1、 Listening Testing your memory Top tip:You can use different methods to help you remember information.For example,you can put the number 2465716848 into groups like this:246-571-6848 A You are going to take two memory tests.Listen to the first test and follow the instructions.Number 1:_Number 2:_975
2、4743186262 B.Listen to the second test and follow the instructions.1 List A:_ 2.List B:_sit,day,pen,cow,sitman,cat,fat,hat,man C Listen to the recording again and circle the correct answers.1 In the first test,how many numbers can most people remember for a short time?a Six or seven numbers b Eight
3、or nine numbers 2 In the second test,which list was easier to remember?a List A b List B 3 What do scientist think about words that sound similar?a They are easier to remember.b They are harder to remember.Speaking A Talk time Loss of plosion When two plosive consonants(e.g/t/,/d/,/p/,/b/,/k/,or/g/)
4、are next to each other,we do not pronounce the first one,and there is usually a short pause between them.We call this the loss of plosion.The following are some examples:football /fu:tb:l/used to/ju:st tu/sit down/sit daun/A1 Practise saying these words:bi(g)car re(d)pen be(d)time bla(ck)board Bo(b)
5、Brown stam(p)book ba(d)day cu(t)down ge(t)back goo(d)bye pos(t)card shor(t)-term A2 Read these sentences 1 Gla(d)to meet you.2 This is a goo(d)boy.3 That was the bes(t)day of my life.4 I fel(t)bad about what happened.5 Mos(t)people like flowers.B speak up Do you have any special methods for remember
6、ing English words?Do they work?In pairs,talk about your experience.Follow the example.S1:Do you have any special methods for remembering English words?S2:Yes.You can make a short sentence with each letter of the word.S1:Can you give me an example?S2:If you want to remember the word“family”,you can make the sentence “Father and mother,l love you.”S1:Thats a good idea.Thank you!
