Unit Six Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Being creative ome Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio Directions: Listen to the first story and then answer the following Two English Stories questions Related Information What is creativ ity 1. How did the guest help to solve the problem? Am I creative? She poured the wine in a plastic bag and dipped it in ice water What can i do to mcrease my creativity? 2. What makes Edison, Picasso or even Shakespeare Warm-up Qu different from average people? E It's the ability to use the creative capacity by encouraging creative impulses and then acting upon them 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子⊙
Directions: Listen to the first story and then answer the following questions. Two English Stories Am I creative? Related Information Quiz What is creativity? What can I do to increase my creativity? Warm-up Questions 1. How did the guest help to solve the problem? She poured the wine in a plastic bag and dipped it in ice water. It’s the ability to use the creative capacity by encouraging creative impulses and then acting upon them. 2. What makes Edison, Picasso or even Shakespeare different from average people?
Unit Six Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Being creative ome Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio Two English Stories 1 My guests had arrived, but once again, I'd forgotten to put the wine in the fridge. Dont worry, a friend said, I can chill it for you right Related Information away. Five minutes later she emerged fror What is creativ ity the kitchen with the wine perfectly cooled. d Asked to reveal her secret, she said, I poured Am I creative? it in a plastic bag and dipped it in ice water What can I do to increase My guests applauded. " How wonderful if we my creativity? could all be that clever one remarked What separates the average person from Edison, Picasso or Warm-up Qu even Shakespeare isn't creative capacity. It's the ability to use that capacity by encouraging creative impulses and then acting upon them. Most of us seldom achieve our creative potential, but the reservoir of ideas hiding within every one of us can be unlocke Back 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子⊙
My guests had arrived, but once again, I’d forgotten to put the wine in the fridge. “Don’t worry,” a friend said, “I can chill it for you right away. “ Five minutes later she emerged from the kitchen with the wine perfectly cooled. Asked to reveal her secret, she said, “I poured it in a plastic bag and dipped it in ice water.” My guests applauded. “How wonderful if we could all be that clever,” one remarked. What separates the average person from Edison, Picasso or even Shakespeare isn’t creative capacity. It’s the ability to use that capacity by encouraging creative impulses and then acting upon them. Most of us seldom achieve our creative potential, but the reservoir of ideas hiding within every one of us can be unlocked. Two English Stories Am I creative? Related Information Quiz What is creativity? What can I do to increase my creativity? Warm-up Questions
Unit Six Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Being creative ome Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio Directions: Listen to the second story and then answer the Two English Stories following questions 1. What was the difference between the employees who were Related Information creative and those who werent? What is creativ ity .a The difference between the employees who were creative Am I creative? and those who weren't was this: Creative people believed What can i do to mcrease they were creative and less creative people believed they weren't my creativity? Warm-up Qu 2. Can creativity be nurtured? Yes 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子⊙
Directions: Listen to the second story and then answer the following questions. 1. What was the difference between the employees who were creative and those who weren’t? The difference between the employees who were creative and those who weren’t was this: Creative people believed they were creative and less creative people believed they weren’t. Yes. 2. Can creativity be nurtured? Two English Stories Am I creative? Related Information Quiz What is creativity? What can I do to increase my creativity? Warm-up Questions
Unit Six Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Being creative ome Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio Two English Stories w A big company wanted to increase creativity in its employees so it hired a group of consultants. The consultants started by thoroughly testing all of the employees. They discovered the only Related Information difference between the employees who were creative and those Who weren't was this: Creative people believed they were What is creativ ity creative and less creative people believed they werent Am I creative? Even more telling was what happened to the group that wasnt creative. The consultants focused on helping them t can i go to ncrease nurture their creativity In the end, those employees were actually my creativity? more creative than the ones who had initially considered Warm-up Qu themselves creative That means you too can become more creative. In fact, how creative you become is entirely in your own hands Back 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子⊙
