1、1Unit 11: CreativitySection A Where Do Those Bright Ideas Come From? Unit 11 Creativity2Of course we can see an old man. Look more carefully ! What else can you see?another old man with a sticka young woman carrying a babyan animal3 What is creativity?All the beautiful things in the world are the fr

2、uits of creativity. Meterscreativity=InventionsBring in New Methods Make Changes Make New Alter 4 storage batteryWeve successfully made many inventions, using connections. Here are some exampleselectrical machinery(電機電機)+ electrically operated bike5 video phone electric blanket+heating wire+6What do

3、 todays youth think about creative people?Are creative peoplenFun?nSuccessful?nPopular?nSmart?7Eight in ten youth believe it is fun to be with creative people.Almost eight in ten youth believe that creativity helps people succeed.8Six in ten youth think that creative people are smart.Only one-third

4、of youth believe that creative people are popular.9Half of young people believe that creative people are happy.Majority of young people describe themselves as creative people.10How to be a creative person ?KnowledgeIndustriousTo exploreConfidentUnremitting不懈的不懈的ConsiderAttitude11He is a imagination

5、and creativity Painter.He is the founder of modern art.Style of writing to cubism立體主義立體主義 .ExamplePablo Picasso 12ExampleThomas Alva Edison Invented the filament lamp, the phonograph留聲機留聲機, improved telephones13ExampleDante Alighieri Divine Comedy 神曲神曲 Rebirth新生新生Banquet宴會宴會 14Example15ExampleMadame

6、 curie Devoted all her life to discovering Radium鐳鐳.16Of course all of you can be inventors!Give full scope to creativitySafety helmetA folding bike fannerSpecialUmbrella17oRichard Wagner (1813-1883 ) : the greatest composer of German opera, who made a major contribution to the creation of music dra

7、ma. Music drama combines singing, orchestra, verse (poem), story, drama and spectacle. Wagners works include “The Ring of the Nibelung”尼伯龍尼伯龍根的指環(huán)根的指環(huán) (1853-1874), a set of four operas based on historical German stories. Part Background Information & Pre-activitiesBackground Information18The Rhinegol

8、d萊茵的黃金萊茵的黃金 The first of the four operas in the “Ring” cycle, which exemplifies Wagners theory of music drama in its purest form.19Henri Poincare (1854-1912) A g r e a t F r e n c h mathematics and theoretical science professor at the Sorbonne (University of Paris), who had a highly original influen

9、ce on the development of pure and applied mathematics. He also worked on functions t h a t c h a n g e d c e l e s t i a l mechanics天體力學天體力學, helped algebraic topology代數(shù)拓撲代數(shù)拓撲and co-discovered the special theory of relativity. 20Descartes, Rene (1596-1650) A famous French philosopher, mathematician

10、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 mi

11、nd and matter on a concept that came to him in a dream. 21Cogito 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 w

12、ithout being extended so that it can in principle survive the death of the body.Home 22Pre-reading ActivitiesFirst reading 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.oWhere do good ideas come fro

13、m ?oHow many examples or ways of getting good ideas are discussed?Home23Outline:Title: Where do those bright ideas come from? (The birth of bright ideas)Main idea: Good ideas come from the unconscious mind or brain activity usually not controlled by us. It is easiest to examine it in the great creat

14、ive personalities.Wagner: A sudden explosion of a new conception into consciousness.Poincare: The conscious mind observing the new combinations being formed in the unconscious.Descartes: A new idea in a dream whose content is very close to conscious thought.Conclusion: The unconscious is the source

15、of instinctive activity 24Part Text Learning & Language pointsPara. 1 There are few experiences quite so satisfactory as getting a good idea. Youve had a problem, youve thought about it until you were tired, forgotten it, and perhaps slept on it, and then flash! When you werent thinking about it, su

16、ddenly the answer has come to you as a gift from the gods. 25句型提煉句型提煉：There are fewquite so adj. as There are few experiences quite so upsetting as seeing a relative pass away.There are few houses as cheap as this in this area. 翻譯：翻譯： 再沒有比看到親人離去更令人難再沒有比看到親人離去更令人難過的事了。過的事了。這個地區(qū)再沒有比這個房子更便宜的了。這個地區(qū)再沒有比這

