Unit+11+creativity

Unit11:CreativitySectionAWhereDoThoseBrightIdeasComeFrom?PartⅠPre-readingActivitiesBackgroundInformationPartⅢExercisesVocabularyStructureTranslationPartIV:Topic-relatedFurtherLearningPartII:TextLearningTextAnalysis:A:MainIdeas&LanguagePointsSomeRecommendedBooks,PassagesandWebsites.B:DevicesofDevelopingtheTextStorySummaryTextStructureAnalysisStructuredWritingPartⅠPre-readingActivitiesWarmupExercises•RichardWagner(1813-1883):thegreatestcomposerofGermanopera,whomadeamajorcontributiontothecreationofmusicdrama.Musicdramacombinessinging,orchestra,verse,story,dramaandspectacle.Wagner’sworksinclude“TheRingoftheNibelung”(1853-1874),asetoffouroperasbasedonhistoricalGermanstories.PartⅠBackgroundInformation&Pre-activitiesBackgroundInformationTheRhinegoldThefirstofthefouroperasinthe“Ring”cycle,whichexemplifiesWagner’stheoryofmusicdramainitspurestform.HenriPoincare(1854-1912)AgreatFrenchmathematicsandtheoreticalscienceprofessorattheSorbonne(UniversityofParis),whohadahighlyoriginalinfluenceonthedevelopmentofpureandappliedmathematics.Healsoworkedonfunctionsthatchangedcelestialmechanics天体力学,helpedalgebraictopology代数拓扑andco-discoveredthespecialtheoryofrelativity.Descartes,Rene(1596-1650)AfamousFrenchphilosopher,mathematicianandscientist,oneofthemostinfluentialthinkersinhistory.Heisconsideredthefounderofbothmodernphilosophyandanalyticgeometry.Duringhislife,establishedideaswerebeingchallenged,sohetriedtodevelopawaytoreachthetruth.Hebasedhistheorythattheworldismadeupofmindandmatteronaconceptthatcametohiminadream.CogitoergosumItisLatinfor“Ithink;therefore,Iexist”,akeypointinDescartes’philosophy.Heclaimedthattheonlythinganyonecanbecertainofisthats/hethinksand,therefore,s/heexists.The“I”isthemindwhichcanexistwithoutbeingextendedsothatitcaninprinciplesurvivethedeathofthebody.HomePre-readingActivitiesFirstreadingScanthetextwiththefollowingquestionsinyourmind.Trytoanswerthemafterfirstreading.Andthen,writeanoutlineofthetextinSectionA.•Wheredogoodideascomefrom?•Howmanyexamplesorwaysofgettinggoodideasarediscussed?HomeOutline:Title:Wheredothosebrightideascomefrom?(Thebirthofbrightideas)Mainidea:Goodideascomefromtheunconsciousmindorbrainactivityusuallynotcontrolledbyus.Itiseasiesttoexamineitinthegreatcreativepersonalities.I.Wagner:Asuddenexplosionofanewconceptionintoconsciousness.II.Poincare:Theconsciousmindobservingthenewcombinationsbeingformedintheunconscious.III.Descartes:Anewideainadreamwhosecontentisveryclosetoconsciousthought.Conclusion:TheunconsciousisthesourceofinstinctiveactivityPartⅡTextLearning&LanguagepointsPara.1Therearefewexperiencesquitesosatisfactoryasgettingagoodidea.You’vehadaproblem,you’vethoughtaboutituntilyouweretired,forgottenit,andperhapssleptonit,andthenflash!Whenyouweren’tthinkingaboutit,suddenlytheanswerhascometoyouasagiftfromthegods.Chinese句型提炼：Therearefew…quitesoadj.…as…Therearefewexperiencesquitesoupsettingasseeingarelativepassaway.Therearefewhousesascheapasthisinthisarea.翻译：再没有比看到亲人离去更令人难过的事了。这个地区再没有比这个房子更便宜的了。Key:BackSleeponsth.:leavesth.undecidedorunattendeduntillatertimeHewillsleeponthematterandtellusthedecisionlater.翻译：他对此事要考虑一下，在把决定告诉我们。Key:Back再没有比获得主意更令人满意的经历了。你对某一个问题思考了很久，直至感到疲劳,把它忘掉了，也许暂时不去想它了，可后来却忽然来了灵感！当你不去想它的时候，答案却突然从天而降，仿如上苍赐予你的一份礼物。BackPara.2Ofcourse,allideasdon’tcomelikethatbuttheinterestingthingisthatsomanydo,particularlythemostimportantones.Theyburstintothemind,glowingwiththeheatofcreation.Howtheydoitisamysterybuttheymustcomefromsomewhere.Forthemomentlet’sassumethattheycomefromthe“unconscious”.Thisisreasonable,forpsychologistsusethistermtodescribementalprocesseswhichareunknowntothesubject,andcreativethoughtdependsonwhatwasunknownbecomingknown.Chinese至于那些影片，不是所有人都会去模仿，但是有些人会，特别是一些年轻人。句型提炼：…don’tcomelikethatbutsomanydo,particularly…（不是所有……都会像那样，但是许多会，特别是一些……）Asforthosefilms,allpeoplewillnotimitatebutsomewill,particularlysomeyoungmen.翻译：对于那些电影，不是所有人都会去模仿，但是一些人会，特别是一些年轻人。Key:BackGlowwith：showrednessorheatwithfeelings,etc.翻译：父亲看到我的学习成绩时，脸上露出满意的神情。Myfather’sfaceglowedwithsatisfactionwhenhesawmycollegegrades.Key:Back当然，并非所有的思想都是这样产生的，但有趣的是许多思想的产生的确如此，尤其是那些最为重要的思想。他们猛然间跃入人的脑海，闪烁着创造的光芒。它们是如何出现在人的脑海中的呢？这还是个迷。但这些思想一定来自某个地方。我们姑且假定它们来自“潜意识”吧。这是有道理的，心理学家就是用这一术语来描述不为人知的思维过程，创造性思维有赖于未知的东西变成已知的东西。BackPara.3Allofushaveexperiencedthissudden____ofanewidea,butitiseasiesttoexamineitinthegreatcreative_____,manyofwhomexperienceditinan______formandhavewrittenitdownintheir_____andletters.Onecandrawexamplesfrom_____inanyfield,fromreligion,philosophy,andliteraturetoartandmusic,eveninmathematics,science,andtechnicalinvention,thoughtheseareoftenthoughttodependonlyonlogicandexperiment.Itseemsthatalltrulycreativeactivitydependsinsomedegreeonthese_____fromtheunconscious,andthemorehighly_____theperson,the_____andmore_____thesignalsbecome.Chinesearrival,figures(personalities),intensified,memiors(lifestory),genius,signals,perceptive(insightful),sharper,dramatic(impressive)Intensify：makeorbecomestronger（使……加强，增强）翻译：由于天气突然变得更加恶劣，援救伤员的工作加紧了步伐。Effortstoreachtheinjuredmanhavebeenintensifiedbecauseofasuddenturningfortheworseintheweat