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1、高考英语时文专题训练(五)——现代教育Passage41ImprovetheworldaroundyouYoumaythinkthatinventionsarefarawayfromyoureverydaylife.Butinfact,almosteveryonecaninvent.It'sjustthattheydonotrecognizethattheirideacouldbethestartofaninvention.Onceinventorsseetheirideashavesomepracticalvalu
2、e,theydon'tletthemslipaway.Forexample,theinventorofthedishwasher,AmericanJosephineCochrane,lovedtogivedinnerparties.Butshefoundittooktoolongtowashherdishesbyhandandtoomanyofthembroke.Shedecidedthatamachinecoulddothejobfasterandwithfewermistakes.So,in1886,sheset
3、outtomakeoneforherself.LikeCochrane's,mostinventionsarecreatedtosolveaproblem.So,thefirstandmostimportantstepistofindtheproblem.Youcanstartbylookingatwhatiswrongwiththingsyouusenow.Youcanaskgrandparentsorneighboursiftheyremembereversaying:"Iwishsomeonewouldinve
4、ntsomethingfor..."Oryoucanlookatpeopleindifferentareassuchasonthestreet,oratschool.Thenyoumightnoticesituationsorthingsinneedofimprovement.Remembertorecordyourideasandwork.Thiswillhelpyoudevelopyourinventionandprotectitwhenitiscompleted.Thenextstepistothinkabou
5、tpossiblesolutions.Aninventionisanewwayofsolvingaproblem.Sothinkofmany,varied,andunusualways.Youcanoftencomeupwithasolutionforaproblembylookingatitfromadifferentangle(角度)orthinkingaboutitinanewway.Example1—insteadofthinkingofshoesasprotectingyourfeetfromthegrou
6、nd,thinkofusingsomethingtoprotectthegroundfromyourfeet.Example2—insteadofthinkingabouthowyoucancarryorangeshomefromastore,thinkofhowtheycancometoyoubydeliveryorgrowingyourown.Example3—insteadofexperimentingwithonlyonesolution,canyouputtwoorthreesolutionstogethe
7、r,orarrangethemindifferentorders?Andifonesolutiondoesn'twork,canitbeputtootheruses?Thatwashowyellowpost-itnotes(N次贴)cameabout—a"failed"adhesive(粘合剂)experimentprovedaweakadhesivehadgoodusestoo!Afterall,mostinventionsarenotbrandnew.Theydonotcomeoutofnowhere,butco
8、meoutofthingsorideasthatalreadyexist(存在).Andthehardestpartofinventing,evenforalotofinventors,iscomingupwithaproblemandfindingasolution.Onceyouhaveanidea,youcanalwaysgethelpb
