Book-3-Unit-2

▪ that some purists insist a tomato is a fruit. To those of us forced as kids to eat them in salads, tomatoes will
▪ always be vegetables.
in shape
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▪ I was about to think up another set of three when my 4-year old said, "The right answer is strawberry because the other two are round and a strawberry isn't." How could I argue with that?
What is the criterion in schools
▪ But if this had been a workbook exercise in school, every kid who didn't circle tomato would have been marked wrong. Every kid who framed the question differently than "Which is not a fruit?" would have been wrong. Maybe that explains why so many of
▪ When we try to tackle a problem, we may sometimes stick to the usual way of thinking about it, thus often making it difficult to find a solution.
▪ We need to remember, therefore, that it is important to learn to look at things in fresh ways and use unconventional and creative means in trying to solve the problems.
In color
P4
▪ Then my 6-year old said, "It's the orange because ▪ the other two are red."
How they grow
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▪ Not to be outdone by his younger siblings, the 9year old said, "It could also be the orange because the other two grow on vines."
▪ In 2011, China surpassed Japan as the world’s second-largest economy.
▪ Paradigm shifts ▪ limitations of linear thinking ▪ refocus parameters ▪ an oral version ▪ not take more than a second to do ▪ be about to do sth ▪ to be outdone by sb/sth ▪ take sth as a direct challenge
▪ Currently, being one of the largest exporters in the world, China is attracting massive foreign investment.
▪ Simultaneously, it has invested billions of dollars overseas.
▪ discovered a vaccination for smallpox by abandoning
▪ his quest for a cure.
examples
Copernicus Reuben Mattus Edward Jenner
▪ They were refocusing the parameters. They were redefining the problems. They were reframing the questions. In short, they were doing what every scientist who's ever made an important discovery throughout history has done, according to Thomas Kuhn, in his book, "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions": They were shifting old paradigms.
▪ examples
P6
▪ My kids were doing what Copernicus did when he plac ed the sun at the center of the universe,
▪ readjusting the centuries-old paradigm of an Earthcentered system. They were doing what Reuben Mattus did when he renamed his Bronx ice cream HaagenDazs and raised the price without changing the product. They were doing what Edward Jenner did when he
பைடு நூலகம்
P5
▪ The middle one took this as a direct challenge. "It could be the strawberry because it's the
▪ only one you put on ice cream."
Lessons from the question
▪ Fruitful Questions
Fruitful
Questions
▪ What is the ultimate purpose of a question? ▪ A question is corresponding to a certain answer, ▪ isn’t it? ▪
food, while it cannot be planted in northern China where the climate is either too cold or too dry for rice to grow. ▪ As a result, the main crop in the north is wheat. In China, flour is sometimes the main ingredient
▪ China is one of the oldest cultures in the world, from which much that constructs the foundation of the modern world is derived.
▪ China is witnessing the fastest development of its economy and experiencing a new industrial revolution.
a usual way of thinking VS an innovative and fresh way
▪ Here is a question.
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▪ Here's how it happened: We were playing our own oral ▪ version of the Sesame Street game, ▪ "What Doesn't Belong?," where kids look at three ▪ pictures and choose the one that doesn't fit. I said, "OK, ▪ what doesn't belong, an orange, a tomato or a strawberry?"
A paradigm shift
▪ Thomas Kuhn, in his influential book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962)
▪ a change in the basic assumptions, or paradigms, within the ruling theory of science.
P3
▪ The oldest didn't take more than a second to deliver his smug answer: "Tomato because the other two are fruits." I agreed that this was the right answer despite the fact
Key 1
A question
Key 2
Key 3
paradigm
▪ a distinct set of concepts or thought patterns, including theories, research methods, postulates, and standards for what constitutes legitimate contributions to a field.
▪ The author of this text describes how his children’s ability to see things in fresh ways opened his eyes to the nature of creative thinking.
P6
▪ Something was definitely happening here. It was messier than a food fight and much more important than whether a tomato is a fruit or vegetable.
▪ 中国南方大多种植水稻，人们通常以大米 为主食;而华北大部分地区因为过于寒冷或 过于干燥，无法种植水稻，那里的主要作 物是小麦。在中国，有些人用面粉做面包， 但大多数人用面粉做馒头和面条。
▪ Rice is grown mostly in southern China where people usually take rice as their staple
for bread but more often used to make buns and noodles.
▪ 翻译（2015年6月大学英语四级卷二）
▪ 中国是世界上最古老的文明之一。
▪ 构成现在世界基础的许多元素都起源于中国。 中国现在拥有世界上发展最快的经济，并正 经历着一次新的工业革命。
▪ 中国还启动了雄心勃勃的太空探索计划，其 实包括到2020年建成一个太空站。
Unit Two Fruitful Questions
translation
▪ Part One for revision
▪ 在西方人心目中，和中国联系最为密切的 基本食物是大米。长期以来，大米在中国 人的饮食中占据很重要的地位，以至于有 谚语说“巧妇难为无米之炊”。
Part Two for practice
▪ Also, China has started the ambitious program for exploring the outer space, including to complete a space station by 2020.
▪ 目前，中国是世界上最大的出口国之一，并 正在吸引大量外国投资。同时，它也在海外 投资数十亿美元。 2011年，中国超越日本 成为第二大经济体。