河北 胡金莹

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.写一篇短篇小说会帮助你变得更有创造力，因为你将被迫用很少的单词通过开头、中间和结尾来讲述一个“有血有肉”的故事。

【点石成金】本句是一个由as引导的复合句，as引导原因状语从句。be forced to do意为“被迫去做……”，with a beginning,a middle,and an end using only a small number of words为 “with+名词 +V-ing”结构。

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.古典音乐对很多人都有好处，尝试一下，就能找到最能帮助你集中注意力和感觉富有创造力的音乐。

【点石成金】While位于句首，意为“尽管”。 that best helps you concentrate and feel creative是定语从句，that在定语从句中作主语。

Ⅱ.Theme-centered writing

假定你是李华，你校英语园地举办一场题为“How to be a creative person”的征文比赛，请写一篇短文参赛。内容包括：

1.你是怎样成为有创造力的人的；

2.你的期待。

注意：

1.词数80左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

How to be a creative person