Lateral thinking, first described by Edward de Bono in 1967, is just a few years older than Edward’s son. You might imagine that Caspar was raised to be an adventurous thinker, but the de Bono name was so famous, Caspar’s parents worried that any time he would say something bright at school, his teachers might snap, "Where do you get that idea from"
"We had to be careful and not overdo it," Edward admits. Now Caspar is at Oxford—which once looked unlikely because he is also slightly dyslexic. In fact, when he was applying to Oxford, none of his school teachers thought he had a chance. "So then we did several thinking sessions," his father says, "using my techniques and, when he went up for the exam, he did extremely well." Soon after, Edward de Bono decided to write his latest book, "Teach Your Child How to Think", in which he transforms the thinking skills he developed for brain-storming businessmen into informal exercises for parents and children to share.
Thinking is traditionally regarded as something executed in a logical sequence, and everybody knows that children aren’t very logical. So isn’t it an uphill battle, trying to teach them to think "You know," Edward de Bono says, "if you examine people’s thinking, it is quite unusual to find faults of logic. But the faults of perception are huge! Often we think ineffectively because we take too limited a view."
"Teach Your Child How to Think" offers lessons in perception improvement, of clearly seeing the implications of something you are saying and of exploring the alternatives.
According to Paragraph 3, which of the following statements expresses Edward de Bono’s view

A:Everybody knows that children aren’t very logical. B:It is an uphill battle trying to teach children to think. C:We often think ineffectively because we take too limited a view. D:Thinking is traditionally regarded as something executed in a logical sequenc

What is time Is it a thing to be saved or spent or wasted, like money Or is it something we have no control over, like the weather Is time the same all over the world That’s an easy question, you say. Wherever you go, a minute is 60 seconds, an hour is 60 minutes, a day is 24 hours, and so forth. Well, maybe. But in America, time is more than that. Americans see time as a very valuable resource. Maybe that’s why they are fond of the expression, "Time is money."
Because Americans believe time is a limited resource, they try to conserve and manage it. People in the U.S. often attend seminars or read books on time management. It seems they all want to organize their time better. Professionals carry around pocket planners-some in electronic form-to keep track of appointments and deadlines. People do all they can to squeeze more life out of their time. The early American hero Benjamin Franklin expressed this view best: "Do you love life.’ Then do not waste time, for that is the stuff life is made of."
To Americans, punctuality is a way of showing respect for other people’s time. Being more than 10 minutes late to an appointment usually calls for an apology, and maybe an explanation. People who are running late often call ahead to let others know of the delay. Of course, the less formal the situation, the less important it is to be exactly on time. At informal get-togethers, for example, people often arrive as much as 30 minutes past the appointed time. But they usually don’t try that at work.
To outsiders, Americans seem tied to the clock, People in other cultures value relationships more than schedules. In these societies, people don’t try to control time, but to experience it. Many Eastern cultures, for example, view time as a cycle. The rhythm of nature-from the passing of the seasons to the monthly cycle of the moon- shapes their view of events. People learn to respond to their environment. As a result, they find it easier to "go with the flow" than Americans, who like plans to be fixed and unchangeable.
Even Americans would admit that no one can master time. Time-like money- slips all too easily through our fingers. And time-like the weather-is very haut to predict. Nevertheless, time is one of life’s most precious gifts. And unwrapping it is half the fun.
Why Americans are fond of the expression "Time is money"

A:Because it may be saved or spent or wasted. B:Because it is something we have no control over. C:Because it is equal to everyone. D:Because it is regarded as an invaluable resourc

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A:Because it may be saved or spent or wasted. B:Because it is something we have no control over. C:Because it is equal to everyone. D:Because it is regarded as an invaluable resource.

We find it hard to break free from ideas connected with living on the earth because

A:it demands too great an effort for us to do so. B:we are too familiar with the way things are to question the ideas. C:we have proved that those ideas are correct. D:we are so sure of ourselves that we never doubt anything on the earth.

We do not feel the gravitational pull of a packet of butter because

A:it is too small to have a gravitational pull of its own. B:its pull is so small that we tend to ignore it. C:its pull disappears in the presence of the earth's gravitation. D:it tends to melt and loses its gravitational pull.

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A:Because we are able to provide us with enough energy. B:Because people are usually against nuclear power. C:Because it is difficult to use nuclear power. D:Because we have found many other alternative energies.

We find it hard to break free from ideas connected with living on the earth because

A:it demands too great an effort for us to do so. B:we are too familiar with the way things are to question the ideas. C:we have proved that those ideas are correct. D:we are so sure of ourselves that we never doubt anything on the earth.

Our thinking is not mature enough when we stereotype people because_______.

A:we neglect their depth and breadth. B:they are not all jocks, peeks, or freaks. C:our thinking is similar to that of a very young child. D:our judgment is always wrong.