(
课件网) Unit 12 Innovation Lesson 2 Aha Moment By the end of this period, you will be able to: 1. listen and talk about aha moments; 2. listen for general understanding and detail; 3.listen for specific information and understand words in context; 4.practice making polite requests. Have you had the experience of arriving at a sudden exciting idea for a difficult problem Talk about your experience with a partner. Some useful expressions for you: to fly / come into my mind to come all at once to occur to me to emerge to have a flash of insights to happen by incidence Example I once had such an experience. I was clueless about a maths problem for a whole week. All of a sudden, an idea flew into my mind. And I was very excited about it. Lead-in Listen for understanding. 1. What is the relationship between the two speakers Colleges. B. Professor and student. C. Interviewer and interviewee. 2. What are they talking about A. About people’s misunderstanding at some moment. B. About the “aha moment”. C. About where inspirations come from. 3. Why does Dr. Bond refer to Albert Einstein A. To prove his opinion. B. To show Albert Einstein is a great scientist. C. To stress Albert Einstein is very hardworking. Before listening, look through the instructions on the book and the questions and have a prediction. What might the dialogue talk about The dialogue might talk about _____ _____. the “aha moment” Let’s listen to the dialogue and check your prediction. Pre-listening Task 1: Listen to the dialogue and then choose the best answer. 1. What is the relationship between the two speakers Colleges. B. Professor and student. C. Interviewer and interviewee. 2. What are they talking about A. About people’s misunderstanding at some moment. B. About the “aha moment”. C. About where inspirations come from. 3. Why does Dr. Bond refer to Albert Einstein A. To prove his opinion. B. To show Albert Einstein is a great scientist. C. To stress Albert Einstein is very hardworking. √ √ √ While-listening Task 2: Listen and answer the question. What is an “aha moment” An “aha moment” is when you are working on some creative jobs for several days but little progress was made and then suddenly an idea flies into your mind. Task 3: Tick the topics that Dr. Bond is going to talk. How does the inspiration come How can inspiration happen by coincidence Why do some people work so hard but achieve very little Why do some people seem to do nothing but good ideas emerge √ √ √ Task 4: What is the misunderstanding about “aha moment” Some people think it happens _____. But, in fact, it comes from efforts _____ _____. you have been by coincidence constantly making Task 5: What is Dr. Bond’s opinion about the relationship between an “aha moment” and hard work Dr. Bond’s opinion: Behind a brilliant idea, there’s often _____ involved in it. He/ She has to _____ before making a discovery.(In other words: Inspiration ... ...
