Unit9LearningLesson3TheSecretsofYourMemory1.Tounderstandthemeaningofmemory,cherishyourbestyearsandstudyhard.2.Tofindrelevantinformationaboutthesecretsofyourmemoryfromthepassageandtoimprovereadingability.LearningobjectivesLead-inIfyouweregoingtomeetamemoryexpert,whatquestionswouldyouaskhim/her?Examples:Doesageplayaroleinthehuman’sbrainabilitytosoreandrecallinformation?Isthereanyspecialfoodthathelpsmemory?Whatcanwedotoimproveourmemory?Pre-readingWhichofthefollowingthingsdoyoufindeasytoremember?Why?namesandfacesfactsandarrangementsstoriesthingsthathappenedlongagothingsthathappenedrecentlynumbers:telephonenumbers,passwords...Pre-readingReadthetextquickly.Doesthetextansweranyofyourquestions?While-reading1.WhycanIremembereventsinmychildhoodbutnotwhathappenedlastweek?2.Dosomepeoplereallyhaveaphotographicmemory?3.WhydoIforgetthenewwordsthatIlearntyesterday?4.I’m16,butIsometimesforgetthings.Ismymemorygettingworse?Readthetextquickly.Whatquestionsareansweredinthetext?Doesthetextansweranyofyourquestions?Sharewithus!While-readingQuestion1Question2Question3Question4SuggestionASuggestionBSuggestionCSuggestionDMatchtheexpert’s4suggestionswiththefourquestions.ConnectittoouremotionsSpacedreviewAtagoodageFocusandbecuriousWhile-readingReadthetextagain.WriteT(true)orF(false).

p59Correctthefalsestatements.1.Weremembercertaineventsinourchildhood,becauseweexperiencedmanyofthemforthefirsttime,andwefeltstronglyaboutthematthetime.CarefulReadingWhile-reading2.Whenwetellastorymanytimes,weforgetimportantdetails.Wecanrememberthemclearly.3.StephenWiltshirehasaphotographicmemorybecausehecandrawadetailedpictureofacityfrommemoryafterflyingoverit.Heisgoodatrememberingparticularthingsbutdoesn'thaveaphotographicmemory.CarefulReadingWhile-reading5.Thesharpestlossofmemoryoccursduringthefirstfivedays.

duringtheveryearlyperiodafterlearning.6.Ourmemorystartstogetworseinmiddleage.aftertheageof25.4.Ithasbeenprovedthatsomepeoplehaveaphotographicmemory.Noonehasbeenprovedtohaveaphotographicmemory.CarefulReadingMemoryexpertJemimaGryaznovanswerssomeofthemostcommonquestionsaboutmemory.

1.WhycanIremembereventsinmychildhoodbutnotwhathappenedlastweek?

Werememberthingsthathavestrongconnectionsinourmind,especially

emotionalconnections.adj.共同的，常見的，普通的n.

關系，聯(lián)系；連接adv.尤其，特別；專門，特別地記憶專家JemimaGryaznov回答了一些關于記憶的常見問題。為什么我能記得兒時的事，卻記不住上周發(fā)生的事?我們記住的東西在我們的頭腦中有很強的聯(lián)系，尤其是情感聯(lián)系。While-readingChildhoodmemoriesareoftenveryemotional.Thisisbecause

whenweexperiencethingsforthefirsttime,weoftenhavestrongfeelingsoffearorexcitement.Also,interestingorfunnystoriesfromourchildhoodareoftentoldagainandagain.Asaresult,werememberthemmuchbetter,asretellingeventshelpsfixexperiencesinourmemories.

第一次n.激動，興奮一次又一次結果fixsthinone’smemories:牢記某事A.Whatcanwelearnfromallthis?Whenrememberingsomethingnew,trytoconnectittoouremotions.Itisimportanttoconnectitwithwhatwealreadyknow.Also,wecantrytoretellwhatwehavelearnttoafewothers.connect…to/with/and:把…連接起來v.（以不同的方式）復述，重新講述While-readingFindoutthetruthsandadvicethatJemimaGryaznovgivesaboutmemory.TruthWerememberthingsthathavestrongconnectionsinourmind,especiallyemotionalconnections.AdviceWeneedtomakestrongconnectionswiththingswewanttorememberinourmind,especiallyemotionalconnections.Question1While-reading2.Dosomepeoplereallyhaveaphotographicmemory?

