1、Lets play.How is your memory?Activate and share 37654 0401473 48685433285129619450918546942937Look at the numbers for 5 seconds and then recall them!Activate and shareWhich of the following things do you find easy to remember?Why?names and facesfacts and arrangementsstoriesthings that happened long
2、agothings that happened recentlynumbers:telephone numbers,passwords.If you were going to meet a memory expert,what questions would you ask him/her?Work in pairs,note down 1 or 2 questions youd like to ask.Listen and check Memory expert Jemima Gryaznov answers some of the most common questions about
3、memory.1.Why can I remember events in my childhood but not what happened last week?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?1.Why can I remember events in my childhood b
4、ut not what happened last week?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?A.What can I learn from all this?When remembering something new,try to connect it to our emotions
5、.It is important to connect it with what we already know.Also,we can try to retell what we have learned to a few others.B.Therefore,one of the golden rules to increase how much we remember is to review the material periodically,especially during the first day after learning.This“spaced review”soon a
6、fter learning helps build stronger memories and it is more effective than waiting to review everything before exams.C.So take it easy.You are at a good age in terms of your memory.Make good use of it!D.As most of us do not have amazing memories like them,when memorizing detailed learning materials,w
7、e simply need to focus on the important ideas and be curious about what we learn.Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4Suggestion ASuggestion BSuggestion CSuggestion DMatch the experts four suggestions with the four questions.Find out the truths and advice that Jemima Gryaznov gives about memor
8、y.Question 1TruthWe remember things that have strong connections in our mind,especially emotional connections.AdviceTry to connect it to our emotions and retell what we have learnt.Question 2TruthNo one has proved that there are people who have photographic memory.AdviceWe need to focus on the impor
9、tant ideas and be curious about what we learn when memorising detailed learning materials.Question 3TruthThe sharpest loss of memory occurs during the very early period after learning.AdviceWe need to review the information periodically,especially in the first day after learning.Question 4TruthOur m
10、emory reaches its full power at the age of 25.AdviceTake it easy and make good use of it.SummaryThe secrets of memory Question 1Question 2Question 3Question 4truthtruthtruthtruthadviceadviceadviceadviceGroup Discussion Think about more ways to improve our memory.MouthEyes MindOrganize Revise Yields1
11、.Our parents always made arrangements for our future in our childhood.童年时，父母总是为我们的未来做安排。2.We remember things that have strong connections in our mind,especially emotional connections.我们会记住与头脑中有较强关联性的事情，特别是情感联系。3.we often have strong feelings of fear or excitement.我们常常会产生强烈的恐惧感或者兴奋感。4.Another effecti
12、ve technique to remember things is to group similar ideas or information together so that they can be easily connected to things that are already known.另外一个有效的记忆方法是给相似的内容或信息分类，这样这些内容能够更容易与已有知识建立联系。5.Take it easy!We can make good/full use of timely memorisation and review periodically/regularl.放轻松！我们
13、可以充分利用适时的记忆，并且定期复习。1.Why can I remember events in my childhood but not what happened last week?We remember things that have strong connections in our mind,especially emotional connections.Childhood memories are often very emotional.This is because when we experience things for the first time,we ofte
14、n have strong feelings of fear or excitement.Also,interesting or funny stories from our childhood are often told again and again.As a result,we remember them much better,as retelling events helps fix experiences in our memories.What can we learn from all this?When remembering something new,try to co
15、nnect it to our emotions.It is important to connect it with what we already know.Also,we can try to retell what we have learnt to a few others.2.Do some people really have a photographic memory?A person with a photographic memory could remember every detail of a picture,a book or an event many years
16、 later,but no one has proved that there are people who really have photographic memories.Yet,there are some people who do have amazing memories.For example,Daniel Tammet can remember the first 22,514 digits of pi()and Stephen Wiltshire can draw a detailed picture of a city from memory after flying o
17、ver it in a helicopter.They are both good at remembering particular things for a limited time.As most of us do not have amazing memories like them,when memorising detailed learning materials,we simply need to focus on the important ideas and be curious about what we learn.Asking questions about what
18、 we learn also helps with memorisation.Another effective technique to remember things is to group similar ideas or information together so that they can be easily connected to things that are already known.3.Why do I forget the new words that I learnt yesterday?Dont worry.This is natural for many pe
19、ople.In1885,Hermann Ebbinghaus published a book called Memory and presented a famous forgetting curve.According to him,the sharpest loss of memory occurs during the very early period after learning.This means timely review during this period,with a few revisits to what is learnt,can significantly he
20、lp us to remember the information.Therefore,one of the golden rules to increase how much we remember is to review the material periodically,especially during the first day after learning.This“spaced review”soon after learning helps build stronger memories and it is more effective than waiting to rev
21、iew everything before exams.4 Im 16,but I sometimes forget things.Is my memory getting worse?Definitely not.Our memory reaches its full power at the age of 25.At that point,we can remember up to 200 pieces of information in a second.After this age,however,the brain starts to get smaller.By the age o
22、f 40,we lose 10,000 brain cells every day.By middle age,our memory is significantly worse than when we were young.So take it easy.You are at a good age in terms of your memory.Make good use of it!Homework Make a plan for your English study according to the secrets of your memory to improve your study.
