高中英语人教版高二下课文08

[03:24.00]每个新思想或观点要和我们已经知道的联系起来。
[03:27.18]Unfortunately,it is easy to limit the possibilities of a new idea
[03:30.42]不幸的是，如果把它和我们先前所学到知识的一个方面联系起来，
[03:33.66]by connecting it to only area of our previous knowledge.
[03:36.48]就很容易限制一个新观点的各种可能性。
[03:39.30]Great thinkers are aware of this and try to combine new
[03:42.13]伟大的思想家意识到这一点，
[03:44.97]and old ideas in as many different ways as possible.
[03:47.59]并尽量以各种不同的办法把新旧观点联系起来。
[03:50.22]They also try to make connections that may seem strange at first.
[03:53.16]他们还尽量把起初看似不合理的观点联系起来。
[03:56.09]By comparing and connecting ideas and objects in new ways,
[03:59.07]用新的方法把一些观点和实物进行对比和联系，
[04:02.05]creative thinkers are able to think of new applications and solutions.
[04:05.33]创造性思想家能够想出新的用途和解决办法。
[04:08.61]Many of the things that we use every day
[04:10.83]我们每天使用的很多东西都是那些能把自已的观点
[04:13.05]were invented by someone who saw similarities
[04:15.69]和世界上的实物和规律联系起来
[04:18.32]between his or her ideas and objects or systems in the world.
[04:21.66]并看出相似之处的人发明的。
[04:24.99]KEEP TRYING
[04:26.41]不断尝试
[04:27.83]Good ideas are no accident.
[04:29.82]好的主意不是意外产生的。
[04:31.80]They are the result of a long process of trial and error.
[04:34.44]他们是为断探索的漫长过程的结果。
[04:37.08]Most famous scientists and thinkers are very productive
[04:39.81]大多数著名的科学家和思想家富有成效。
[04:42.54]and studies have shown that our most respected scientists
[04:45.27]研究表明，最受尊敬的科学家不仅提出了
[04:48.00]produce not only some of the best ideas,
[04:50.27]一些最好的观点。
[04:52.55]but also a great many bad ones.
[04:54.83]而且也得出很多错误观点。
[04:57.12]Some of the greatest inventors forced themselves to develop new ideas
[05:00.29]一些伟大的发明家尽管在疲惫或未能激发灵感的情况下
[05:03.46]even when they were tired or did not feel inspired.
[05:05.95]也能强迫自已开发新观点。
[05:08.43]They all knew that for each new invention that works,
[05:10.91]他们都知道，对于每次成办的发明，
[05:13.39]there are at ten that do not.
[05:15.45]至少有十次失败。
[05:17.52]If we want to develop our creativity,
[05:19.60]如果我们想开发创造性，
[05:21.67]we can try using some of the thining strategies of the great and famous.
[05:24.70]可以尝试伟人和名人的一些思维策略。
[05:27.73]We may not be interested in becoming inventors,
[05:30.16]也许我们对成为发明家没有兴趣，
[05:32.59]but we probably all want to find new ways to improve our life.
[05:35.62]但我们可能都想找到新的方法来提高生活。
[05:38.65]Who knows,perhaps your next thought will be a new idea that changes tha world.
[05:42.37]谁会知道，也许你的下一个主意将会是改变世界的新观点。
[05:46.10]INTEGRATING SKILLS
[05:49.32]综合技巧
[05:52.55]Reading   ALL IN THE MIND:SCIENTIFIC METAPHORS
[05:55.63]阅读   科学比喻方法
[05:58.71]It is certainly true that computers,
[06:01.00]电脑、手机和数码相机已经成为我们日常生活的一部分，
[06:03.28]cellphones and digital cameras have become part of our everyday life.
[06:06.71]肯定是对的。
[06:10.13]Anywhere we ago,we can hear the ringing of a cellphone,
[06:13.11]无论走到哪儿，我们能听到手机钤声、
[06:16.08]the tapping of a keyboard or the clicking of a mouse.
[06:19.06]键盘的敲击声或点击鼠标的声音。
[06:22.04]We are said to be living in the "Information Age",
[06:24.61]我们正生活在“信息化进代”、
[06:27.19]a time of new discoveries and great changes.
[06:29.86]一个充满新的发现和巨大变化的时代。
[06:32.54]But is it really true that we are living in the "Information Age"?
[06:35.78]但是我们真正生活在信息化时代吗？
[06:39.02]Has our life changed that much?
[06:41.24]我们的生活真的变化如些之大吗？
[06:43.46]Many of the things we do with computers,such as typing and sending mail,
[06:46.79]我们用电脑做的很多事情，像打字和发邮件，
[06:50.12]are things that we also did before,
[06:52.36]也是我们以前做过的。
[06:54.59]Has anything really changed except the tools we use?