Unit 7 Memory Reading

Try to remember………….

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Try to remember………….

Share your experiences If there is an English Test tomorrow, how will you try to remember the large number of new words?

Do you think so? 1. When you get old, your memory gets better. D 2. Making pictures in your mind helps you remember things. 3. A man with a good memory can remember everyone’s telephone number. 4. We remember things better if they happen to us suddenly and surprisingly. D A D A

Forgetting curve of Ebbinghaus

艾宾浩斯遗忘规律表 时间间隔 记忆量 刚刚记忆完毕 100％ 20分钟后 58.2％ 1个小时后 44.2％ 8－9个小时后 35.8％ 1天后 33.7％ 2天后 27.8％ 6天后 25.4％ 一个月后 21.1％

What do you know about ...? A1 Read the words in the list below for 30 seconds. The close your book and write down as many words as you can remember.

A2 How much do you know about human memory A2 How much do you know about human memory? Decide whether the following sentences are T(True) or F (False). 1. Young people usually have better memories than old people. T/F 2. When we make new memories, we lose old ones. T/F 3. We can remember pictures better than words. T/F 4. Once we learn how to ride a bike, we will never forget how to do it. T/F T F T T

Before you read Look at the introduction, the title and the first sentence of each article on page 99. Then circle the correct answers. 1 What do Henry, Paula and Millie do for the school newspaper? a They write articles b They take photos 2 Why have Henry, Paula and Millie written these articles? a Because they enjoy learning about memory. b Because they want to help students improve their memory. 3 What way does Henry’s article mention to help students remember something? a To imagine a picture. b To write it down. 4 What is Paula’s article mainly about? a The importance of memory. b A method for remembering the spelling of a word.

Answer the following questions. 1.Who wrote these articles? 2.Who did they write these articles for? 3. What are their articles about? 4. Why did they write these articles? Henry, Paula, Millie The school newspaper memory To help students improve their memory.

Skimming Henry To remember something Paula Skim the article and in 1 min and fill in the table. Henry To remember something Paula To remember________________________ Millie the spelling of the word something more easily

Detailed Reading D1 Read the articles on page 99 and fill in the blanks below.

Reading task ( )1. In the passage, it introduces us ____ kinds of B ways to improve our memory. A. two B. three C. four ( )2. Which word is the longest in the world according to the passage? A. Mile. B. Smile. C. Smiles. ( )3. You may remember something more quickly ___. A. if you say it several times B. if you write it down C. if you understand it well B C C

Vocabulary C1 The words in italics explain the meanings of some words on page 99. Find these words to complete the sentences. Change their forms if necessary. 1 We go to school to learn new things and to train our __________. (the brain) (line 4) 2 Sometimes __________ things are easy to remember. (stupid) (line 5) 3 She used a different__________ to do the Maths problem. (a way of doing something) (line 14) 4 Can you help me carry this box? It is too big. I have ______________ carrying it. (a problem) (line 22). 5 If you wish to get a good job, there are many important ________________ you should take. (things that happen in a process) (line 23) minds silly method trouble steps

C2 Complete the conversations below with the words from the box. list silly spelling trouble worth Emily: Shall we walk to the park tomorrow? Flora: Don’t be____________. It’s too far from here. Let’s take a bus. Luck: Can you help me check my English exercise? Owen: I’d love to. The____________ of “receive” is wrong. Luke: Thanks. I always have____________ with this word. silly spelling trouble

3. Tony: I can’t go to English Corner tonight. I have a lot of homework to do. Robin: I know you’re very busy, but it’s _______ the time. If you want to practise your English, you should go. Tony: OK. I’ll see you there. 4 Jack: We need some milk. Frank: OK. Let me add it to my shopping_____. worth list

Memory Corner Henry, Paula and Millie write for the school newspaper. They have written the short articles below to help students improve their memory. Henry A great way to help you remember something is to imagine a picture of it in your mind. If you make the picture big, strange or silly, you will remember it better. For example, to remember the word “smiles”, we can imagine there is a “mile” between the first letter and the last letter. This makes it the longest word in the world. Remember: a picture is worth a thousand words.

