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I had difficulty matching all three of the same patterns in the limited time. There are many types of pictures, such as birds, flowers, animals, numbers, food, mahjong,daily necessities and so on.
I am wondering anyone who can do well in this game .
Probably he/she is good at recognizing and remembering the pictures.
What are the secrets of his/her brain?
The Secrets of Your Memory
Unit 9 L3
numbers; telephone numbers; passwords
facts and arrangements
names and faces
things that happened
long ago
things that happened recently
stories
Which of the following things do you find easy to remember?
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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 often 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.
We remember things that have strong connections in our mind, especially emotional connections.
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 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 (π) and Stephen Wiltshire can draw a detailed picture of a city from memory after flying over it in a helicopter. They are both good at remembering particular things for a limited time.
Nobody has a photographic memory.
3. Why do I forget the new words that I learnt yesterday?Don’t worry. This is natural for many people. 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 help us to remember the information.
The sharpest loss of memory occurs during the very early period after learning.
4. I’m 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 of 40, we lose 10,000 brain cells every day. By middle age, our memory is significantly worse than when we were young.
Our memory reaches its full power at the age of 25.
Fast reading: . Correct the false statements.
1. We remember certain events in our childhood, because we experienced many of them for the first time, and we felt strongly about them at the time.
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2. When we tell a story many times, we forget important details.
3 Stephen Wiltshire has a photographic memory because he can draw a detailed picture of a city from memory after flying over it.
4 It has been proved that some people have a photographic memory.
5 The sharpest loss of memory occurs during the first five days.
6 Our memory starts to get worse in middle age.
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we can remember them clearly.
He is good at remembering particular things but does not have a photographic memory.
No one has been proved to have a photographic memory.
The sharpest loss of memory occurs during the very early period after learning.
after the age of 25.
P59 Ex.4 True or False
A1:we had strong feelings about them
/emotional connections to them
Are you curious about my suggestions of the four questions?
Jemima Gryaznov
Summarize & integrate
Match the following suggestions with the full questions and put them back in the day.
Group work of four students .
Jemima Gryaznov
P60 Ex.6
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 often 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.
(The Expert’s suggestions) _________________________
A
P60 Ex.6
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 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 (π) and Stephen Wiltshire can draw a detailed picture of a city from memory after flying over it in a helicopter. They are both good at remembering particular things for a limited time.
(The Expert’s suggestions) _________________________
D
P60 Ex.6
3. Why do I forget the new words that I learnt yesterday?Don’t worry. This is natural for many people. 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 help us to remember the information.
(The Expert’s suggestions) _________________________
B
P60 Ex.6
4. I’m 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 of 40, we lose 10,000 brain cells every day. By middle age, our memory is significantly worse than when we were young.
(The Expert’s suggestions) _________________________
C
P60 Ex.6
Replace the underlined words and phrase with the words from the text.
Jemima Gryaznov thinks people remember things that have strong sentimental attachment.
When we do things with enthusiasm, we tend to remember them well.
When we try to remember detailed materials, we should focus on the important ideas.
4. Jemima Gryaznov suggested another effective method to remember things: grouping similar ideas or information together.
5. A good strategy to increase memory is to review the material you are trying to remember often.
emotional
excitement
memorise
technique
periodically
Do you believe what I said in the passage? Why?
Jemima Gryaznov
Post-reading
How has the expert tried to make her statements to each question convincing? What methods has she used and what signal words can you find?
To make her statements convincing the expert used:
examples: For example…
figures: a famous forgetting curve
quote: According to…
numbers: 25, 200, 40
Imagine and create
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