1、How was your memory-improvement course,Lo?Very good.I think Ill take it too.How much did it cost?Er er Sorry,Ive forgotten.1 Where are Hi and Lo?2 What is Hi probably doing now?3 What problem does Hi probably have?4 What course is Lo taking now?5 Has Lo got any improvement with his memory?They are i
2、n the study.He is reading for his study.He cannot remember things well.A memory-improvement course.No,he hasnt.Work in pairs.How much do you know about your brain?Say if you think these sentences are T(true)or F(false).A11We remember less information than acomputer._2A brain weighs about 3 kg._3Ther
3、e are five different types of memory._4We remember smells better than we canremember words._5Once we learn how to ride a bicycle,wewill never forget how to do it._ Read the words in the list at normal speed.Then close your books and write down,in order,as many words as you can remember.Record your s
4、core.A2 List some things that you sometimes forget and things that you usually or always remember.A3REMEMBERFORGET Read the introduction on page 72.Then answer the following questions.B11 What is a feature?2 What is the feature about?3 Who wrote the articles in the feature?Look at the picture below.
5、What does it make you think of?B2 Look at the picture below.What does it make you think of?B3 Look at the title,the introduction,the pictures and the first sentence of each article and decide whether the following statements are T(True)or F(False).Circle T or F.B41The five articles about memory were
6、T/Fall written by Joyce.2People have two kinds of memory.T/F3Memory plays an important part inT/Four lives.4Making pictures in your mind helpsT/Fyou remember things.5The Guinness Book of Records isT/Fabout memory.6Memory and feelings are connectedT/Fwith each other.Joyce wanted to have a feature abo
7、ut memory in the school newspaper.She and her editors all agreed to write short articles on this topic.ARTHURI read in a book that we have a short-term memory and a long-term memory.When people get old,their short-term memory becomes weaker,but they can still remember things that happened a long tim
8、e ago.My grandad told me a joke about memory.He said,When you get old,three things start togo wrong.First,you start to lose your memory.And I cant remember what the other two things are!JOYCEMemory is essential for life.I saw a programme on television about a man who had had an accident and injured
9、his brain.Afterwards,he could not remember anything for longer than a few minutes.His wife visited him in hospital every day,but he forgot her visits a few minutes after she left.He was often angry with her because he thought that she never visited him.It was very sad.One basic way of improving your
10、 memory is to use the link method.If you want to memorize something,you should make a picture in your mind.If the picture is silly,strange and colourful,you will remember it better.For example,I am trying to remember the word smiles.An easy way to do this is to imagine there is a mile between the fi
11、rst letter and the last letter.This makes it the longest word in the world!TONYIn the Guinness Book of Records,we can find some amazing stories about memory.For example,Gou Yanling from Harbin in China has memorized more than 15,000 telephone numbers.And Dave Farrow from America remembered the corre
12、ct order of 2,704 playing cards,after seeing them just once.MILLIEMemory is connected with our feelings.For example,if someone says This is a spider,and then puts a large spider on your hand,you will probably remember the word spider!When something dramatic happens,we usually remember it well,and we
13、 also remember where we were and what we were doing.For example,most people in China can remember where they were when the opening ceremony of the 29th Olympic Games was held in Beijing in 2008.1Food,water and sunlight are _ for all green plants.2The machine was working well at the beginning,but it
14、started to _ half an hour later.3Ann I wonder what its like to be an astronaut.Don I dont know,but I _ its exciting.Find the words and phrases in the box in the five articles,work out their meanings and use them to complete the sentences and dialogues below.C14PierreThe Channel Tunnel is the _ betwe
15、en France and Britain.PansyYes.And weve built several tunnels to connect Puxi andPudong in Shanghai too.5RonI had an accident this morning.I fell down some stairs and landed on my head.JoeOh,I hope you dont _!How did the accident happen?RonWhat accident?6CindyMy brother is trying to lose some weight
16、.Hes using the see-food _,but it doesnt work very well.BessyYou mean,seafood,like fish and crabs?CindyNo,see-food.If he sees food,he eats it!Complete the sentences with the words in the box.They must mean the same as the words in brackets.C21Shakuntala is a lady with an amazing brain.She has a good
17、_ for numbers.(ability to remember things)2Last nights game between England and France had a _ ending.France scored a goal in the last minute of the game to win the match.(very exciting)3The teacher said to him,Your marks are not good.If you want to _ your grades,you must work much harder!(make some
18、thing better)4One person was killed and two others were _ in a car accident near East Road yesterday.(hurt)Two students,Keith and Penny,are talking about the feature about memory.Complete their dialogue by putting one word in each blank.D1PennyShe means that you must make a(6)_ in your(7)_.It must l
19、ink two things together in an unusual way.So if you are learning a new English word,you could try to think of a funny picture to help you remember that word.KeithWhat kind of picture is best?PennyIts best if the picture is(8)_,(9)_ and(10)_.KeithWhose article contains some stories about people who h
20、ave memorized thousands of things?PennyOh,thats in the article by(11)_.KeithWhat does the example about the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games show us?PennyIt shows that when a(12)_ thing happens,people remember it well,and they also remember(13)_ they were and(14)_ they were doing a
