新视野大学英语第一册unit8

New words 9. explosion n.爆发，激增，扩大 -- The population explosion in the past two decades（十年） accounts for（解释某事） the lack of food and health care in many parts of the world. 人口的快速增长是过去二十年来很多地方缺乏食物 和医疗条件的主要原因。
4. The more dangerous a journey is, the more exciting it will be.（就越令人兴奋。） 5. The more you talk in English, the greater progress you will make.（取得的进步就越大。）
课文结构分析 Part1: Paras. 1~3 Opening remarks: All truly creative activities depend in some degree upon the signals of the consciousness. Part2: Paras. 4~6 Discussing the birth of bright ideas with the examples of some famous persons. Part3: Paras. 7 A final touch—the unconscious in creative activities can help with the production of newly organized forms from relatively disorganized elements.
Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary.
1. Scientists have recently turned their attention to natural _ _ _ _ of energy: the sun, the sea, the wind, and hot springs. 2. If present directions continue, the world in the years ahead will be more crowded, more polluted, and less _ _ _ _ ecologically(生态上) than the world we live in now. 3. Coal was formed out of dead forests by a long slow _ _ _ _ of chemical change. 4. The children will now play some pieces of music that they _ _ _ _ themselves. 5. The boy is quite interested in _ _ _ _ the behavior of birds.
New words
Байду номын сангаас
5. combination n.结合，合并，组合物 -- On their own they work well, but in combination they’re a disaster（灾难）. 单独工作，他们很出色，但是一起工作就是一个不幸了。 6. stable a. 稳定的 -- If present directions continue, the world in the years ahead will be more crowded, more polluted, and less stable ecologically(生态上) than the world we live in now. 如果按目前的趋势发展下去，在几年内，世界将变 得更加拥挤，污染会更加严重，生态会更加不稳定。
文 化 背 景(二)
Rene Descartes (勒内.笛卡尔)
He was a French mathematician , scientist, and philosopher（哲学家）, considered the father of modern philosophy. He made the significant （重 大意义的）discovery that he could only find certainty in his own thoughts（确定性只存在于自 己的思想中）, (“I think; therefore, I exist”).我思， 故我在。
10. source n.源泉，来源 -- Scientists have recently turned their attention to natural sources of energy: the sun, the sea, the wind, and hot springs. 最近科学家们把注意力转向了这些自然资源中
1. The more books a man reads, the more knowledge he will have.(他了解的知识就越丰富。)
2. The more he thought about it, the less he liked it.（他就越不喜欢它。） 3. The smaller the house is, the less you have to pay for it.（你要付的钱就越少。）
-- Coal was formed out of dead forests by a long slow process of chemical change. 煤是由干枯的树木经过漫长的化学变化形成的。
New words 3. compose v.创作（文学或音乐作品） -- The children will now play some pieces of music that they composed themselves. 孩子们现在要演奏由他们自己作曲的几首乐曲。 4. occupy vt.使忙于，占用（时间或空间） -- I had forgotten all about it because I had been so occupied with other things. 我已经全忘了，因为我在想别的事。
Phrases and Expressions
1. sleep on sth. 暂时不作决定
2. a gift from the gods 天赐，走运的机会
3. depend on 依靠，取决于
4. write down 写下来
5. be occupied with 忙于做，专心于
6. seek for 寻找
Fill in each of the blanks with a suitable preposition or adverb.
1---at 2---in 3---on 4---for 5---on 6--between 7---for 8---with 9---at 10---of
Complete the following sentences by translating the Chinese into English, using “the more…the more…”structure.
Phrases and Expressions
7. as though 好像 8. take shape 成形 9. put into (以…方式)表达
10. at work 在起作用
11. arrive at 达成（协议），得出（结论）
12. search for 搜索，寻找
13. fill sb. with sth. 使充满（感情）
New words
1. creation n.创造，作品，艺术品 -- The government is considering a job creation program to help young people get employed. 政府正在考虑一项创造工作机会来帮助年轻人 就业的计划。 2. process n.过程，进程
Unit 8
Birth of Bright Ideas
文 化 背 景(一)
Richard Wagner (理查德.瓦格纳)
Richard Wagner, the greatest composer （作曲家） of German opera, made a major addition to the nature of opera through his writings about the creation of music drama （戏曲）. His astonishing （令人吃惊） works made Wagner one of the most influential（有影响力的） and consequential figures （最重要的人物）in the history of Western music and, indeed, of Western culture.
New words
7. existence n.存在 -- The United Nations came into existence in 1945. 联合国成立于1945年。 8. observe vt. 观察，注意到 -- The boy is quite interested in observing the behavior of birds. 这个男孩对观察鸟类的行为很感兴趣。
Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary.
6. On their own they work well, but in _ _ _ _ they’re a disaster. 7. The population _ _ _ _ in the past two decades accounts for the lack of food and health care in many parts of the world. 8. The United Nations came into _ _ _ _ in 1945. 9. I had forgotten all about it because I had been so _ _ _ _ with other things. 10. The government is considering a job _ _ _ _ program to help young people get employed.
课文内容概要
This article talks about “birth of bright ideas” by the vivid methods. After reading it we have a new understanding about the mysterious（神秘的） question. It is because good ideas come from the unconscious mind or brain activities which are usually not controlled by us.