Apersonwithaphotographicmemorycouldremembereverydetailofapicture,abookoraneventmanyyearslater,butnoonehasproved

thattherearepeoplewhoreallyhavephotographicmemories.Yet,therearesomepeoplewhodohaveamazingmemories.Forexample,DanielTammetcanrememberthefirst22,514digitsofpi(T)andStephenWiltshirecandrawadetailedpictureofacityfrommemoryafterflyingoveritinahelicopter.Theyarebothgoodatrememberingparticularthingsforalimitedtime.n.細節(jié);詳情v.證明adv.然而;仍然的確：用于強調(diào)主要動詞最前面的圓周率

adj.詳盡的，詳細的flyover:…飛越begoodatdoingsth.:擅長做某事adj.有限的D.Asmostofusdonothaveamazingmemorieslikethem,whenmemorisingdetailedlearningmaterials,wesimplyneedtofocusontheimportantideasandbecuriousaboutwhatwelearn.Askingquestionsaboutwhatwelearnalsohelpswithmemorisation.Anothereffectivetechniquetorememberthingsistogroup

similarideasorinformationtogethersothattheycanbeeasilyconnectedtothingsthatarealreadyknown.n.材料，原料；素材專注于becuriousabout:對…好奇adj.有效的；實際的v.（使）成組，聚集adj.相像的，類似的FindoutthetruthsandadvicethatJemimaGryaznovgivesaboutmemory.Question2TruthNobodyhasaphotographicmemory.AdviceWeneedtofocusontheimportantideasandbecuriousaboutwhatwelearnwhenmemorisingcomplexlearningmaterials.3.WhydoIforgetthenewwordsthatIlearntyesterday?

Don'tworry.Thisisnaturalformanypeople.In1885,HermannEbbinghauspublishedabookcalledMemoryandpresented

afamousforgettingcurve.Accordingtohim,thesharpestlossofmemoryoccursduringtheveryearlyperiodafterlearning.Thismeanstimelyreviewduringthisperiod,withafewrevisitstowhatislearnt,cansignificantlyhelpustoremembertheinformation.

C.Sotakeiteasy.Youareatagoodageintermsofyourmemory.Makegooduseofit!v.出版；發(fā)行v.展示;引見，介紹遺忘曲線Accordingto:根據(jù)n.一段時間，時期及時復習review=revisit=gooveradv.顯著地，相當數(shù)量地significant(adj.)放輕松intermsof:就…而言充分利用=taketheadvantageofFindoutthetruthsandadvicethatJemimaGryaznovgivesaboutmemory.Question3TruthThesharpestlossofmemoryoccursduringtheveryearlyperiodafterlearning.AdviceWeneedtoreviewtheinformationatregularintervals,especiallyinthefirstdayafterlearningit.B.Therefore,oneofthegoldenrulestoincreasehowmuchwerememberistoreviewthematerialperiodically,especiallyduringthefirstdayafterlearning.This“spacedreview”soonafterlearninghelpsbuildstrongermemoriesanditismoreeffectivethanwaitingtorevieweverythingbeforeexams.adv.因此，所以黃金法則adv.定期地，周期性地adj.隔開的;間隔排列的soonafter:不久之后因此，提高記憶量的黃金法則之一就是定期復習，尤其是在學習后的第一天。這種學習后的“間隔復習”有助于建立更強的記憶，比等到考試前再復習更有效。FindoutthetruthsandadvicethatJemimaGryaznovgivesaboutmemory.AdviceWeneedtotrainourmemorytoremembermorewhenwe’reolder.TruthOurmemoryreachesitsfullpowerattheageof25.Question4JemimaGryaznovthinkspeoplerememberthingstheyhavestrongsentimentalattachment.Whenwedothingswithenthusiasm,wetendtorememberthemwell.Whenwetrytorememberdetailedmaterials,weshouldfocusontheimportantideas.JemimaGryaznovsuggestedanothereffectivemethodtorememberthings:groupingsimilarideasorinformationtogether.Agoodstrategytoincreasememoryistoreviewthematerialyouaretryingtorememberoften.emotionalexcitementmemorisetechniqueperiodicallyP60-9Replacetheunderlinedwordsandphrasewiththewordsfromthetext.PracticeDoyoubelievewhatIsaidinthepassage?Why?JemimaGryaznovPost-readingHowhastheexperttriedtomakeherstatementstoeachquestionconvincing?Whatmethodshassheusedandwhatsignalwordscanyoufind?

Tomakeherstatementsconvincingtheexpertused:examples:Forexample…figures:afamousforgettingcurvequote:Accordingto…numbers:25,200,40ThinkandShareImagineandcreate2ArethereanyanswersgivenbyJemimaGryaznovthatarenotconvincingtoyou?Whatareyourdoubts?UnderlinethemostandleastconvincingwordsinthetextthatJemimaGryazovputsforward.Discusswhatmethodssheusestoconvinceothers.ThinkandShareSubject–VerbAgreementSubject–verbagreementsimplymeansthesubjectandverbmustagreeinnumber.Thismeansbothneedtobesingularorbothneedtobeplural.

Examples:Thelistofitemsisonthedesk.Breakingandenteringisagainstthelaw.Someoftheapplesaremissing.factsandarrangements

事實和安排arrangement用作名詞,意為“計劃;安排”。Thisarrangementsuitsusp