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Innovation
Lesson 2 Period 1
Unit 12
1
Activity 1: Think and answer
Revision
How did Einstein discover E=mc2?
He was suddenly inspired when rocking his one-year-old baby.
How did Alexander Fleming discover penicillin?
He discovered it by accident.
Both of them experienced the “aha moment”.
Activity 2: Think and share
Pre-listening
You are going to listen to a radio interview about “aha moment”. What do you think an “aha moment” is?
Activity 3: Listen and answer
While-listening
Listen to what the host says at the beginning of the interview. Answer the questions.
1. What is an “aha moment”?
2. What is going to be discussed in the interview?
While-listening
1. What is an “aha moment”?
2. What is going to be discussed in the interview?
An “aha moment” is when you are working on some creative jobs for several days but little progress is made and then suddenly an idea flies into your mind.
How does the inspiration come?
Why do some people work so hard but achieve very little, while some others seem to do nothing but good ideas emerge?
Activity 4: Listen and complete the table
Listen again and complete the table. Take notes when necessary.
Misunderstanding Some think an “aha moment” happens
1. ____________.
Dr. Bond’s opinion Behind a brilliant idea, there’s often
2. _________________ involved in it.
He/She has to 3._______________________ before making a discovery. (In other words: Inspiration doesn’t appear 4.____________. )
While-listening
by incidence
incredible hard work
invest many years of study
incidentally
1. “Aha moments” happen by incidence.
2. The discovery of the “theory of relativity” came easily when Albert Einstein was rocking his baby.
3. According to the radio interview, only a few people have experienced “aha moments”.
While-listening
Activity 5: Listen, underline and correct the wrong information in the following statements.
It actually comes from the efforts you have been constantly making.
But actually, he had buried himself a great deal