Jessica在北京學漢語，她的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎么說的詞，就會來請教她。今天是逸華要問的：頭腦風暴。

Jessica: Yihua! your presentation was awesome! I’m really impressed!

YH: 謝謝你 Jessica! 做得好，可不是我一個人的功勞！我們小組成員坐下來，來了一次頭腦風暴！所以演示才這么成功。

Jessica: 頭腦風暴？What’s that?

YH: 就是大家坐下來一起討論，集思廣益呀！

Jessica: Oh! I think I know what you are talking about! You guys had a brainstorming session.

YH: Brain, b-r-a-i-n, 大腦； storm, s-t-o-r-m, 風暴。加在一起，brainstorm 就是頭腦風暴嘍！

Jessica: Exactly! Brainstorm basically means to put your heads together in order to come up with good ideas.

YH: put someones’ heads together，把頭放在一起！引申出來就是集思廣益。就像中文里說的，三個臭皮匠，賽過一個諸葛亮。

Jessica: That’s right! 對了，吳瓊的生日快到了，Let’s put our heads together and figure out what we can give her for her birthday.

YH: Good idea! 我知道，吳瓊特別標新立異，所以啊，這生日禮物也得有創意才行。

Jessica: I know how picky she can be... But we can do it! Let’s think outside the box and see what we should get him.

YH: Think outside the box? 到盒子外面去找？

Jessica: It basically means to break out of your normal ideas and be creative.

YH: 這個說法形象！Think outside the box! 跳出條條框框去想，就是有創意。集思廣益，一定能找到有創意的想法。

Jessica: There you go! Now tell me what you’ve learned today!

YH:

第一，頭腦風暴叫做：brainstorm；

第二，集思廣益，可以說：put ones’ heads together；

第三，創造性思維，叫think outside the box。