 30
I (20)幻灯片 29
J (20)幻灯片 28
L (30)幻灯片 31
K (30)幻灯片 30

23. Take another look at it.幻灯片 24
What thinking strategy is applied in the following example?
Thomas Edison made a rule saying that he had to make an invention every ten days.
Keep trying幻灯片 24
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

24. Make connections幻灯片 24 Samuel Morse, the man who invented the
What thinking strategy is applied in the following example?
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
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

25. What thinking strategy is applied in the following example?
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

26. Take another look at it

27. It’s “g”.幻灯片 25 Sure,what’s your phone number? 幻灯片 25
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 25

28. How do you connect all the dots with only four straight non-stop lines

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

30. Use any of the following things to make a new invention and describe how it works.幻灯片 24
cap
pencil
recorder
refrigerator
bottle
telephone

31. 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

32. What will you think of next?
Homework
What will you think of next?
think outside the box
take another look at it
make connections
keep trying
???
creative thinking