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提高创造力

具体方法

拓展视野

创造潜力

社会地位

无穷无尽的想法

利用

enhance creativity

concrete ways

expand one’s world/horizon

creative potential

social status

endless flow of ideastake advantage of

Check Yourself

1. She was said to be in a _____ condition

following the heart transplant operation.

A. radical B. occasional C. original D. stable

2. The course normally attracts 20 students per year, ______up to half will be from overseas.

A. in which B. for whom

C. with whom D. of whom

3. If we have time this summer, I’d like to ______some of the less well-known parts of the country.

A. expel B. explode

C. explore D. expand

4. You’ll want two trees about ten feet apart, from ____ to suspend your tent.

A. which B. there

C. them D. where

5. It was an interesting exhibition, but there was too much to _____ all at one time.

A. take up B. take in

C. take over D. take shape

6. Getting too little sleep can affect your mood, your____ , your ability to learn, and even your speech.

A. convenience B. coordination

C. confrontation D. conviction

7. The army is reported to be ____ considerable

resistance in some remote rural areas.

A. encountering B. capturing

C. identifying D. offending

8. We must see that our spare time is profitably ____.

A. lodged B. occupied

C. involved D. interacted

9. I’ll be upstairs, so could you ____ my phone

calls up there please?

A. transport B. transform

C. transfer D. transplant

10. Tina’s party was very boring—it was full of her business _____.

A. audiences B. advocates

C. associates D. aspirations

act upon/on (L9) act according to

e.g.e.g.

Acting on impulse can get you into a lot of trouble.Acting on impulse can get you into a lot of trouble.

Phrases & ExpressionsPhrases & Expressions

1. I took advantage of the meeting to express my opinion about current situations.

1. I took advantage of the meeting to express my opinion about current situations.

1. 我利用会议机会表达了我对当前形势的看法。 1. 我利用会议机会表达了我对当前形势的看法。

take advantage of: make use of 利用take advantage of: make use of 利用

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他毕业后开始从事新闻写作。 他毕业后开始从事新闻写作。

When he left school he took up news writing. When he left school he took up news writing.

take up: begin to spend time learning or doing (something) 开始，着手做 take up: begin to spend time learning or doing (something) 开始，着手做

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But scarcely did I awake when away flew the

tune and I could not recall any part of it. (L17)

Note

As soon as I awoke, the tune flew away and I could not remember any part of the tune.

As soon as I awoke, the tune flew away and I could not remember any part of the tune.

scarcely... when...hardly... when...no sooner... than...

表示“一…… 就……”意义的连词短语有：

as soon as

通常主句用过去完成时，从句用一般过去时。

多用于口语中，主句和从句要用相同时态。

TranslationTranslation

1. 他没有当医生的能力。 He has no capacity to be a doctor.

2. 这个小组是按照研究人员的建议行事的。The group acted upon the statements the researchers ma

de. 3. 年轻人具有学习的潜力，这一点至今仍未得到重视。Young people have a potential for learning which, up to n

ow, has been slighted. 4. 他刚刚到达就又得走了。Scarcely had he arrived when he had to leave again.

TranslationTranslation5. 这个研究项目进行了才不过三个月，所以要对它的成绩作出

评价还为时尚早。 The research project has only been under way for three mo

nths, so it's too early to evaluate its success.

6. 老板把他调到了另一个办公室。 His employer transferred him to another office.

7. 你应该享受大都市的生活 , 那里购买大多数商品都十分方便。 You should take advantage of living in a large city where mos

t of the goods are convenient. 

Section C Teaching Children at Home

It’s a clean sweep.

因为由大标题 Great Ideas 得知 clean sweep 应是一种发明或某种好点子，而 sweep 应与清洁工作有关，故选 A 。

Stuck on you.

由大标题 Great Ideas 得知这应是一种发明或某种好点子， stick 为粘贴之意。故选 B 。

Accidents can work wonders.

这句话的意思是由于事故能给人教训，从而激发奇思妙想的产生，而这同样与大标题 Great Ideas 吻合，故选 C 。

Geniuses need not apply.

天才不一定是专家。同样由大标题 Great Ideas 得知，这里提到的 Geniuses 是有发明创造或奇思妙想的人。由于 apply 意为（应用，努力），我们可猜想作者想说天才不一定是专家，并不一定在该领域是 Master ，这样反而少了某些思维的束缚。故选 B 。

Keep your trousers on.

由大标题 Great Ideas 得知这应是一种发明或某种好点子，而如何以聪明的方式来“ keep your trousers on” ，这的确得费些脑子。故选 A 。

Great Ideas (the subject of the reading passage) 。 由于下面一系列的小表题可得知这与发明创造或某些好点子有关。故

选 C 。

II 课文理解 T 可从第一段前半部分得出结论。 F 可从第二段得出结论。 T 可从第五段第一句得出结论。 F 可从第六段第一句得出结论。 F 从第九段及第十段得知 Drew 并未对工人们的抱怨

置若罔闻。 T 可从第十二段得出结论。 F 可从第十五段第二句得知， Bell 本人对电学所知不

多，并非是明知其不可为而为之。 F 可从倒数第二段得出结论，他并非在 1907 年发明拉

链。

Discussion

Do you have any secrets for being creative?

Do you have any secrets for being creative?

1) To be creative, you must first be curious about everything around you. Curiosity is the first teacher to launch you on the way to being creative. No curiosity, no creativity.

2) To be creative, you must have the courage to look beyond the established ideas in your field.

Gifted Children

gift

fundamental

intellectual

potential

excel

天赋

根本的

智力的

潜力

擅长

Words You Need to Know for Listening

Exercise Directions: Listen to the passage and decide whether

the following statements are true (T) or false (F), then

underline the word(s) conveying wrong information

and correct them.

