More and more students are beginning to realize the importance of being creative.Here are a few suggestions on how to use what you have learned in your classes to make something new and original （原創(chuàng)的）!
   Be curious（好奇的）
   This is the most important suggestion，and there are so many ways to do it.If you walk the same way to school every day，try a（1）

different

different

way.You can think about the things that you have never done before.List three classes that you don't know anything about at your（2）

school

school

，and then join one of them.When your roommate invites you to go to a cricket（板球） match，say，"Yes !"Even if you don't know anything about cricket，go and learn about it.Being curious helps us to learn new things.The more things we know about，the more possibilities we have for connecting information in original ways.One common definition（定） of creative thinking is the connecting of information（3）

in

in

new ways.
   Take risks
   Many of us are afraid of taking risks because we are afraid of making（4）

mistakes

mistakes

.This habit may come from our parents or others who say，for example，"You are not very good at singing--you should keep quiet." or "I'm afraid.jye.ai'll do it wrong." So（5）

stop

stop

listening to these people.Never be afraid of making mistakes.Try out your Spanish with a native speaker!Write a song，even if you are not sure how to do it.Learn a new sport.Thomas Edison's first light bulbs didn't（6）

work

work

.They were mistakes，but each one gave him the information he needed to create a light bulb that worked.Creative people take risks，but you won't take risks（7）

if

if

you are afraid of making mistakes.
   Make a lot
   Write lots of stories.Draw lots of pictures.Build lots of models.A study compared the works that had been produced by two college ceramics（制陶藝術(shù)） classes.One teacher told students，"Make as many pieces as you can." The （8）

other

other

told students，" Make the largest piece you can." You can guess where the finest work was—in the class where students made lots of pieces.