河北 胡金瑩

Creativity is a skill that you can work on with time,training,and effort.1Taking creative exercises like reading,writing,and listening to music all helps to sharpen your creativity.The following are some approaches you can involve yourself in.

Write flash fiction.Flash fiction means very short stories,often no more than 100 words.Writing flash fiction will help you become more creative as you'll be forced to tell a fleshed-out story with a beginning,a middle,and an end using only a small number of words.2

Listen to music.Simply playing music in the background can inspire you creatively.3Among different kinds of music which you play,classical music tends to work particularly well for creativity and concentration.Not every type of music works for everyone.While classical music has beneficial effects for many people,experiment a little to find the music that best helps you concentrate and feel creative.

Make something with your hands.Using your hands to create means you get information from all of your senses.This can help encourage more creative thinking.4For example,try something like knitting,sewing,or other crafts to inspire your creativity.

Read more.Reading is great for your creative mind.5Pick books from multiple genres and styles of writing to expand your horizons and really improve your creativity.Try to make time to read every day.

Complete the text with the sentences given below.

A.Share and explain your knowledge.

B.Make a habit of reading regularly.

C.It can help you focus better and increase your overall concentration.

D.Creativity takes practice,so set aside time each day to generate new ideas.

E.There are many activities you can focus on to improve your overall creativity.

F.This will help you learn how to convey necessary information in a limited space.

G.If you want to feel more creative,try activities in which you create using your hands.

Ⅰ.Difficult sentences in the text

1.Writing flash fiction will help you become more creative as you'll be forced to tell a fleshedout story with a beginning,a middle,and an end using only a small number of words.寫一篇短篇小說會幫助你變得更有創(chuàng)造力，因為你將被迫用很少的單詞通過開頭、中間和結(jié)尾來講述一個“有血有肉”的故事。

【點(diǎn)石成金】本句是一個由as引導(dǎo)的復(fù)合句，as引導(dǎo)原因狀語從句。be forced to do意為“被迫去做……”，with a beginning,a middle,and an end using only a small number of words為 “with+名詞 +V-ing”結(jié)構(gòu)。

2.While classical music has beneficial effects for many people,experiment a little to find the music that best helps you concentrate and feel creative.古典音樂對很多人都有好處，嘗試一下，就能找到最能幫助你集中注意力和感覺富有創(chuàng)造力的音樂。

【點(diǎn)石成金】While位于句首，意為“盡管”。 that best helps you concentrate and feel creative是定語從句，that在定語從句中作主語。

Ⅱ.Theme-centered writing

假定你是李華，你校英語園地舉辦一場題為“How to be a creative person”的征文比賽，請寫一篇短文參賽。內(nèi)容包括：

1.你是怎樣成為有創(chuàng)造力的人的；

2.你的期待。

注意：

1.詞數(shù)80左右；

2.可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

How to be a creative person