新突破大学英语综合教程2资料-unit8

1、unit eight on creativity part one warming-up listening activity1directions: listen to the following dialogues and fill in the blanks with the missing words.dialogue 1miss li is going to help mr. hubert buy something for his wife and children.(at the friendship store)mr. hubert: is this the best stor

2、e in beijing?miss li: some years ago, it was, and was only open to foreigners. now it，s available to everyone, both the local people and foreigners, for more and more good supermarkets have been opened in beijing nowadays.me hubert: oh, sure. and which is the best one?miss li: ifs really hard to tel

3、l. you know each of them has its own background, investor and features.mr. hubert: oh, look, many foreign cosmetic products are sold here in china, ponds from britain, nivea from germany, and so many other famous brands.miss li: many foreign companies have set up joint ventures in china and produce

4、products locally.mr. hubert: we have come into the chinese market late.miss li: only a little bit. (in a joking voice) so, you have to hurry,mr. hubert: that9s true. ok, now, lets go to see the blouses. (at the garment department) this one is beautiful. the material is good, and the embroidery is wo

5、nderful. how much does it cost?miss li: here is the price tag. it's 198 yuan.mr. hubert: the price is good.miss li: we may find the same one at a much cheaper price. i bought one exactly the same at hongqiao market only 100 yuan.mr. hubert: really? aw you sure its quality is the same?sales clerk

6、: can i help you?m匚 hubert: not for now. fm just looking.miss li: if you like, we can go to hongqiao market now, and weul come back in case we cannot find your favoriteme hubert: thank you, miss li. you are really very helpfulmiss li: my pleasure. if you want to find some arts and crafts, i think it

7、's better for you to buy them here because they are authentic. the quality is guaranteed here.mr. hubert: fine. let's go and have a look.dialogue 2(at hongqiao market)mr. hubert: oh, it's so big and so crowded.miss li: yes, it is regarded as free trade market for wages earners because he

8、re you can bargain over prices. it5s the biggest of its kind in beijing.mr. hubert: shall we go to the womerfs department first? that is the most important.miss li: ok. i think it's on the second floor.m匚 hubert: do you often shop here?miss li: yes, sometimes, when fm not busy. usually, when i r

9、eally need something, i just get it from a market in the vicinity of my home. the price is also good.m匚 hubert: now, here we are. good heavens! i can find the exact same kind of blouses as we have seen in the friendship store, and the price is about the same, too.miss li: don't forget we can bar

10、gain here.me hubert: (to the clerk who has just finished with another customer) excuse me. sales clerk: hello. what can i do for you?mr. hubert: (to miss li) my goodness! she speaks english. now, i can bargain myself. (to the saleswoman) ok, would you please show me that silk blouse?sales clerk: yes

11、. here you are. it9s pure silk.mr. hubert: nice. fll take this, and pm also interested in buying a skirt which goes well with the blouse.sales clerk: fm sorry. we do not have any skirt suitable for this blouse. but we dohave a very nice matching skirt like this.mr. hubert: that ok. but i am really l

12、ooking for something with stripes, in blue. could you find anything like that?sale clerk: ok just a minute. let me check the inventory. how about this?mr. hubert: good, beautiful. the size is xl. so, ifs all right. fll take both of them. and for both, fd like to pay 200 yuan.sale clerk: fm sorry, si

13、r. 200 yuan is not enough, sir fll lose money, especially for the skirt. i bought it at more than 100 yuan. will 220 yuan do?mr. hubert: ok. that sounds reasonable. (paid)miss li: they are nice. they will look good on your wife.mr. hubert: i think so, and the price is also good. you know, fm not sti

14、ngy with my money, but i just don?t like to be fool. now, let9s try to find something for my daughter and my son.miss li: let directions: in this section, you will hear 3 short conversations. at the end of each conversation, question will be asked about what was said. the conversation and question w

15、ill be spoken only once. after each question there will be a pause. durings go.2directions: listen to the following passage and fill in the blanks with the missing words or phrases. the passage will be spoken two times.shopping is one of americans most popular pastimes. in all but the most isolated

