2011级 unit 4 imagination and creactivity (2)

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1、Unit4ImaginationandCreativityGroupDebateImaginationvs.knowledgeisaconstantbattlethatisstillbeingfought.Einsteinusedtosay“Imaginationismoreimportantthanknowledge”whilesomeotherexpertsattachmoreimportancetoknowledge.Argumentfor:Knowledgeislimitedtoallwenowknowandunderstandwhileimaginationhelpsusve

2、nturebeyondtheunknownandopensupnewworldsandpossibilities.Imaginationcanhelpknowledgeseekersdiscovernewfrontierswhichmaybethebasisofundiscoveredknowledge.Knowledgeissimplyatool.Withoutimaginationthattoolcouldbesittingidleforever.Argumentagainst:Knowledgeisasteppingstonetoimagination.Knowledgewith

3、outimaginationcanbeproductivewhileimaginationwithoutknowledgecanleadusnowhere.Knowledgehelpsrestrainimaginationfromdevelopingintodaydreaming.Reviewofexpressionsandcollocations连续地inarow弄得全家都没法睡keepthehouseholdawake打瞌睡dozeoff不能一天不上班couldn’tskipaday为…奠定基础laythefoundationfor…维持生计,使收支相抵makeendsmeet迸发

4、出创造性思想haveacreativeoutburst躲避瘟疫爆发avoidanoutbreakofplague由于没有什么更好的事情可做withnothingbettertodo将…描述成paint…as外星人spacealien接近closein毫无疑问beyondanydoubt毫不在乎权威notgiveafigforauthority一事无成nevergetanywhere个性缺陷characterflaw回顾inretrospect使…放慢脚步slow…down采用直觉跳跃思维adopttheintuitiveleap相信直觉believeinintuition在世纪初att

5、heturnofthecentury集中思想的能力powersofconcentration天然织物naturalfabric根据直觉来判断baseone’sjudgmentonintuition专心致志地解题engrossoneselfinaproblem要说有什么区别的话ifanything松散的结构loosestructure跟上时代keepupwiththetimes放慢生活的节奏slowdownthepaceoflife赞成整容术approveofcosmeticsurgery通过一个计划approveaplan吸收水takeinwater卷入一场争论besuckedinto

6、anargumentPracticeofSentenceTranslation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。TheUnitedNationshasdeclared2005“TheWorldYearofPhysics”tocelebratethe100thanniversaryofEinstein’s“miracleyear.”你呆在这里损害了全班学生对我的尊重。Yourmerepresencehereunderminestheclass’srespectforme.科学是爱因斯坦家餐桌上聊天的话题。Sciencewasdinner-ta

7、bleconversationintheEinsteinhousehold.爱因斯坦对科学技术与生俱来怀有兴趣。Albert’sinterestinscienceandtechnologycamenaturally.连续三个晚上，宿舍楼外的噪音弄得我直到天亮都没法入睡。Forthethirdnightinarow,thenoiseoutsidethedormitorybuildingkeptmeawakeuntildawn.由于晚上没睡好觉，他