【正文】 and fundable），than its worthybutdull cousins． 4．Look for in venations that solve more than one problem． The Slow Food Movement，born in Italy，boosts local farmers and regional cuisine traditions and restaurateurs and the same time that it“feeds”our hunger for authentic tastes， healthy eating，and a more leisurely，saner style of life． 5．Accentuate the positive． “A very mon question that I get when I work with people in munities is‘Why doesn39。t anybody care about our problems？’”notes M chael Patterson，a social inventor and activist in Massachusetts．“What a worthless question．‘Why’？questions are for philosophers．Ask‘How’？and‘What’？questions—they are a lot more practical．”For instance， Patterson asks，“What would you do if you knew you couldn39。t fail？” 6．Give it a rest． Walk away from your favorite idea for a while，forget about it，let it sleep．With your conscious mind out of the way，your subconscious gets to fiddle with the concept for a while， and you just might have an unexpected insight or breakthrough． 7．Practice“yes and”in stead of“yes but”． No matter how tempted you are to say“Yes，but this will be hard because，”or“Yes，but a million other people are doing this，”shift the conjunction to“and”and see what sort of positive refinement or change emerges．“Yes，and we could concentrate on immigrants．”“Yes，and we can make it open to all ages．” 8．Get your idea into the world． This is the tough part．You might seek out the help of activists who will take a shine to your ideas．Or bee an organizer yourself．Paul Glove，a New York social inventor，counsels：“If you have an idea you believe in，write a pamphlet with your phone number on it and post it in Laundromats and bookstores．If three people call you，have lunch with them and call yourselves an organization．If five people call，meet with them and issue a press release．” Presto，you39。re launched． 76．To generate farfetched ideas helps to ______． 77．Michael Patterson wants us to e up with“How”？and“What”？instead of“Why”？questions because he considers they are more practical than ______． 78．The purpose to practice“yes and”instead of“yes but”is to make yourself more ______． 79．According to the article，when one has difficulty developing his favorite idea，he should ______． 80．One should not only generate farfetched ideas but also ______ because the latter step is the nearest to reality． Questions 81 to 85 are based on the following passage： Thin Slice of TV Has Big MarketIt is too early to write an obituary for bulky picture tubes，which will remain the most affordable TV sets for years to e． But，analysts and industry executives insist that thin screens already have started to bee the dominant format for TV sets in the digital era． Sharp price cuts have brought plasma sets and other thin，flat televisions out of highend electronic boutiques and into thousands of massmarket outlets such as Cosco，a wholesale buying club in the US，best known for offering members bulk items and big discounts． The least expensive plasma sets still cost a hefty US ＄3，000or more ，yet sales are growing so rapidly that many manufacturers are racing to boost production． That increase，bined with expanding production capacity and improved technology， could push the price of plasma sets down by onethird next year，according to analyst Richard Doherty of Envisioneering Group，a US research firm． But manufacturers are not just peting with each other；they are also trying to fend off challenges from peting thinscreen technologies，such as liquid crystal displays（LCD）． The demand for thin screens is fuelled in part by the advent of DVDs and digital TV broadcasts，which offer more detailed pictures and more lifelike colors than conventional analog TV signals． To see the difference，consumers need a set that can pack more information onto the screen than their current TVs can． This sharpness is most vivid on screens that are 40inches diagonal or larger．At that size，however，traditional direct view and projection TVs are so bulky that many consumers have trouble finding a place for them at home． Hence the interest in thin screens—models slender and light enough to hang on a wall． The glass panels at the heart of plasma and LCD sets e mainly from about a dozen panies with factories in Japan，South Korea and，increasingly，China．About 800，000 plasma panels will be shipped this year around the world，analysts say． That is a tiny amount pared with the overall market for TVs，which was about 140 million sets last year．But，industry experts said 2003would be a“breakout year” or plasma because shipments should double． Helping drive the growth are new or expanded manufacturing facilities．For example， Japanese electronics giant NEC last year doubled the capacity of its Japanese factory—reaching 300，000to 400，000 plasma panels．And it plans to double it again in 2003，officials said． As petition has heated up during the last four years，prices have fallen more than 50 percent．According to“NPD Tec world”，the average price of a plasma display sold in the US dropped from US ＄12，700in January 1999 to US ＄6，100in October 2002． The best markets for plasma screens have been in Asia，and about half of the sets have gone to businesses instead of homes． LCD TVs carry a premium price—they can be 10 times as expensive as a parable tubedriven television—that knocks them out of most buyers’ budgets． But LCD panels are quickly taking over the market for puter monitors，and the tens of millions of panels being produced for that segment will help push down prices for LCD TVs，analysts predicted． Sharp Electronics，for one，is betting heavily on LCDs．Its chairman，Toshiaki Urushisako， has predicted that Sharp will switch pletely from conventional tube sets to LCD TVs in Japan by 2005． Flatpanel refers to waferthin（3 inches or less）TVs，whereas flatscreen may actually describe traditional cathoderaytube sets（CRTs）whose glass front lacks the distorting curve that TVs have had for 50 years．