高二下英语unit18reading课件.ppt

Unit 18,Inventions,Reading,Inventions,What will you think of next?,Guess,Whats the text about?,How to solve problems B. Different ways of thinking C. Creativity,Scanning,How many thinking strategies does the passage talk about? What are they?,Four,Think outside the box,Take another look at it,Make connections,Keep trying,1. What does “think outside the box” mean?,2. What does “take another look at it” mean?,3. What does “make connection” mean?,4. What does “keep trying” mean?,To try new ways to solve a problem.,To look at a problem in as many ways as possible.,To combine new and old ideas in as many different ways as possible.,Never to give up and try again and again/Have a long process of trial and error.,Skimming,1. We can get the conclusion from the fifth paragraph that _ A. to be clever can lead to success B. he who laughs last laughs best C. failure is the mother of success D. never too old to learn,2. 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.,3. Another proper title for the text is probably _,Creativity B. Great thinkers C. How to solve problems D. Connection,1.True or False questions,1 Most inventors have high IQs. 2 The things we know can sometimes make it more difficult for us to understand. 3 Its impossible to learn how to be creative. 4 The best way to find a good solution is to look for one good answer. 5 Inventors try to avoid failure. 6 The more ways we have of looking at a problem, the more likely it is that we can find a solution. 7 Most good ideas are the result of a long process of trial and error.,Not all,possible,as many answers as possible,realize we learn from failure.,1. What is creativity according to the text ?,2. How can we become more creative?,Creativity is not about getting high test scores, having a high IQ or being smart. Instead, it is one of the most highly valued skills in society, is a matter of habits.,By thinking about the way we think and practicing good thinking strategies.,Para.1,*A plane crashed. Why was nobody in the plane injured?,*When we cut a corner from a square-shaped desk with four corners, how many corners are left?,All the people in the plane died.,Five.,Think outside the box,What is to “think outside the box ” ? 2. Why should we “think outside the box ” ?,To try new ways to solve a problem.,Knowledge and learning are important but what we know and what we have learnt may also limit our thinking.,Para.2,3. Whats the authors opinion about partial solutions and failures?,Partial solutions, and even failures, give us more information and clues that help us move towards a better solution.,Take another look at it,Are the eyes of the same height? Yes!,Is there only a yellow triangle? Pay attention to the blue?,If we look at problems in as many ways as possible, we may,A. find solutions that would otherwise remain invisible B. have different attempts and false starts C. improve our understanding D. make our ideas visible,Para.3,+,video phone,+,heating wires,electric blanket,Make connections,We have successfully made many inventions, using connection. Here are some examples:,+,storage battery,electrical machinery (电机）,electrically operated bike,+,+,+,pump,fire engine,Will these inventions be possible?,+,What other inventions can you think of?,?,Why should thinkers combine new and old ideas in many ways? 2. How do creative thinkers usually think of new applications and solutions?,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,Why did some great inventors force themselves to develop new ideas even when they were tired or did not feel inspired?,They all knew that for each new invention that works , there are at least ten (inventions) that do not (work) .,Para.5-6,Madame Curie worked hard all her life to discover Polonium and Radium.,It took Edison 15 years to invent light bulb.,Although disabled, Stephen Hawing has always been kept doing his scientific research.,Yuan Longping has been keeping improving rice to contribute to agriculture.,The examples have been mixed up .Can you place them in the right paragraph?,1.According to Leonardo da Vinci, problems which has seemed impossible could be solved if he changed the way he described the problem. 2.Thomas Edison made a rule saying that he had to make an invention every ten years. 3.Mozart wrote more than 600 pieces of music. 4.Einstein, who changed the world of physics forever with his Theory of Relativity , preferred images to numbers. 5. Samuel Morse, the man who invented the telegraph, got his idea by watching a rider exchange a tired horse for a new one.,(para2),(para5),(para5),(para3),(para4),Creativity is a matter of . In order to be more creative, we should think about how we think and practising good thinking . To “think outside the box” is a conscious_to break away from old thought in order to explore new .A change in perception to take _ look at the problem-may lead to good solutions and new ideas. Combining and ideas in as many different ways as possible is a possible success to new _ as well. Good ideas are no . They are the result of a long process of