17、個房子更便宜的了。Key:Back26Sleep on sth.: leave sth. undecided or unattended until later time He will sleep on the matter and tell us the decision later. 翻譯：他對此事要考慮一下，在把翻譯：他對此事要考慮一下，在把決定告訴我們。決定告訴我們。Key: Back2728Para. 2 Of course, all ideas dont come like that but the interesting thing is that so many do, pa

18、rticularly the most important ones. They burst into the mind, glowing with the heat of creation. How they do it is a mystery but they must come from somewhere. For the moment lets assume that they come from the “unconscious”. This is reasonable, for psychologists use this term to describe mental pro

19、cesses which are unknown to the subject, and creative thought depends on what was unknown becoming known. 29 至于那些影片，至于那些影片，不是所有人不是所有人都會去模仿，都會去模仿，但是有些人會但是有些人會，特別是特別是一些年輕人。一些年輕人。句型提煉：句型提煉： dont come like that but so many do, particularly （不是所有（不是所有都會像那樣，但是許多會，特別是一些都會像那樣，但是許多會，特別是一些） As for those films

20、, all people will not imitate but some will, particularly some young men. 翻譯：翻譯： 對于那些電影，不是所有人都會去模仿，對于那些電影，不是所有人都會去模仿，但是一些人會，特別是一些年輕人。但是一些人會，特別是一些年輕人。Key:Back30Glow with ： show redness or heat with feelings, etc. 翻譯：翻譯： 父親看到我的學習成績時，臉上父親看到我的學習成績時，臉上露出露出滿意的神情。滿意的神情。 My fathers face glowed with satisfac

21、tion when he saw my college grades.Key:Back31assume sju:m take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof vt. 假定, 設想, 承擔, (想當然的)認為 I assumed you can speak French fluently. 讓我們假定這是真的讓我們假定這是真的 3233 para.3 Intensify：make or become stronger （使（使加強，增強）加強，增強）翻譯：翻譯： 由于天氣突然變得更加惡劣，援救傷

22、員的工由于天氣突然變得更加惡劣，援救傷員的工作作加緊加緊了步伐。了步伐。 Efforts to reach the injured man have been intensified because of a sudden turning for the worse in the weather. Key：Back3435Para. 436 37 Para. 5 38句型提煉：句型提煉： When morning came, he had established the existence of one class of Fuchsian functions. 到了早晨，他已經確證了一類富克斯

23、函數(shù)的存在。到了早晨，他已經確證了一類富克斯函數(shù)的存在。 The world “come” is not only used to talk about a persons or an animals action but also an event or time. 翻譯翻譯: 經過多次失敗經過多次失敗后才獲得成功是后才獲得成功是常有的事。常有的事。 It often happens that success comes after many failures. Back39Para. 640Exemplify : show by example The rooms style exempl

24、ifies his ideal of beauty and plainness. Back翻譯：翻譯： 這間房子的風格表明了他對美與質樸的憧憬這間房子的風格表明了他對美與質樸的憧憬(可以作為可以作為的例證）的例證） 。41 翻譯：我敬慕我的父親，我對他的工翻譯：我敬慕我的父親，我對他的工作作充滿了充滿了好奇。好奇。fill sb. with ：make sb. experience (that feeling) I admire my father and his work filled me with curiosity.Key：Back42Para. 743be representativ

25、e of ：be like or common to others of the same class翻譯：他根本不能代表那起意外事故的受害者。翻譯：他根本不能代表那起意外事故的受害者。 He was in no way representative of those who suffered from the accident. Key:Back4445Main Idea and Devices for Developing the TextMain idea of the text ? Good ideas come from the unconscious mind or brain a

26、ctivity usually not controlled by us. It is easiest to examine it in the great creative personalities.Devices for developing it?舉例法舉例法時空法時空法對比法對比法Home46Exemplification 舉例法舉例法Back1）Take the example of Richard Wagner composing the opening to “Rhinegold”. (Para. 4) As a contrast, we may consider a famo

27、us 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) 47Sequence of Time and Space 時空順序法時空順序法BackYou think about a problem until youre tired, forget it, maybe sleep on it, and then flash