A big company wanted to increase creativity in its employees, so it hired a group of consultants. The consultants started by thoroughly testing all of the employees. They discovered the only difference between the employees who were creative and those who weren’t was this: Creative people believed they were creative and less creative people believed they weren’t. Even more telling was what happened to the group that wasn’t creative. The consultants focused on helping them nurture their creativity. In the end, those employees were actually more creative than the ones who had initially considered themselves creative. That means you too can become more creative. In fact, how creative you become is entirely in your own hands. Two English Stories Am I creative? Related Information Quiz What is creativity? What can I do to increase my creativity? Warm-up Questions
Unit Six Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Being creative ome Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio This quiz will help you find out how creative you are Two English Stories Quiz 1. When you come across a rose, you immediately (√) A smell it Related Information ()B quote every rose poem you can remember What is creativ ity C. write your own poem (√)D. sketch the rose. Am I creative? (√)E. step on the rose What can i do to mcrease my creativity? 2. One of your dreams in life is to A. write a novel Warm-up Qu (v)Bbecome a painter C. travel around the world ()D climb all the famous mountains (v )E just once, get everything done on your to-do list 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子⊙
This quiz will help you find out how creative you are. 1. When you come across a rose, you immediately A. smell it. B. quote every rose poem you can remember. C. write your own poem. D. sketch the rose. E. step on the rose. 2. One of your dreams in life is to A. write a novel. B. become a painter. C. travel around the world. D. climb all the famous mountains. E. just once, get everything done on your to-do list. ( ) √ ( ) √ ( ) √ ( ) √ ( ) √ ( ) √ ( ) √ ( ) √ ( ) √ ( ) √ Two English Stories Am I creative? Related Information Quiz What is creativity? What can I do to increase my creativity? Warm-up Questions
Unit Six Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Being creative ome Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio 3. Your desk (V)A is buried under everything including the kitchen sink Two English Stories(v)B resembles a natural disaster C is a bit of a mess, but you know where everything is Quiz D is basically neat you use the stacking method Related Information )E is in perfect order What is creativ ity 4. The person you admire most is A. Einstein Am I creative? B. Walt Disney What can i do to mcrease )C. your mother D. Jane austin my creativity? )E. anyone who can get everything crossed off his or her Warm-up Qu to-do list 5. You consider yourself (v )A. extremely creative (√)B. creative C. somewhat creative )D. a little creative )E about as creative as einstein 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子⊙
3. Your desk A. is buried under everything including the kitchen sink. B. resembles a natural disaster. C. is a bit of a mess, but you know where everything is. D. is basically neat — you use the stacking method. E. is in perfect order. 4. The person you admire most is A. Einstein. B. Walt Disney. C. your mother. D. Jane Austin. E. anyone who can get everything crossed off his or her to-do list. 5. You consider yourself A. extremely creative. B. creative. C. somewhat creative. D. a little creative. E. about as creative as Einstein. ( ) √ ( ) √ ( ) √ ( ) √ ( ) √ ( ) √ ( ) √ ( ) √ ( ) √ ( ) √ ( ) √ ( ) √ ( ) √ ( ) √ ( ) √ Two English Stories Am I creative? Related Information Quiz What is creativity? What can I do to increase my creativity? Warm-up Questions
Unit Six Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Being creative ome Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio 6. You get new ideas Two English Stories (v )A. all the time Quiz ()B. several times a week (v )C. several times a month Related Information (v )D. once or twice a month What is creativ ity )E. very often Am I creative? Throw out all your answers except for No. 5--You consider What can i do to mcrease yourself: If you answered my creativity? A extremely creative Then you're extremely creative Warm-up Qu B creative-Then you're creative C somewhat creative- Then you're somewhat creative D. a little creative- Then you're a little creative E about as creative as Einstein Then you're about as creative as Einstein Okay, this was a bit of a trick. But it's true. How creative you think you are corresponds with how creative you really are 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子⊙
6. You get new ideas A. all the time. B. several times a week. C. several times a month. D. once or twice a month. E. very often. ( ) √ ( ) √ ( ) √ ( ) √ ( ) √ Throw out all your answers except for No. 5 — “You consider yourself:”. If you answered A. extremely creative — Then you’re extremely creative. B. creative — Then you’re creative. C. somewhat creative — Then you’re somewhat creative. D. a little creative — Then you’re a little creative. E. about as creative as Einstein — Then you’re about as creative as Einstein. Okay, this was a bit of a trick. But it’s true. How creative you think you are corresponds with how creative you really are. Two English Stories Am I creative? Related Information Quiz What is creativity? What can I do to increase my creativity? Warm-up Questions
