基础英语(第二册)PPTunit-7.ppt

Unit 7　Education (2) 教育（2） Warm-up A. Look up these words in the dictionary and tick those words that you think are students. □ pupil □ graduate □ assistant □ secretary □ undergraduate □ advisory □ sophomore □ senior □ junior □ freshman □ professor □ tutor B. Answer the following questions. From where can we get education? Do you think schooling can make you creative? Why or why not? Have you ever thought to do something creative? What is it? What kinds of characteristics(特征、特性) do you think a creative person should have? What kind of genius（天才）do you want to tap into? Passage :  Develop Your Hidden Talents Twelve years ago, Kathy Holubitsky, a secretary, began to write a novel by stealing an hour here and there after work. She was fond of reading, but had no formal training, not even a night class in creative writing. Soon she completed one novel, then another. “I started to write to give myself a creative challenge,” says Holubitsky lately, “not aiming to publish.” Yet two years ago, Alone at Ninety Foot became her first published work. Not bad for an untrained writer with no particular aim for fame. Being creative is not only natural. It’s good for you. Creative expression enriches free time, reduces stress and brings better mental and physical health. Creativity can even make you smarter. It demands courage—the courage to be childlike in attempting new things, shrugging off regular way of doing things and trying something we are not already good at. Creativity does not necessarily require an act of will or hard work. Many people come up with their best ideas merely while driving, bathing or cleaning the house. Creativity asks us to change the way we love our lives, to turn away from the “normal” way of doing things and to express our difference from all other people.