16、locations you will find a large selection of new goods and tremendous variations in price. in retail stores, the prices displayed are firm and generally not negotiable. the following are some useful tips for shopping:learn to be a good "comparison shopper”，that is, check prices at several locat

17、ions before you buy.wait for items to go "on sale".talk with friends about where to shop.be aware that the "sales tax'，on an item is not included in the displayed price but applied by the store clerk when you buy the item.the pause, you must read the four choices marked a, b, c an

18、d d and decide which is the best answer.1. cw: it's good to have you back at work again. two weeks is a long time.m: i really enjoyed my trip. of course, there is nothing like taking it easy once a yea匚q: why was the man gone for two weeks?2. bm: i cant make up my mind about taking the english e

19、xam in this summer.w: i would be inclined to take it if i were you. any qualification is useful these years-q: whats the womaifs opinion about the exam?3. dm: do you think edward will be absent from the meeting?w: well, if you think edward will be absent, you?re mistaken.q: what can we learn from th

20、e conversation?reading activityl. d 2. cpart two reading aa. about the authordeborah netburn is a science reporter for the los angeles times. she began her journalism career at the new york observer in 1999, and has covered residential real estate, rich kids in manhattan, private school kids in new

21、york city, entertainment, home and garden, wacky national news, and technology. she has worked at the los angeles times since 2006.b. warm-up discussion1 have you ever create any anything?2. in your opinion, what can be called creativity?3. how can a person keep his creativity?c. structurepart i par

22、a. 1 the scientists' suggestion-一讦 you find yourself in a creative slump, take a walk.part ii paras. 2-6 marily oppezzos experiment to prove that walking helps to improve creativity.part iii paras. 7 9 other researcherscomment on this results of marily oppezzos experiment.part iv paras. 10-11the

23、 conclusion marily oppezzo suggests that people takea walk before brainstorming, or if they are puzzled about a creative problem.d. detailed study of the text1> if you find yourself in a creative slump, scientists have a suggestion: take a walk. (para. 1)if you notice that your creativity is decr

24、easing, scientists9 suggestion is that you，d better take a walk to improve your creativity.slump: a sudden fall in prices, amount, or value, or a period of time when something is in a bad statee.g. a slump in the economya slump in farm pricesthe team is in a slump this year.also, a slump in property

25、 prices could mean your retirement taking a big hit, or being forced to wait until the housing market recovers.2. to measure creativity, oppezzo recruited 176 people and gave them tests. (para. 3)in order to study creativity and to know whether walking can help people improve their creativity, oppez

26、zo persuaded 176 people to be members of her research group and made test on them to study creativity.recruit: (recruit somebody to do something) to find new people to join a company, an organization, the armed forces, etc.; to persuade someone to become a new member of an organizatione.g. the polic

27、e are trying to recruit more officers from ethnic minorities.they recruited several new members to the club.he's responsible for recruiting at all levels.the coach spends a lot of time recruiting the top high school athletes.3. oppezzo defined a creative response as one that was both appropriate

28、 (a button could serve as a small strainer, but it wouldn't work as a light bulb) and original, meaning no one else in the study had said it. (para. 3)oppezzo thought a response can be called creative one only when that response met the two requirements. one was that it should be appropriate. fo

29、r example, a button could be used as a small strainer, but it couldnt work as a light bulb. the other was that it should be original, that is, no one else in the study had said it.4 in following experiments, the researchers found that this creative boost can stay. (para. 5)in following experiments,

30、the researchers found that this kind of increase of creativity can continue.boost: an increase or improvemente.g. a big boost in salarywithout a major boost in tourism, the economy will suffer even furthe匚this has given share prices a big boost.5. if people took the creativity test while walking, an

31、d then while sitting, they came up with more creative ideas in their chairs compared with other seated volunteers who hadnt gone for a walk. (para. 5)if people took the creativity test first while they were walking and then while they were sitting, they could have more creative ideas later when they

32、 sat in their chairs than other people who had the test all the time when they sat.6. to make sure this wasift just a sign that the volunteers were getting used to the test, the researchers asked some participants to take the test twice and remain seated both times. (para> 6)in order to make sure

