2011级Unit4ImaginationandCreactivity.ppt

Unit 4 Imagination and Creativity Group Debate lImagination vs. knowledge is a constant battle that is still being fought. Einstein used to say “Imagination is more important than knowledge” while some other experts attach more importance to knowledge. Argument for: lKnowledge is limited to all we now know and understand while imagination helps us venture beyond the unknown and opens up new worlds and possibilities. lImagination can help knowledge seekers discover new frontiers which may be the basis of undiscovered knowledge. lKnowledge is simply a tool. Without imagination that tool could be sitting idle forever. Argument against: lKnowledge is a stepping stone to imagination. lKnowledge without imagination can be productive while imagination without knowledge can lead us nowhere. lKnowledge helps restrain imagination from developing into daydreaming. Review of expressions and collocations l连续地 lin a row l弄得全家都没法睡 lkeep the household awake l打瞌睡 ldoze off l不能一天不上班 lcouldnt skip a day l为奠定基础 llay the foundation for l维持生计, 使收支相抵 lmake ends meet l迸发出创造性思想 lhave a creative outburst l躲避瘟疫爆发 lavoid an outbreak of plague l由于没有什么更好的事情 可做 lwith nothing better to do l将描述成 lpaint as l外星人 lspace alien l接近 lclose in l毫无疑问 lbeyond any doubt l毫不在乎权威 lnot give a fig for authority l一事无成 lnever get anywhere l个性缺陷 lcharacter flaw l回顾 lin retrospect l使放慢脚步 lslow down l采用直觉跳跃思维 ladopt the intuitive leap l相信直觉 lbelieve in intuition l在世纪初 lat the turn of the century l集中思想的能力 lpowers of concentration l天然织物 lnatural fabric l根据直觉来判断 lbase ones judgment on intuition l专心致志地解题 lengross oneself in a problem l要说有什么区别的话 lif anything l松散的结构 lloose structure l跟上时代 lkeep up with the times l放慢生活的节奏 lslow down the pace of life l赞成整容术 lapprove of cosmetic surgery l通过一个计划 lapprove a plan l吸收水 ltake in water l卷入一场争论 lbe sucked into an argument Practice of Sentence Translation l联合国宣布2005年为“世界物理学年”，以庆祝爱因斯坦 “奇 迹年”出现100周年。 lThe United Nations has declared 2005 “The World Year of Physics” to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Einsteins “miracle year.” l你呆在这里损害了全班学生对我的尊重。 lYour mere presence here undermines the classs respect for me. l科学是爱因斯坦家餐桌上聊天的话题。 lScience was dinner-table conversation in the Einstein household. l爱因斯坦对科学技术与生俱来怀有兴趣。 lAlberts interest in science and technology came naturally. l连续三个晚上，宿舍楼外的噪音弄得我直到天亮都没法入睡 。 lFor the third night in a row, the noise outside the dormitory building kept me awake until dawn. l由于晚上没睡好觉，他白天上班时打瞌睡，结果把活干得一 团糟 lWithout a decent nights sleep, he dozed off while he was at work in the daytime and consequently make a mess of his job. l离截止日期只有两周了，她在忙于写论文。 lWith the deadline only two weeks away, she was busying writing her thesis. l毫无疑问，乔布斯的成功在很大程度上可归因于他的远见、 创造力和想象力。 lIt is beyond doubt that much of Jobs success can be credited to his vision, creativity and powers of imagination. l工业革命是建立在农业革命的基础上的。 lThe industrial revolution was built on the foundation of an agricultural revolution. l乔治的母亲当着他朋友的面说她不同意他与那位女明星结婚 。 lGeorges mother said in the presence of his friends that she didnt approve of his marriage to that movie star. l在学校，爱因斯坦的老师把他不断的质疑看作是一种性格缺 陷，以至于他们得出结论说他一生将一事无成。 lAt school Einsteins teachers considered his constant doubting and questioning as a character flaw, so much so that they came to the conclusion that he would get nowhere in life / would never amount to much / would never accomplish anything. l他的伟大成就建立在其质疑和非凡的想象力的基础之上。 lHis great achievements were built on the foundation of his questioning and remarkable power of imagination. l被好几家大中型企业拒绝后，他得出结论：他必须面对现实 ，考虑向私人公司求职。 lHaving been turned down by several medium-to-large-size companies, he came to the conclusion that he had to face reality and consider applying for a job with a private company l随着这些年生活费用的上涨，许多家庭只能勉强维持生计 。 lWith the cost of living soaring these years, many families struggle to make ends meet. l没有更有意思的事情可做，那个小男孩在纸上画了一个外 星人。 lWith nothing more interesting to do, the little boy drew a space alien on the paper. l与老师想的相反，爱因斯坦后来成立20世纪最伟大的物理 学家。 lContrary to the teachers belief, Einstein later became the greatest physicist in the 20th century. l我很想指出她的想法与时代不一致。 lI felt like pointing out that her ideas were not in tune with / were out of tune with the times l报告显示，全球金融危机的爆发逐渐损害了消费者的信心 。 lThe report shows that the outbreak of the world financial crisis has undermined consumer confidence. l爱因斯坦把他的发现更多地归功于想象力和不断地提出问题 ，而不是通常所谓的智慧。 lEinstein credited his discoveries to imagination and endless questioning more so than orthodox intelligence. l他具有脑海里同时容纳两种想法的能力，当它们冲突时，他 感到困惑；当他看到基本上统一时感到欣喜。 He retained the ability to hold two thoughts in his mind simultaneously, to be puzzled when they conflicted and to delight when he saw an underlying unity. l他专心致志地解题，背景声音不但没有打扰他，反而激励他 。. lHe engrossed himself in t