Unit Six Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Being creative ome Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio What is creativity? Two English Stories 1) Give your own definitions of "creativity Quiz t Creativity is the ability to think up and design new inventions Related Information produce works of art, solve problems in new ways, or What is creativity develop an idea based on an original, novel, or Am I creative? unconventional approach What can i do to mcrease 2) Give your descriptions of"creativity my creativity? Warm-up Qu Creativity is the ability to see something in a new way and to engage in mental and physical experiences that are new, unique, or different. Creativity is a critical aspect of a persons ife, starting from inside the womb onward through adulthood 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子⊙
What is creativity? 1) Give your own definitions of “creativity”. 2) Give your descriptions of “creativity”. Creativity is the ability to think up and design new inventions, produce works of art, solve problems in new ways, or develop an idea based on an original, novel, or unconventional approach. Creativity is the ability to see something in a new way and to engage in mental and physical experiences that are new, unique, or different. Creativity is a critical aspect of a person’s life, starting from inside the womb onward through adulthood. Two English Stories Am I creative? Related Information Quiz What is creativity? What can I do to increase my creativity? Warm-up Questions
Unit Six Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Being creative ome Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio 3)Write down some words related to " creativity Two English Stories Creativeness, innovation, inventiveness, originality Quiz 4)Discuss the following quotations about"creativity Related Infomation E Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem What is creativity The important thing is to create. Nothing else matters; Am I creative? creation is all What can i do to mcrease Pablo picasso my creativity? The creative person wants to be a know-it-all. He wants to know about all kinds of things: ancient history, nineteenth Warm-up Qu century mathematics, current manufacturing techniques, flower arranging, and hog futures, because he never knows when these ideas might come together to form a new idea. It may happen six minutes later or six months, or six years down the road. But he has faith that it will happen Carl Ally 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子⊙
3) Write down some words related to “creativity”. Creativeness, innovation, inventiveness, originality… 4) Discuss the following quotations about “creativity”. Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem. — Brian Aldiss The important thing is to create. Nothing else matters; creation is all. — Pablo Picasso The creative person wants to be a know-it-all. He wants to know about all kinds of things: ancient history, nineteenthcentury mathematics, current manufacturing techniques, flower arranging, and hog futures, because he never knows when these ideas might come together to form a new idea. It may happen six minutes later or six months, or six years down the road. But he has faith that it will happen. — Carl Ally Two English Stories Am I creative? Related Information Quiz What is creativity? What can I do to increase my creativity? Warm-up Questions
Unit Six Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Being creative ome Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio Am i creative? Two English Stories Everyone has the potential to be creative. All of us can be Quiz creative but those who are recognized as being creative have an awareness that others dont have There are many Related Information components that influence the creativity of individuals. This is What is creativ ity not to say that people tremendously fluctuate in their creativity day to day or hour to hour. It is often believed that some people Am I creative? are generally more creative most of the time than others What can i do to mcrease One aspect of a creative personality is the fluency with which my creativity? he she generates a number of new ideas. The creative people Warm-up Qu can not only think of good ideas but also can explore them and record them. Remember that creativity can be learned improved and increased over time 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子⊙
Am I creative? Everyone has the potential to be creative. All of us can be creative but those who are recognized as being creative have an awareness that others don’t have. There are many components that influence the creativity of individuals. This is not to say that people tremendously fluctuate in their creativity day to day or hour to hour. It is often believed that some people are generally more creative most of the time than others. One aspect of a creative personality is the fluency with which he / she generates a number of new ideas. The creative people can not only think of good ideas but also can explore them and record them. Remember that creativity can be learned, improved and increased over time. Two English Stories Am I creative? Related Information Quiz What is creativity? What can I do to increase my creativity? Warm-up Questions
