内容正文:
Unit 5 The human brain
知识点讲解
单词(见课文后的word box)
词组
1. a feature about memory 2. agree to do sth.
3. a short-term memory 4. a long-term memory
5. tell a joke 6. lose one’s memory
7. be essential for… 8. a programme on television
9. injure one’s brain 10. be angry with
11. one basic way of doing sth. 12. improve one’s memory
13. in one’s mind 14. the correct order
15. play cards 16. be connected with
17. something dramatic 18. the opening ceremony
19. some amazing stories 20. go wrong
重点句型
1. When people get old, their short-term memory becomes weaker, but they can still remember things that happened a long time ago.
2. I saw a programme on television about a man who had had an accident and injured his brain.
3. An easy way to do this is to imagine there is a ‘mile’ between the first letter and the last letter.
4. He remembered the correct order of 2704 playing cards, after seeing them just once.
5. Most people in China can remember where they were when the opening ceremony of the 29th Olympic Games was held in Beijing in 2008.
6. I can’t remember what the other two things are.
7. One basic way of improving your memory is to use the link method.
8. In the Guinness Book of Records, we can find some amazing stories about memory.
9. If you want to memorize something, you should make a picture in your mind.
语法
Adverbial clauses (2)
1.If you cool water, it turns into ice.
2. What will you do if you fail the driving test?
If you pass the driving test, what will you do?
3. I won’t buy a car if I fail the test.
4. Unless you keep ice cream in a freezer, it melts.
5. You will be late for school unless you leave now.
You will be late for school if you don’t leave now.
精选精练
一、用所给单词的正确形式填空
1.The escalator can bring you to the floor of the mall. (two)
2.He (have) nothing to eat if he (come) late.
3.It’s that Beijing will hold the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. (drama)
4.You must (memory) this secret message, and then burn it.
5.It’s about