33、 that the improvement of creativity on some volunteers was not because they were getting used to the test, the researchers required some participants to have another two tests and this time they sat in their chairs both times.7. under those conditions, test performance did not improve with experienc

34、e> (para. 6)in the second two tests, the result did not prove that the volunteers7 creativity had been improved because they had been used to the test.8. other researchers said they found the results convincing, especially because they were confirmed in four different experiments. (para. 7)other

35、researchers said that they thought the results were persuasive, especially because the results were proved in other four different experiments.convincing: serving to convince; persuasive or believable; capable of causing someone to believe that something is true or reale.g. she sounded very convinci

36、ng to me (= i believed what she said).i didnt find the ending of the film very convincing.9. when we take a break from active perusal of solutions and go about our other daily activities, new ways of thinking about the solution may pop into our minds. (para. 8)when we stop for a short time trying to

37、 get solutions to some problems which we have been puzzled for a period of time and begin to do other daily activities, the new ways to get the solution may come into our minds very quickly.perusal: the action of reading or examining somethinge.g. i continued my perusal of the instructions.he set it

38、 back on the wooden plate and continued his perusal of the records.a selection of videos in the lounge awaited our perusal.that article deserves careful perusal.go about: to begin to do something; to start working on somethinge.g. we，d like to help but we5re not sure what the best way is to go about

39、 it.you9re not going about the job in the right way.the king and queen went about their daily activities as calmly as possible, trying to mask their uneasiness.10> but wiley and others were at a loss to explain why walking seemed to improve creativity. (para> 8)but wiley and other researchers

40、were puzzled and could not explain why walking seemed to improve creativity.at a loss: not knowing what to say or do; puzzled or uncertain what to think, say, or doe.g. fm at a loss to know how i can help you.then we were at a loss for what to do next till i mentioned bowlingwhen his letters were re

41、turned unopened, john was at a loss as to what to do next.11< if so, that would explain why most volunteers became more chatty while they were walking, he said. (para. 9)if walking increases arousal in the brain, it would help to explain why most volunteers were inclined to talk with others while

42、 they were walking more than while they just sat in their chairs.12. oppezzo thinks it is possible that walking interferes with the braiifs ability to filter thoughts. (para. 10)oppezzo thinks maybe that is because walking prevents the brain from rejecting those seemed unwanted erfere with:

43、 to prevent something from succeeding or from being done or happening as planned; to prevent something from working effectively or from developing successfullye.g. she never allows her personal feelings to interfere with her work.even a low level of noise interferes with my concentration.filter: pro

44、cess or assess (items) in order to reject those that are unwantede.g. you'll be put through to a secretary whose job it is to filter calls.the brain has the ability to filter out information it considers non-essential.e. translation of the text创意枯竭?步行吧！黛博拉内特本如果你觉得自己陷入创意低谷，科学家有一项建议：散散步吧。人在步行的 时候会

45、比坐着产生更多的创意想法。“所有人都说走路会为你带来新想法，可是以前从来没有人证明过这一点，” 心理学教授暨该项研究的主要作者玛丽莉奥佩佐表示。为了测试创意能力，奥佩佐找来了 176个人，给他们进行测验。举例而言， 有些志愿受试者被要求为一件普通物品，例如纽扣，找出另类用法。奥佩佐对创 意反应的定义是：必须适当(纽扣可以当成迷你过滤器，但不能当成灯泡)，但 又具有原创性，也就是说受试者提出的想法必须是在这个研究里没有别人说过 的。志愿受试者被要求完成这项实验两次第一次是坐在一间小房间里的一 张桌子前，第二次则是在同样的时间里在一部跑步机上走路。81%的参与者在跑 步机的情况下，创意产出都有所增

46、加。在后续的实验里，研究人员发现这种创意性的提高具有持续性。如果受试者 先在步行状况下接受创意测验，然后再坐下来接受测验，那么他们坐在椅子上所 想出的创意想法也会多于没有先步行过的受试者。为了确认这种效果不只是志愿受试者习惯于这项实验所产生的现象，研究人 员要求部分参与者二度接受这项实验，并且两次都坐在椅子上。在这种情况下， 测验表现并没有随着经验增加而改善。其他研究人员称他们认为这项实验结果深具说服力，尤其是因为这项结果也 受到了其他四项不同实验的证实。没有参与这项研究的芝加哥心理学教授詹妮弗威利说'我们一旦暂时放下 对于解决方案积极仔细的研究，而转头从事其他的口常活动，有关解决方案