Paula A good method for remembering the spelling of a word is to make a short sentence with each letter of the word. For example, if you want to remember how to spell the word “because”, you can use the sentence “Big elephants can always understand small elephants.” Millie You will forget something very quickly unless you understand it well. For example, you may have trouble remember the list of steps in the water cycle. However, it is easier to remember these steps if you understand how the water cycle works.

Language points 1. A great way to help you remember something is to imagine a picture of it in your mind. 一种帮助你记忆的好方法是在你的脑海中将其想象 成一幅画。 A good method for remembering the spelling of a word is to make a short sentence with each letter of the word. 一种记忆单词拼写的好方法就是用单词的每个字母 造一个短句。

way 和 method 均意为“方法；办法”，注意其区别： 法，常用于in a(n) ... way 结构，意为“用……的方 法/方式”。 method 强调系统地、有条理地办事或解 决问题的方法。例如： 她友好地笑了笑。 She smiled in a friendly way. 刘老师用了一种新的教学法。 Miss Liu used a new teaching method.

Would/do you mind my smoking here? Mind n. 理智 精神 头脑 vi.介意, 照顾, 留心 Would/Do you mind+(sb‘s) doing... 请问你介意….. 你介意我在这里吸烟吗？ Would/do you mind my smoking here? Mind doing sth 介意做某事 你介意打开窗户吗？ Do you mind opening the window?

The teacher explained the problem ____ ____ ____ ____. 【随身练】根据中文意思完成句子。 1. 老师用一种有趣的方法解释了这个问题。 The teacher explained the problem ____ ____ ____ ____. 2. 他给我们介绍了一种新的工作方法。 He introduced ____ ____ ____ for work to us. in an interesting way a new method

2. This makes it the longest word in the world. 这使它成为了世界上最长的单词。 make + n. / pron. + n. 意为“使……成为……”。 例如：make the tree a desk 把这棵树变为一张桌子 make the classroom a happy world 使课堂成为一个欢 乐的世界 根据中文意思完成句子。 1. 让我们一起努力，使地球成为一个更好的居住地。 Let’s work together to _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ to live in. 2. 那部电影使他成为了一个明星。 The movie ____ ____ ____ ____. make the Earth a better place made him a star

3. Remember: a picture is worth a thousand words. 记住:一幅图胜过一千字。 worth 用作形容词时，意为“值得的；有价值的”。在 句子中常用物作主语，后常接数词或名词表示具体 的价值，也常接动词-ing 形式。常用句型有：sth be worth ...“某物值……”；sth be worth doing“某事值得 做……”。例如： 这幢房子值一百万元。 This house is worth 1,000,000 yuan. 这部电影值得一看。 The film is worth seeing.

根据中文意思完成句子。 1. 这场表演不值得看。 The show _____ _____ _____. 2. 这个旧钟值得修理。 This old clock _____ _____ _____. isn’t worth watching is worth repairing / mending

4. You will forget something very quickly unless you understand it well. 除非弄懂了你才不会很快地忘记。 unless 用作连词，意为“除非；如果不”，一般情况 下可以与if ... not ... 互换使用，用来引导条件状语从 句。unless 引导的条件句，主句的时态和从句的时 态也要遵循“主将从现”的规律.如： 运动会将在早上八点开始，除非下大雨。 The sports meeting will start at 8 a.m. unless it rains heavily. 如果他不邀请我，我就不去参加聚会。 I won’t go to the party if he doesn’t invite me.

5. For example, you may have trouble remembering the list of steps in the water cycle. 例如，你也许在记忆水循环的步骤方面有困难。 ▲ have trouble (in) doing sth 意为“在做某事方面有 困难”，其中介词in 可以省略。此结构与have difficulty / problems (in) doing sth 意思相近。“在做某 事方面没有困难”一般用have no trouble / difficulty / problem (in) doing sth来表示。例如：

Some students have trouble / difficulty / problems (in) 有些学生在学习英语方面有困难。 Some students have trouble / difficulty / problems (in) studying English. 有些学生在学习英语方面没有困难。 Some students have no trouble / difficulty / problem (in) studying English. Have trouble with sth 在某事上有麻烦 我不会做这道数学题。 I have trouble with this math problem.

