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( ) He / she has a high IQ .

( ) He / she is creative & imaginable .

( ) He / she must be a top student at school .

( ) He / she is smart .

Para one

How do they come up with ideas for new inventions ?How do they come up with ideas for new inventions ?

Think outside the box

Take another look at it

Make connections

Keep trying

Scanning Find out what the following ways mean.

Try new ways to solvea problem.

Look at a problem in as many ways as possible.

Try to combine new and old ideas in as many different ways as possible.

Have a long processof trial and error.

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A plane crashed. Why nobody in the plane A plane crashed. Why nobody in the plane was injured?was injured?

When we cut a corner from a square-shaped When we cut a corner from a square-shaped desk with four corners, how many corners desk with four corners, how many corners are left?are left?

Why can a frog jump higher than a tree?Why can a frog jump higher than a tree?

For some questions, if we think out of the usual way, we can get the answers easily.

All the people in the plane died.

Three/ four/ fiveThree/ four/ five

A tree can’t jump.

Are the eyes of the Are the eyes of the same height?same height?

Can you only see a Can you only see a pot? Pay attention topot? Pay attention tothe dark!the dark!

Two faces!

Is there only a yellow triangle? Pay attention to the blue? Of course we can see an

old man. Look more carefully! What else canyou see?

We have successfully made many inventions, using connection. Here are some examples:

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+ storage battery

electrical machinery( 电机）

electrically operated bike

video phone

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pump

fire engine

heating wire electric blanket

Will these inventions be possible?

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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 kept doing his scientific research.

Yuan Longping has been keeping improvingrice to contribute to agriculture.

The following examples have been fixed up. Can you place them in the right titles of the passage?

1)1)According to Leonardo da Vinci, problems which According to Leonardo da Vinci, problems which had seemed impossible could be solved if he had seemed impossible could be solved if he changed the way he described the problem.changed the way he described the problem.

2) Thomas Edison made a rule saying that he had 2) Thomas Edison made a rule saying that he had to make an invention every ten days. to make an invention every ten days.

Think outside the boxThink outside the box

Keep tryingKeep trying

3) Mozart, who lived in Austria, wrote more than3) Mozart, who lived in Austria, wrote more than 600 pieces of music.600 pieces of music.

4) Einstein, who changed the world of physics4) Einstein, who changed the world of physics forever with his Theory of Relativity, preferredforever with his Theory of Relativity, preferred images of numbers.images of numbers.

5) Samuel Moorse, the man who invented the5) Samuel Moorse, the man who invented the telegraph, got his idea by watching a ridertelegraph, got his idea by watching a rider exchange a tired horse for a new one.exchange a tired horse for a new one.

Keep tryingKeep trying

Take another look at itTake another look at it

Make connectionsMake connections

True or False

6 6 The more ways we have of looking at a The more ways we have of looking at a problem, the more likely it is that we can problem, the more likely it is that we can find a solution.find a solution.

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11 Most inventors have high IQs. Most inventors have high IQs.

22 The things we know can sometimes make it The things we know can sometimes make it more difficult for us to understand.more difficult for us to understand.

33 It’s impossible to learn how to be creative. It’s impossible to learn how to be creative.

44 The best way to find a good solution is The best way to find a good solution is

to look for one good answer.to look for one good answer.55 Inventors try to avoid failure. Inventors try to avoid failure.

77 Most good ideas are the result of a long Most good ideas are the result of a long process of trial and error.process of trial and error.

Language points:

1 ） be born+ adj./n. He was born blind. She was born a singer.

2 ） come up with

Can scientists come up with ways of predicting tsunami （海啸）？

3 ） allow for 考虑到 ; 顾及

It will take you half an hour to get to the

station, allowing for traffic delays.allow of 容许，允许

The situation allow of no delay. 情况不允许我们耽误。

5 ） as with=like 正如……一样 As with drawing a picture, you should be patient and careful when you do the job.

4 ） get/be stuck The car got stuck in the mud.

6 ） break away from

Taiwan is part of China. It can’t break away from China.

7 ） be aware of / that-clause

Are you aware of your mistake?

She became aware that something was

burning.

8 ） otherwise

① 连词 否则，要不然 (or else= if not) You should go now, otherwiseotherwise you’ll miss the bus.

② 副词 在其他方面，除此之外 He is noisy, but otherwiseotherwise a nice boy.

③ 形容词 另外的，别样的 Some are wise, some are otherwiseotherwise.

9) once 句中是连词 “ 一……就”Once I make up my mind, no one can persuade me.一旦我下定决心，没有人能说服我。

How do you understand the title of the passage?

If we want to be creativecreative, we should follow these rules---think outside the box, take another look at it, make connections and keep trying. These rules also work when we solve a problem

Homework Homework Write a passage to tell what rules you should have if you want to be creative, which one is the most important and explain the reasons.