新编大学英语听力2 unit8

[00:02.77]Creativity¹
[00:06.12]Part Two
[00:09.29]Listening-Centered Activities
[00:13.64]Listening I
[00:17.32]Exercise 1
[00:20.81]Directions:
[00:24.30]Listen to the passage and fill in the following table.
[00:29.70]In China, education is considered a race
[00:35.28]Students have to begin as early as possible
[00:40.03]and have to proceed² as quickly as possible along the trace³
[00:45.61]The education system is considered to be successful
[00:50.98]when many students have reached the finish line as quickly as possible
[00:57.38]In America, we recognize the race too
[01:02.93]but we feel that the students should have a chance to wander much more
[01:09.59]even if not all of them reach the finish line
[01:14.70]As a result of their wandering,
[01:19.06]some of the participants⁴ may have more to offer by the end of the race.
[01:24.89]The advantage of the Chinese way
[01:29.14]is that more students become proficient⁵ and reach the finish line
[01:35.29]The disadvantage is that they have less to say or to show once they get there
[01:42.56]The disadvantage of the American way is that many students never finish the race
[01:50.27]The advantage is that some who do go "all the way"
[01:56.39]have very interesting and original things to say when they get there.
[02:03.44]Exercise 2
[02:06.76]Directions:
[02:10.14]Listen to the passage again and discuss the following question.
[02:16.33]Listening II
[02:20.22]Exercise 1
[02:23.71]Directions:
[02:27.60]Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks.
[02:32.50]Many people mistakenly think that creativity
[02:38.90]is the ability to think thoughts that no one else has ever thought
[02:46.03]In fact, creativity is just a way of looking at the ordinary in a different way
[02:55.36]Alex Osborn, one of the pioneers in the study of creativity and imagination,
[03:03.82]discovered that almost everyone is more creative than he thinks
[03:11.30]We usually don't recognize our good ideas as creativity in action
[03:19.80]For example, in a large mid-western city
[03:25.20]a group of thieves had invented a very efficient system
[03:31.36]They could go into a clothing store,
[03:36.76]take all the clothes away and be out of the store before the police arrive
[03:43.06]Then a young man had an idea
[03:47.56]He told stores to change the way they hung the clothe⁶
[03:53.71]He told them to place some hangers⁷ with the hook⁸ facing in
[04:01.02]and some with the hook facing out
[04:05.52]The next time the police arrived,
[04:09.37]they found the young thieves removing the clothes one at a time
[04:15.42]Everyday creativity is just looking at things from a new point of view.
[04:23.16]Exercise 2
[04:26.58]Directions:
[04:30.00]Listen to the passage again and discuss the following questions.
[04:36.84]1)What do you think of the young man's solution

1 creativity   

n.创造力，创造

参考例句：

• There is limited scope for creativity in my job.我的工作中发挥创造力的空间有限。
• She got an unusually low score for creativity.在创造力方面，她得了异乎寻常的低分。

2 proceed   

vi.着手，继续进行；前进，行进

参考例句：

• Wrong opinions often proceed from lack of information.错误的看法往往产生于不了解情况。
• Let's proceed with our work.我们接着干吧。

3 trace   

n.痕迹，踪迹，微量；vt.追踪，找出根源，描绘；vi.追踪

参考例句：

• There isn't a trace of a smile on her face.她脸上没有一丝笑容。
• We have lost all trace of him.我们找不到他的踪迹。

4 participants   

参加者，参与者； 参加者，参与者( participant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Participants were categorized according to age. 参加者按年龄分组。
• However, there were two disagreements among some Asian and European participants at the colloquium. 然而，与会的亚洲和欧洲代表在两方面出现意见分歧。

5 proficient   

adj.熟练的，精通的；n.能手，专家

参考例句：

• She is proficient at swimming.她精通游泳。
• I think I'm quite proficient in both written and spoken English.我认为我在英语读写方面相当熟练。

6 clothe   

vt.供给衣服，给…穿衣

参考例句：

• We clothe our thoughts in words.我们用语言表达思想。
• She was on her own with two kids to feed and clothe.她独自一个人要供两个孩子吃穿。

7 hangers   

n.衣架( hanger的名词复数 )；挂耳

参考例句：

• The singer was surrounded by the usual crowd of lackeys and hangers on. 那个歌手让那帮总是溜须拍马、前呼後拥的人给围住了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I want to put some of my good hangers in Grandpa's closet. 我想在爷爷的衣橱放几个好的衣架。 来自辞典例句

8 hook   

vt.钩住；n.钩子，钩状物

参考例句：

• The blacksmith forged a bar of iron into a hook.铁匠把一根铁条锻造成一个钩子。
• He hangs up his scarf on the hook behind the door.他把围巾挂在门后的衣钩上。