21、t that time.Use the link method to make pictures in your mind connecting the words below.Then close your books and write down,in order,as many words as you can remember.Compare your score with the one in A on page 72.Have you improved your memory?D2 Find the topic sentence in each article of the fea
22、ture.D3ArticleTopic sentenceArthursJoycesPancysTonysMillies Read Arthurs article again and complete the following tables with proper information.D4short-term memorylong-term memoryWhen people get old,their short-term memory becomes weakerthey still remember the things that happened a long time agosh
23、ort-term memorylong-term memoryThe joke that the grandad told shows when people get old,they start to lose memoryalthough he is old,he still remembers the joke Read Joyces article again and put the following sentences in the correct order.D5He could not remember anythingfor longer than a few minutes
24、.The wife visitedhim every day.Later she saidBye-bye to him.A man hadan accident.He becamevery angry.He shouted,My wife never came to see me.The wifefelt very sad.He hurt hisbrain.Read Pansys article again and complete the following sentences with proper words.D6l When we use the link method,we need
25、 to link the thing that we want to(1)_ with a(2)_.l The three characteristics of the picture that we imagine are(3)_,(4)_ and(5)_.l An easy way to remember the word smiles is to imagine there is a(6)_(7)_ the first and the last letters and this makes it the(8)_ word in the world.Gou YanlingDave Farr
26、owPlaceSpecialties Read Tonys article again and complete the facts about some amazing people who have got super memory.D6 Read Millies article again and complete the table with proper information.D7Topic sentenceExamples Answer the following questions.E1l What did Joyce want to write a feature about
27、?l Who wrote the five articles?l What did the book that Arthur read tell about?l What may happen to our memory when we get old?l What does Arthurs grandads joke tell about?l What happened to the man who had had an accident?l His wife visited him every day,didnt she?l What happened to him a few minut
28、es after the woman left?l How did the woman feel?l Pansy told us a basic way of improving our memory.What is it?l How can we use the link method?l How can we memorize the word smiles?l What special is Gou Yanling?l What specialty does Dave Farrow from the USA have?l What may happen if someone tells
29、you this is a snake and puts it on your hand?l What can make you memorize thingsbetter according to Millie?l Do you still remember where youwere and what you were doing on8 August 2008?Work in groups of four to six.Think of more ways of improving our memory.Then write a short report based on your di
30、scussion and tell your classmates about it.E21Workbook 9A,pages 37 and 43.memory/memr/n.your ability to remember thingsI have a bad memory for names.He had a long memory for people who had disappointed him.mind/mand/n.the part of a person that makes them able to be aware of things,to think and to fe
31、elThere were all kinds of thoughts running through my mind.short-term/:tt:m/adj.lasting a short time;designed only for a short period of time in the futureHis short-term memory is failing.long-term/lt:m/adj.that will last or have an effect over a long period of timeThe long-term aim of the company i
32、s to be the head one in this area.go wrongstop working correctlyMy watch keeps going wrong.essential/senl/adj.necessaryExperience is essential for this kind of job.injure/n(r)/v.hurt;damageFive people were injured in a traffic accident near Sunhill.afterwards/:ftwdz/adv.at a later time;after an even
33、t that has already been mentioned Afterwards she was sorry for what shed said.Lets go to the theatre first and eat afterwards.(be)angry with(be)having a strong feeling because you are not pleased with something or dislike someoneDo you need to be angry with such a little baby?I dont want to be angry
34、 with myself but I cant help doing so.basic/besk/adj.most simple;mainThe basic reason for his unhappiness is that he always feels lonely.link/lk/n.connection between two or more people or thingsThere is a saying,A chain is as strong as its weakest link.method/med/n.way of doing somethingThe best met
35、hod of keeping slim is to exercise regularly.link methoda way of memorizing something by making a picture in mind It will be much easier for you to memorize new words by using the link method.memorize/memraz/v.put into your memoryYoud better memorize these formulas before the exam.colourful/klfl/adj
36、.interesting or exciting;full of variety,sometimes in a way that is slightly shocking Jupiter is one of the books most colourful characters.mile/mal/n.a unit for measuring distance equal to 1,609 metres or 1,760 yardsThe nearest bank is about half a mile down the road.playing cardany one of a set of
37、 52 cards with numbers and pictures printed on one side,which are used to play various card gamesWould you please give one more pack of playing cards?spider/spad(r)/n.a small creature with eight thin legsMany spiders spin webs to catch insects for food.dramatic/drmtk/adj.exciting;unusualThere was a
38、dramatic moment in our class today when a large bird flew into the room.opening/pn/n.a ceremony to celebrate the start of a public event or the first time a new building,road,etc.is usedToday is the official opening of the new hospital.ceremony/sermn/n.a public or religious occasion that includes a
39、series of formal or traditional actionsDid you attend their wedding ceremony yesterday?Olympic/lmpk/adj.connected with the Olympic GamesThe Olympic team includes 124 athletes and 38 coaches.the Olympic Gamesan international sports festival held every four years in a different countryThe 29th Olympic
40、 Games were held in Beijing in 2008.wonder/wnd(r)/v.want to know or make something clearI wonder who she is.I was just beginning to wonder where you were.goal/l/n.the act of kicking or hitting the ball into the goal;a point that is scored for this The winning goal was scored by Hill.mark/m:k/n.a number or letter that is given to show the standard of somebodys work or performance or is given to somebody for answering something correctly I got full marks in the spelling test.
