2011级Unit4ImaginationandCreactivity.pptVIP

Unit 4 Imagination and Creativity Group Debate Imagination vs. knowledge is a constant battle that is still being fought. Einstein used to say “Imagination is more important than knowledge” while some other experts attach more importance to knowledge. Argument for: Knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand while imagination helps us venture beyond the unknown and opens up new worlds and possibilities. Imagination can help knowledge seekers discover new frontiers which may be the basis of undiscovered knowledge. Knowledge is simply a tool. Without imagination that tool could be sitting idle forever. Argument against: Knowledge is a stepping stone to imagination. Knowledge without imagination can be productive while imagination without knowledge can lead us nowhere. Knowledge helps restrain imagination from developing into daydreaming. Review of expressions and collocations 连续地 in a row 弄得全家都没法睡 keep the household awake 打瞌睡 doze off 不能一天不上班 couldn’t skip a day 为…奠定基础 lay the foundation for … 维持生计, 使收支相抵 make ends meet 迸发出创造性思想 have a creative outburst 躲避瘟疫爆发 avoid an outbreak of plague 由于没有什么更好的事情可做 with nothing better to do 将…描述成 paint … as 外星人 space alien 接近 close in 毫无疑问 beyond any doubt 毫不在乎权威 not give a fig for authority 一事无成 never get anywhere 个性缺陷 character flaw 回顾 in retrospect 使…放慢脚步 slow … down 采用直觉跳跃思维 adopt the intuitive leap 相信直觉 believe in intuition 在世纪初 at the turn of the century 集中思想的能力 powers of concentration 天然织物 natural fabric 根据直觉来判断 base one’s judgment on intuition 专心致志地解题 engross oneself in a problem 要说有什么区别的话 if anything 松散的结构 loose structure 跟上时代 keep up with the times 放慢生活的节奏 slow down the pace of life 赞成整容术 approve of cosmetic surgery 通过一个计划 approve a plan 吸收水 take in water 卷入一场争论 be sucked into an argument Practice of Sentence Translation 联合国宣布2005年为“世界物理学年”，以庆祝爱因斯坦 “奇迹年”出现100周年。 The United Nations has declared 2005 “The World Year of Physics” to celebrate the 1