Unit 2 Fruitful Questions

James describes how his children’s ability to see

things in fresh ways opened his own eyes to the nature

of creative thinking.

Unit 2 Fruitful Questions

1. Useful Expressions 2. Text Interpretation 3. Word Family 4. Sentence Structure 5. Translation Practice 6. Reading Skill 7. Guided Writing8. Homework

Useful Expressions

多产的小说家 A fruitful novelist

色拉油

automatic focus

received version 秘诀 , 开门咒 红色胎记

纯金

自动对焦 标准译本

Open sesame

Strawberry mark

Pure gold

Salad oil

Useful Expressions

定冠词 Definite article

A reminder letter

调整以适应

文火 相框，画框 编造一个借口

Work the night shift

Adjust oneself to Mild fire

Picture frame

Invent an excuse

值夜班 催函

Useful Expressions

进化论 Evolution theory

直线思维

DVD

数据库 Get nowhere 破灭的希望

接种…疫苗

Digital video disc Data base

无进展

Shattered hope

Vaccinated against

Linear thinking

1. Warm-up questions

2. Global analysis

3. Detailed reading

4. Picture talk

5. Inspiring quotations

Text Interpretation

Content questions (32)

1. Warm-up questions

Punny riddles

1) Who always drives his customers away?

2) What clothing is always sad?3) Who is closer to you, your mom or

your dad?4) What stays hot even if put in a fridge?5) Why is it useless to send a letter to

Washington?6) Why do some old people never use

glasses?

◆ What type is the text? A narration B description C exposition D argumentation

2. Global analysis

◆ What pattern is the text organized in? A problem-solution B cause-effect C general-specific D time / sequence

记叙文 a movie描述文 a picture说明文 a lecture议论文 a debate

问题 - 解决因果总 - 分时间 / 顺序

2. Global analysis

◆ Main ideas of paragraphsNo. Paras

2

Main ideas

1 The gist of the text

2-5 The story itself

Paradigm shifts as the way out

Schooling as a reminder of linear thinking

3

4

6-8

9-10

11-2

Three more examples of paradigm shifts

1

5

The call for creative thinking136

Discussion To what extent do you agree or disagree with this

statement that formal examination is out of date?

2. Global analysis

Group 1 (For) Group 2 (Against) 1. much pressure

2. unfavorable to students’ creativity

3. unhealthy competition4. psychological problems 5. high marks / poor ability

1. unified authoritative method2. fair and scientific3. a long-tested and time-

honored system4. a must for the students to

know the basic knowledge

1. The other night at the dinner table, my three kids – ages 9, 6 and 4 - took time out from …

2. The oldest didn’t take more than a second to deliver his smug answer …

3. …despite the fact that some purists insist a tomato is a fruit.

4. To those of us forced as kids to eat them …

5. I was about to think up another set of three when my 4-year-old said…

3. Detailed reading

6. Not to be outdone by his younger siblings, …

7. The middle one took this as a direct challenge.

8. My kids were doing what … (parallelism) 9. Every kid who framed the question

differently than “Which is not a fruit” …10. …the most notable being Albert Einstein,…11. This is not meant to be a critique of schools.12. Lord knows, that’s easy enough to do.

3. Detailed reading

13. We seem to be at a point where everyone is clamoring for instant access to …bodies of…

14. Unless we shift our paradigms, the super highway will lead us nowhere.

15. He didn’t do anything less Earth-shattering (pun intended) than completely change the way the universe was viewed.

16. When you have a hammer, you tend to see very problem as a nail.

3. Detailed reading

4. Picture talk

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5. Inspiring quotations

1. A man becomes learned by asking questions.要长学问，就得多问；多问则业精。

2. He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning.

耻问之人耻于学。

3. Imagination is more important than knowledge.

想象力比知识更为重要。

有所尝试，就等于有所作为。 4. Something attempted, something done.

Fruitless, pattern, delimit, unlimited, variable, edition, purify, out-, offspring, indefinite, definition, vaccine, request, conquest, infect, severe, slight, framework, handbook, inventory, noticeable, remarkable, impotent, potential, technique, critical, evolutionary, revolution, protest, petition, clamorously, accessible, accessory, ever-green, offline, digit, upload, unload, datum, transitory, smash, unintentionally, discovery

IV. Enriching your word power (35)

Word Family

… was about to … when … (36)

Sentence Structure

This is not meant to be a critique of schools.

I was about to think up another set of three

when my 4-year-old delivered his answer.

… be meant to … (37)

a) … be intended to …

You are meant to pay before you come in.

b) … be supposed to do …

1. It is important to have easy and quick access to information, but it is even more important to learn to look at/view information in new ways.

2. A major medical breakthrough may illustrate the point.

3. Scientists had intended to find a cure for smallpox, but they get nowhere.

Translation Practice

4. Edward Jenner, a British physician, abandoned the quest for a cure and conquered the disease by finding a way to prevent it.

5. Obviously, it was creative thinking that led to his fruitful work.

6. In short, it definitely pays to keep this in mind: there is more than one way to look at/view volumes of data you download.

Translation Practice

Scanning when using a dictionary

When we are trying to locate specific information, we usually need not read the whole material carefully. Instead, we try to find in which part that information is likely to be, then read it with more attention. (40)

Reading Skill

Rearrange sentences into a coherent piece

Write a letter (of thanks) 信头、信内姓名及地址、日期、称呼、 信文、结束语、署名、附言

Guided Writing

2-5-1-6-4-3

Heading, Inside Name and Address, Date, Salutation, Body, Complimentary close, Signature, P. S.

Review

Preview

Recitation

Fast reading

Dictation

Learning journal

Homework

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