1、Birthday:1990,5,281990,5,28 Height:181181cmWeight:7979kg Telephone Number:1822030464118220304641QQ Account:765413344765413344 Look at the numbers for 10 seconds and recall them!Which of the following things do you find easy to remember?Can you expalin why?names and facesnumbers:telephone numbers,pas
2、swords,etc.storiesfacts and arrangementsthings that happened long agothings that happened recently11.Does age play a role in the humans brain ability to store and recall information?2.Is there any special food/medicine that helps memory?3.Why cant I remember the English words/grammar?If you were goi
3、ng to meet a memory expert,what questions would you ask him/her?2For example,you may ask.Read the text quickly.Does the text answer any of your questions in Activity 2?3What questions does Memory expert Jemima Gryaznov answer?1.Why can I remember events in my childhood but not what happened last wee
4、k?2.Do some people really have a photographic memory?3.Why do I forget the new words that I learnt yesterday?4.Im 16,but I sometimes forget things.Is my memory getting worse?Read the text again.Write T(true)or F(false).p59Correct the false statements.41.We remember certain events in our childhood,be
5、cause we experienced many of them for the first time,and we felt strongly about them at the time.2.When we tell a story many times,we forget important details.We can remember them clearly.3.Stephen Wiltshire has a photographic memory because he can draw a detailed picture of a city from memory after
6、 flying over it.He is good at remembering particular things but doesnt have a photographic memory.5.The sharpest loss of memory occurs during the first five days.during the very early period after learning.6.Our memory starts to get worse in middle age.after the age of 25.4.It has been proved that s
7、ome people have a photographic memory.No one has been proved to have a photographic momory.Match the following suggestions with the four questions.6Suggestion ASuggestion BSuggestion CSuggestion DQuestion 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4Question 1AdviceWe need to make strong connections with thing
8、s we want to remember in our mind,especially emotional connections.What truths about memory does Jemima Gryaznov discuss in the text?What advice does she give to improve ones memory?7TruthWe remember things that have strong connections in our mind,especially emotional connections.Question 2AdviceNob
9、ody has a photographic memory.TruthWe need to focus on the important ideas and be curious about what we learn when memorising complex learning materials.Question 3AdviceThe sharpest loss of memory occurs during the very early period after learning.TruthWe need to review the information timely,especi
10、ally in the first day after learning it.Question 4Our memory reaches its full power at the age of 25.TruthWe need to train our memory to remember more before getting older.Advicel For example,Daniel Tammet can remember the first 22,514 digits of pi and Stephen Wiltshire can draw a detailed picture.H
11、ow has the expert tried to make her statements to each questions convincing?What methods has she used and what signal words can you find?8examples The style of the article is .expository writingfiguresl At that point,we can remember up to 200 pieces of information in a second.l By the age of 40,we l
12、ose 10,000 brain cells every dayl The Forgetting Curvegraphs l According to him,the sharpest loss of memory occurs during the very early period after learning.quotes English is a must in your study,and you need to remember a lot when learning it.How do you remember the English words and grammar?Disc
13、uss with your partner.Five Tips for Improving Your Memory1 Sleep well:If you dont sleep properly,you“lose”many of your memories.2 Do physical exercise:When you exercise,more oxygen goes to your brain and makes your memory work better.3 Do mental exercise:It is important to exercise your brain just l
14、ike your body.New activities are more challenging than familiar ones.4 Be interested:Ask yourself questions about what you are learning.We learn better if we are interested.5 Form a mental picture:For example,if you want to remember the name“John Keys”,imagine his face with a big key on it.The stranger the picture,the better!