▲ step 作可数名词时，意为“步骤；脚步；级别”， 作动词时，意为“行走；踏”等。常用短语有：in step“步调一致”；step by step“一步一步地；逐步 地”。 例如： 如果你想保持身体健康，第一步是控制饮食。 If you want to keep fit, keeping on a diet is the first step. 请勿践踏草地。 Don’t step on the grass.

Li Ming _____ _____ _____ _____ with his parents. 2. 他们在找食材方面遇到了困难。 根据中文意思完成句子。 1. 李明跟他父母在沟通方面有困难。 Li Ming _____ _____ _____ _____ with his parents. 2. 他们在找食材方面遇到了困难。 They _____ _____ _____ _____ for food. has difficulty in communicating have difficulty in looking

1. 表示“记忆（力）”，若指具体某人的记忆（力），通常为可数名词，若指抽象意义的记忆（力），通常为不可数名词如： 这孩子记忆力好。 Memory n. 1. 表示“记忆（力）”，若指具体某人的记忆（力），通常为可数名词，若指抽象意义的记忆（力），通常为不可数名词如： 这孩子记忆力好。 记忆这种特性在大多数动物身上都不发达。 The boy has a good memory. Memory is a quality which is not highly developed in most animals. 2.表示“对……的记忆”，一般用介词 for。如 约翰对人的名字（面孔、数字）有很好的记忆力。 John has a good memory for names (faces, figures). Memorize vt 记住 熟记

practice 根据句意和所给首字母写出所缺单词。 1. We won’t do anything u_____ you agree with us. 2. Can you tell me how to i_____ my spoken English? 3. We have t_____ working out the problem. Can you help us? 4. — I can walk home. — Don’t be s_____ ! It’s much too far. 5. This wonderful film is w_____ seeing again. nless mprove rouble illy/stupid orth

根据中文意思完成句子。 1. 每个人的脑海里只有一个意念——加油！ There is just one idea _____ _____ _____— Go ahead! 2. 你有什么提高记忆力的方法呢？ What’s your way to _____ _____ _____? 3. 请把这些生词写在笔记本里。 Please _____ ____ these new words in the notebook. 4. 我每天步行去上学，因为学校离我家不远。 I go to school on foot every day because my school is not ____ ____ my home. in everyone’s mind improve your memory write down far from

5. 我喜欢做运动，例如踢足球和跑步。 I like doing sports. _____ _____, playing football and running. 6. 当你参观博物馆时禁止拍照。 Don’t _____ _____ when you are visiting a museum. 7. 我坐在杰克和汤姆的中间。 I sit ______ Jack ______ Tom. 8. 老师让我们用“stop” 这个词造一个句子。 The teacher asked us to _____ _____ _____ with the word “stop”. For example take photos between and make a sentence

根据句意，从方框中选择恰当的短语填空，注意其形 式。 1. The professor talked about _______________ collecting information. I agreed with him and began to collect useful information. 2. My poor sister _______________ hearing. She can’t hear well. 3. Jack told me _______________ remembering new words. I tried it and found it really worked. 4. Please make _______________ your favourite food. the importance of ... a method for ... a list of ... have trouble with ... the importance of has trouble with a method for a list of

Dictation memory n. 记忆力；记性 corner n. 角 lose v. 丧失；失去 improve v. 改进；改善 mention method spelling mind silly n. 记忆力；记性 n. 角 v. 丧失；失去 v. 改进；改善 v. 提到；说到 n. 方法；办法 n. 拼写；拼法 n. 头脑；大脑 adj. 可笑的

mile letter worth spell unless trouble list step cycle take out pour out n. 英里 n. 字母 adj. 值得；有价值 v. 用字母拼；拼写 conj. 除非 n. 困难 n. 清单 n. 步骤 n. 循环 (从银行帐户中) 提取 (款) 涌出

Homework 1. 模仿录音的语音、语调，朗读课文。 1. 模仿录音的语音、语调，朗读课文。 2. 抄写单词memory, corner, lose, improve, mention, spelling, method, mind, silly, mile, letter, worth, spell, unless, trouble, list, step, cycle等。 3. 选择主阅读篇章中介绍的一种记忆方法，举例说明。 4. 完成《练习册》第98页Vocabulary 和第105页Reading A的练习。