1)【 】 The most commonly shared characteristic

of gifted children is that they have outstanding

intellectual potential.

2)【 】 Most gifted children show all the signs of

giftedness mentioned in the passage. 2)Most gifted children show all the signs of giftedness mentioned in the passage. (Not every gifted child shows.)

2)Most gifted children show all the signs of giftedness mentioned in the passage. (Not every gifted child shows.)

FF

TT

Exercise3) 【 】 Gifted children often have different

hobbies from those of their same age.

4) 【 】 Gifted children often prefer to

spend time with older children and adults.

5) 【 】 In order to prepare for their future development gifted children should be trained like an adult at an early age.

TT

FF

TT

5) In order to prepare for their future development gifted 5) In order to prepare for their future development gifted children children should be trained like an adult at an early should be trained like an adult at an early age.age. (be allowed and encouraged to play and act like (be allowed and encouraged to play and act like other children)other children)

5) In order to prepare for their future development gifted 5) In order to prepare for their future development gifted children children should be trained like an adult at an early should be trained like an adult at an early age.age. (be allowed and encouraged to play and act like (be allowed and encouraged to play and act like other children)other children)

Tapescript1 All children have gifts and some of them are highly gifted.

They may have a talent for music and art. They may excel at sports or in dance, or be scientifically or technically creative. Very often, gifted children have outstanding intellectual potential.

Parents often ask about the “signs” of giftedness. Please bear in mind that the following are only examples; not every child will display all these characteristics. Gifted children often: walk and talk early; have great physical and mental energy; seem to need less sleep than children of the same age; show great curiosity about the world around them; are particularly interested in cause and effect, and in fundamental questions such as the meaning of life and death; ask lots of questions; have a superior vocabulary; talk fluently; learn to read early.

Tapescript2

Children of high intelligence often seek the

company of older children, as well as that of

adults. They often prefer games and hobbies

which are usually associated with older children.

Whatever form of exceptional ability a child may

show, the best preparation for growing up is to

have lived fully as a child. There are times when a

child, however clever, will want to play and act like

other children, and he or she should be allowed

and encouraged to do so. (215 words)

Richard Is an Author at 16

1. pay off

2. version

3. agent

4. publisher

成功

版本

代理人

出版者

Words You Need to Know

Richard Is an Author at 16

Directions: Listen to the passage again and fill in the following blanks with the information you get from the tape.

Richard’s first book has______ been_________ , his second one is _________ in the autumn, and he’s

___________ of writing the third. He has to work very hard. He tries to write__________ every weekday evening and _____________________ on Sunday. He’s written The Secret Army _____________.

just publishedcoming out

in the middlefor an hour

do about five or six hoursat least 3 times

Richard Is an Author at 16

He wrote the very first version when he was

__________ and spent about ____________ on it while he was finishing the ____ version. He had to do a fantastic amount of ______,________and some________ , too. He'll be _____ to get on with his _______ book when the summer holidays come.

12 years old 12 hours a day

finalcutting editing

rewriting glad

third

Tapescript

At weekends and during the holidays, there aren’t many who would willingly stay indoors working away on a word processor.

But that’s exactly what 16-year-old Richard Hayes does and it's paid off. For his first book The Secret Army has just been published, his second one is coming out in the autumn and he's in the middle of writing the third.

Here's how hard Richard, who lives in London, has to work.

“I try to write for an hour every weekday evening after I’ve done my homework and had supper and perhaps watched some television,” he says. “Then on Sundays I’ll try to do about five or six hours and I might produce about 10 to 15 pages of the book from that.”

“I’ve written The Secret Army at least three times and while I was finishing the final version I was spending about 12 hours a day on it. But I really enjoyed it--the book almost wrote itself.”

“I'm studying at the moment at Holland Park School, London, so homework has to come before everything else. I’ll be glad when the summer holidays come; then I can get on with my third book.”

He always wanted to be an author and also felt very confident about the book. “I knew The Secret Army would be published some time. I met a literary agent at a party last summer and he offered to read it. Then he told Macmillan's publishers about it and they seemed quite keen.”

“But I had to do a fantastic amount of cutting down and editing out words and characters and some rewriting, too.”

“I’ve lived with the story now for about four years, as I wrote the very first version when I was 12 years old. It’s a great thrill to see it finally in print.”

I Believe I can Fly

I used to think that I could not go onAnd life was nothing but an awful songBut now I know the meaning of true loveI'm leaning on the everlasting arms Chorus:If I can see it, then I can do itIf I just believe it, there’s nothing to itI believe I can flyI believe I can touch the skyI think about it every night and daySpread my wings and fly away I believe I can soarI see me running through that open doorI believe I can fly

See I was on the verge of breaking down

Sometimes silence, it can seem so loud

There are miracles in life I must achieve

But first I know it starts inside of me  

Chorus:

If I can see it, then I can be it

If I just believe it, there’s nothing to it

I believe I can fly

I believe I can touch the sky

I think about it every night and day

Spread my wings and fly away

I believe I can soar

I see me running through that open door

Chorus:

I believe I can fly

Yeah, ’cause I believe in you 

If I can see it (wooh), then I can do it (I can do it)

If I just believe it, there’s nothing to it

I believe I can fly (wooh)

I believe I can touch the sky

I think about it every night and day

Spread my wings and fly away

I believe I can soar

I see me running through that open door

I believe I can fly (I can fly)

I believe I can fly (I can fly)

I believe I can fly (I can fly)

 If I just spread my wings (I can fly)

I can fly (I can fly)

I can fly (I can fly)

I can fly (hey! I can fly)

If I just spread my wings (I can fly)

I can fly (I can fly, I can fly, I can fly, I can fly) 

Fly, high, high