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单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,College English Book 3,Unit Two Fruitful Questions,Warming-up,Activities,Text,Study,Language,Points,Writing,Practice,Exercises,Fruitful Questions,Before Reading_1,Warm-up Questions,Look at the three pictures of an orange,a tomato and a strawberry.Which one does not belong to the same group as the other two?Why?,Information Related to the Text,1.,Sesame Street,is an educational American childrens television series designed for preschoolers,and is recognized as a pioneer of the contemporary standard which combines education and entertainment in childrens television shows.,It is produced in the United States by Sesame Workshop,and broadcasted on November 10,1969 on the National Educational Television network.,2.Nicholas,Copernicus,Copernicus was a Polish astronomer and mathematician who held the view that,the Earth and the other planets all travel in circles around the Sun.,Introductory Remarks,When we try to tackle a problem,we may sometimes stick to the usual way of thinking about it,thus often making it difficult,to find a solution.We need to remember,therefore,that it is important to learn to look at things in fresh ways and use unconventional creative means in trying to solve problems.,James Sollisch,author of the present essay,learned about the importance of creative thinking while playing the What Doesnt Belong game with his children.,In the essay,with examples ranging from his own children to some of the worlds greatest scientists,he helps explain the nature of creative thinking and calls on the reader to think creatively.,1.What was the question the father asked his children?,(What doesnt belong,an orange,a tomato or a strawberry?),2.What was the answer the children were expected to give?,(Tomato),3.What were the answers the children supplied?,(tomato,strawberry,orange),Introductory Questions,4.Did the father think their answers correct?Why or why not?,(Yes,he thought all their answers correct because there,was some truth in all of them.),5.Did you think his childrens thinking important?Cite evidence from the text to support your view.,(Yes,he thought his childrens thinking important.At the very beginning of the essay,he says the other night his three kids taught him about“paradigm shifts,and limitations of linear thinking and how to refocus parameters.”He also says what was happening here was“much more important than whether a tomato is a fruit or vegetable.”),Introductory Questions,6.To what does the father connect his childrens thinking?,(He connects his childrens thinking to the great accomplishments of Copernicus,Reuben Mattus and Edward Jenner.),7.What did Copernicus do to deserve to be remembered as one of the worlds greatest astronomers?,(He readjusted the centuries-old paradigm of an Earth-centered system and placed the sun at the center of the universe.),Introductory Questions,8.What did Edward Jenner do in an effort to conquer smallpox?,(He abandoned the quest for a cure for the disease and discovered a vaccination for it.),9.What did the authors children do to deserve to be considered as good as great figures like Copernicus in a way?,(Like Copernicus and other great scientists,they were creative in their thinking.,Introductory Questions,Globe Reading_1,Part Division of the Text,The authors children teach him about paradigm shifts.,Three examples of shifting old paradigms in history.,The importance of shifting old paradigms.,Main Ideas,Paragraphs,Parts,1,2,3,4,1 5,68,9 12,13,The author encourages people to look at information in a new way.,Globe Reading.2_1_1,Questions and Answers for Part One,1.What were the author and his children playing that night?,“,What Doesnt Belong?”based on the Sesame Street game.,2.What was the question the father put to his children?,What doesnt belong,an orange,a tomato or a strawberry?,3.What was the oldest childs answer to the question?And what did the,father,think of his answer?,The oldest childs answer was that tomato doesnt belong because it was not fruit and his father thought it was a right answer.,Globe Reading.2_1_2,4.What answers did his 4-year-old and his 6-year-old,children give?,His 4-year-old chose strawberry because the other two were round and strawberry wasnt,while the 6-year-old believed that orange didnt belong because the other two were red.,5.Why did the 9-year-old and the middle one add to the answers?,Because they did not want to be outdone by their siblings.,Globe Reading.2_2_1,Table Completion for Part Two,Names,Examples,Copernicus,Reuben Mattus,Edward Jenner,He placed the sun at the center of the universe,readjusting the centuries-old paradigm of Earth-centered system.,He renamed his Bronx ice cream Hagen-Dazs and raised the price without changing the product.,He discovered a vaccination for smallpox by abandoning his quest for a cure.,Globe Reading.2_3_1,True or False for Part Three,If the game“what doesnt belong?”had been a workbook exercise in school,each choice of the kids would have been
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