BTLEW Lesson 5—Angels on a Pin Exercises ENTER BTLEW Lesson 5—Angels on a Pin Extension I. Oral work Oral work II. Quiz Quiz III.Writing Writing

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Lesson 5—Angels on a Pin

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I. Oral work

II. Quiz

III.Writing

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I.I. Oral WorkOral Work

List

1. Group discussion

2. Debating

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I.I. Oral WorkOral Work

Discussion:1. What is the author’s point?2. How many angels can dance on

the head of a pin?3. How can you break through the fears and blocks that inhibit creativity?4. Imagine yourself to be the student and describe your experience of the exam.

Brainstorm in

groups .

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I.I. Oral WorkOral WorkDebating:

Perhaps we should ask ourselves whether we are always asking the right questions.

This is a common problem. Many questions are complicated and require careful analysis. We cannot easily give true-or-false or yes-or-no answers. In fact, often the questions are wrong in the first place. Please debate whether these questions are right:

When can we give every Chinese a car?How can we make machines work for us so that we do not have to work at all?

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II.II. Quiz Quiz

List

1. Quiz 1

2. Quiz 2

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II.II. Quiz 1Quiz 11. A forced kindness ___no thanks.

A. requests B. deserves C. deserts D. awards

2. Jacky has always been ___to blue-eyed girls.

A. part B. particular C. partial D. parted

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Key: B. deserve 意思为“应受到，值得”，常跟名词，动名词，动词不定式。表示被动意义时，动词不定式要用被动式，动名词用主动式，如： deserve to be looked after/deserve looking after 。

Key: C. part 部分； particular 特别的； parted 分开的。

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II.II. Quiz 1Quiz 13. The ___of men to women in the union has changed a lot since 1980.

A. portion B. proportion C. rate D. ratio

4. The drawing isn’t ___; the car is larger than the house.

A. on proportion B. in proportion C. out of proportion D. as proportion


Key: B. proportion 指事物在大小、重要性等方面的比较关系或比例； portion 与 part 近义，指“部分”； rate 比率； ratio 指事物之间的数字比，倍数比。Key: B. out of proportion 不成比例，题干中已有 not ，故不选。

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II.II. Quiz 1Quiz 1

5. With the introduction of ___technology, information flows faster than it ever did.

A. involved B. complicated C. sophisticated D. complex


Key: C. 这一组词均含“复杂的”之意。 complex 的复杂含有使人糊涂之意； complicated 理论上要比 complex还复杂，但不包括 confusing 的内涵； involved 源自其动词 involve ，指因牵扯面广而引起的复杂，带有我们说的盘根错节的意味； sophisticated 的复杂，侧重点在精密、先进，也就是我们所谓的高精尖。

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II.II. Quiz 1Quiz 1

6. Although he was on a diet, the food___ him enormously. [CET-6,1997.1] A. inspired B. tempted

C. overcame D. encouraged

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Key: B. inspire 一位“鼓舞，激发”，多指“勇气，信心，发明”等， tempt 意为“引诱，诱惑”，多指“激起欲望”； overcome 意为“克服，战胜”； encourage是“鼓励”的意思。

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II.II. Quiz 2Quiz 2Fill in the blanks with the following expressions:in principle, be about to, dash off, make off, throw into panic, rather than, blame for, point out, work out, be fed up with

1) I think I’ll have a cold drink ___coffee. 2) She ___ a letter to her mother. 3) She ___ him ___the failure of their

marriage. 4) I ___ regularly to keep fit. 5) She ___ set up shop as a bookseller in the High Street.


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II.II. Quiz 2Quiz 26) I am fed up with your fantastic

imagination.

7) There’s no reason ___why people couldn’t

travel to Mars.

8) I must ___ that further delay would be

unwise.

9) As I ___ say you interrupted me.

10) I ___ when I found the door was locked.

11) We have ___the playing area ___with a

white line.

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II.II. Quiz 2Quiz 2

Key: 1) rather than 2) dashed off

3) blamed, for 4) work out

5) set up 6) am fed up with

7) in principle 8) point out

9) was about to 10) was threw into panic

11) marked, off

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III.III. Writing Writing 1. For more than a decade, the American Creativity

Association has been a primary resource for learning and applying creativity, innovation, problem-solving, and ideation theory, tools, and techniques. ACA offers a global network of creative professionals in disciplines ranging from business and industry to education and the arts. ACA's collective expertise provides a wide range of problem-solving methods, from simple idea-capture techniques to complex problem-solving methodologies. Above all, our members enjoy and benefit from personal interaction with top experts in the fields of creativity and innovation worldwide.What do you think of ACA? Give your own opinion.


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2. A report indicates nowadays more and more students are becoming lazy and unsociable. Give the reason for this

and offer your proposals.


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III.III. Writing Writing 3. steps for boosting creativity:

1) Listen to music by Johann Sebastian Bach. If Bach doesn't make you more creative, you should probably see your doctor — or your brain surgeon if you are also troubled by headaches, hallucinations or strange urges in the middle of the night.

2) Brainstorm. If properly carried out, brainstorming can help you not only come up with sacks full of new ideas, but can help you decide which is best.

3) Always carry a small notebook and a pen or pencil around with you. That way, if you are struck by an idea, you can quickly note it down. Upon rereading your notes, you may discover about 90% of your ideas are daft. Don't worry, that's normal. What's important are the 10% that are brilliant.


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III.III. Writing Writing 4) If you're stuck for an idea, open a dictionary,

randomly select a word and then try to formulate ideas incorporating this word. You'd be surprised how well this works. The concept is based on a simple but little known truth: Freedom inhibits creativity. There are nothing like restrictions to get you thinking.

5) Define your problem. Grab a sheet of paper, electronic notebook, computer or whatever you use to make notes, and define your problem in detail. You'll probably find ideas positively spewing out once you've done this.

6) If you can't think, go for a walk. A change of atmosphere is good for you and gentle exercise helps shake up the brain cells.


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III.III. Writing Writing 7) Don't watch TV. Experiments performed by the JPB

Creative Laboratory show that watching TV causes your brain to slowly trickle out your ears and/or nose. It's not pretty, but it happens.

8) Don't do drugs. People on drugs think they are creative. To everyone else, they seem like people on drugs.

9) Read as much as you can about everything possible. Books exercise your brain, provide inspiration and fill you with information that allows you to make creative connections easily.

10)Exercise your brain. Brains, like bodies, need exercise to keep fit. If you don't exercise your

brain, it will get flabby and useless.


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How much do you agree or disagree with these opinions. Give your own opinions.

The end of writing.

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