Unit 1 The Art of Creative Thinking

TheArtofCreativeThinking thinkoutsidethebox Objectives IntroductionofcreativethinkingTextanalysisandfollow upexercises GetStarted Haveyoueverdoneanythingcreative suchaswritingapoemordrawingapicture Describeyourexperiencebriefly Whodoyouthinkisthemostcreativepersontheworldhaseverseen Whatiscreativethinking Arethereanycreativeinventionsinoursociety Givesomeexamples DORAEMON BenjaminFranklin ZhangHeng 78 139 seismograph Newton 1 Whatqualitiesshouldonehavetobeaninventor intelligent hard working creative imaginative knowledgeable 2 Whichdoyouthinkisthemostimportant Theproblemisneverhowtogetnew innovativethoughtsintoyourmind buthowtogetoldonesout DeeHock businessvisionaryandcreatorofVisa CREATIVETHINKING WHATISIT WhatisCreativityThinking Creativity Bringingintoexistenceanideathatisnewtoyou Innovation Thepracticalapplicationofcreativeideas CreativeThinking Aninnatetalentthatyouwerebornwithandasetofskillsthatcanbelearned developed andutilizedindailyproblemsolving Havealongprocessoftrialanderror Trynewwaystosolveaproblem Trytocombinenewandoldideas Lookataprobleminasmanywaysaspossible So howtobeacreativeperson Five Treescan tjump 1 Whenwecutacornerfromasquare shapeddeskwithfourcorners howmanycornersareleft 2 Whycanafrogjumphigherthanatree Aretheeyesofthesameheight Yes Canyouonlyseeapot Payattentiontothedark Twofaces Ofcoursewecanseeanoldman Lookmorecarefully Whatelsecanyousee anotheroldmanwithastick ayoungwomancarryingababy ananimal We vesuccessfullymademanyinventions usingconnections Herearesomeexamples electricallyoperatedbike storagebattery videophone heatingwire electricblanket Moreconvenient Moreinteresting Morebeautiful Moreinteresting Morebeautiful Moreconvenient Text TheArtofCreativeThinking BeginYourReading Readthearticleinalimitedtimeof25minutesandfinishalltheexercisesofit Findoutthedefinitionof creativethinking accordingtotheauthor Findoutthemindideaofeachpart Para 1 Conclusion Creativethinkingisessential In In Para 2 5 HumanCreativity Para 2 AstoryofHenryFord Para 3 Theelementsofcreation Para 4 Wedonotformnewideasoutofnothing Onlythecreativemindscanseepossibilitiesinthemorconnectionsamongthem Para 5 Yourtaskasacreativethinkeristocombineideasorelementsthatarealrealyexist Primary mind perception ideasandfeelings Secondary physicalmaterialsOthers Skillandtechnique Creativity 1 1 2 creativity Existedelements Existedideas Existedelements Existedelements Existedideas Existedideas Para 6 8 UsingAnalogy Analogy 类比 Itisaformofcomparison butunlikesimileormetaphorwhichusuallyusescomparisonononepointofresemblance analogydrawsaparallelbetweentwounlikethingsthathaveseveralcommonqualitiesorpointsofresemblance 钱钟书经典语录 吃饭有时很像结婚 名义上最主要的东西 其实往往是附属品 吃讲究的饭事实上只是吃菜 正如讨阔佬的小姐 宗旨倒并不在女人 Para 6 Putyourselfintotheshoesofaninventor Para 7 Youcanuseananalogyfromnaturetoreachyourmodel Para 8 Youcanapplietheexistingmodelstoallcreativethinking Remember thenaturalandready mademodelsareonlyanalogies Ifyoucopydirectlyyouareheadingfortrouble Para 9 12 WidenYourSpanofRelevance Para 9 AstoryofJethroTull Para 10 inventorsmayhaveknowledgeinmorethanonefield Para 11 Toomuchknowledgemaybeadisadvantage Para 12 Alargerpotionofthetrutharisesfromtheseeminglyirrelevant Para 13 17 Curiosity Para 13 Neverloseaholycuriosity Para 14 Suchcuriosityis orshouldbe theappetiteoftheintellect Para 15 Truecuriosityissimplytheeagerdesiretolearnandknow Para 16 Wedohavetobeselectiveinoursociety Para 17 Increativethinking curiosityisawayoflearningsomethingnew Para 18 22 Chancefavorsonlythepreparedmind Para 18 AstoryaboutthefloatprocessinventedbySirAlastairPilkington Para 19 Examplesofotherinventionswhichhavebeentheresultofsuchunexpectedorchanceoccurrences Para 20 TheexampleofCharlesGoodyear sdiscoveryofthevulcanizationofrubberin1839 Para 18 22 Chancefavorsonlythepreparedmind Para 21 AccordingtoCharlesGoodyear thescientificdiscoveriesaretheresultoftheclosetapplicationandobservation Para 22 Inthefieldofobservation chancefavorsonlythepreparedmind Let sReadItAgain TheArtofCreativeThinking CreativeThinkingHumanCreativityUseAnalogyWidenyourspanofrelevanceCuriosityChancefavorsonlythepreparedmind 写作方法 分类法 分类法A B C 当题目讨论对象A过于广泛或者抽象的时候 我们可以把讨论对象具体化 对其加以分类 比如分成两大类 那么素材就比原来增加了一倍 如果分成三类 那么素材就是原来的三倍了 这样 我们可以写的内容成倍的增加了 需要强调的是 分类法对同学们在考场里的思维清晰程度要求是比较高的 分类时应该尽可能全面 科学 否则有可能出现逻辑上的问题 Civilization 写作方法 分类法 IntellectualaspectCulturalaspectMaterialaspect Somepeoplethinkoldbuildingsshouldbedestroyedandreplacedwithmodernbuildings Doyouagreeordisagree 写作方法 分类法 提出一些老房子不能拆 那么可以写成三个分论点 有特殊意义的老房子buildingofhistoricvalue 非常漂亮的老房子gorgeoushistoricbuildings和特殊的民居uniqueethnicarchitecture 提出老房子应该拆 分论点可写成两点 老房子不安全unsafe 影响市容spoilthecityscape 写作方法 分类法 Homework TofindoutfivemostcreativeinventionsinyouropinionandpresenttheminEnglishinthenext