47、的新 想法就可能会突然在我们的大脑里冒出来。”可是威利和其他人都无法解释为什 么步行似乎能够增强创意。也许步行能够提高大脑内的刺激，心理学与大脑科学教授乔纳森斯库勒表 示。他说，如果真是如此，即可解释大多数的志愿受试者为什么在步行的时候会 变得比较多话。奥佩佐认为步行有可能有干扰大脑过滤想法的能力。奥佩佐和斯坦福大学教授丹尼尔施瓦兹打算继续研究步行与创意的关联。 她建议大家在头脑风暴之前，或者如果被创意问题难住了，就去散散步。“这实 在是一件很棒的事情。你只要岀门走走，就可以让你变得更有创意，”她说。f. keys to exercisesquestions for comprehension

48、answer the following questions according to the text.1. no.2. marily oppezzo defined a creative response as one that was both appropriate (abutton could serve as a small strainer, but it wouldn't work as a light bulb) and original, meaning no one else in the study had said it.3. 81 / eighty-one

49、percent of the participants.4. yes. the experiment proved that if people took the creativity test while walking, and then while sitting, they came up with more creative ideas in their chairs compared with other seated volunteers who hadnt gone for a walk.5. no. the results were confirmed in four dif

50、ferent experiments.6. yes. for example, jennifer wiley, a psychology professor in chicago; jonathan schooler, a professor of psychological and brain sciences.7. oppezzo and stanford university professor daniel schwartz intend to continue their research into the connection between walking and creativ

51、ity.exercisesl translate the following expressions into chinese.1.创意低谷3.创意性的提高5.习惯于这项实验7.发现这项实验结果具有说服力9 大脑过滤想法的能力2.另类用法4.接受创意测验6.测验表现 &增强创意10.继续研究il fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs.1. in; of2. into3. in4. from5. from6. with; since; in7. in; in; like8. about; as; about9. to10. in1

52、1. to12. atiil choose the word or phrase in the box and complete the following sentences with its proper form.1. volunteer2. alternative5- treadmill6. improved9. confirm10. popped into3. appropriate4. original7. output8. make sure1 l at a loss12. chattyiv. choose the appropriate answer from the four

53、 choices.i 5: bbcba610: aabdcii 15: dcdcb1620: abcbav choose the words and fill in the blanks with their proper forms to complete the following passage.a few years ago, when i taught high school, i struggled to come up with a final assignment for my students. when i failed to find one that fit with

54、my students, i decided to change the rules.instead of a typical writing assignment based on class readings, i asked my students to create the "ultimate super villain” and present it in two different ways. the only guideline? the villain's attributes had to be based on characters we studied

55、that semester. thafs it.the result was a production of their best creative work all semester. i was so blown away that for the 行nal exam, instead of a "traditional reading/' i asked my students to read a lifehack article and provide a response. it was the most enjoyable marking experience f

56、ve had.i threw out the rules of teaching and had fun. and the results were spectacular. all it took was a willingness to let my ideas go wild.translationtranslate the following sentences into english, using the words or expressions given in brackets.1. our football fan club began to recruit new memb

57、ers last week.2. you may already have some work experience through volunteer work.3. do you have an alternative solution to the problem?4. jeans are not appropriate for a formal party.5. he has been an active participant in the discussion.6. how can the teachers improve their teaching so as to encou

58、rage creativity?7. the data you have collected is not enough to be convincing.8.1 was at a loss for what to do next.9. emotional problems can seriously interfere with a student work.10. if you like alternative comedy, youtl love this book.part three reading ba about the authorjessica olien is a writer and illustrator. she has previously worked as a reporter for the nation newspaper, based in bangkok, thailand, and for egypt today magazine in cairo. she is currently a freelance writer based in new york city.b