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Unit 9 Learning
Lesson 3 The Secrets of Your Memory
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目录页
contents
Pre-reading
I
Post-reading
IV
Fast Reading
II
Grammar
V
III
Intensive Reading
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Homework
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Pre-reading: Memory games
Let’s play.
How good is your memory?
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Now, recall the numbers
37654
0401473
486854332
85129619450
918546942937
Look at the numbers for 5 seconds and then recall them!
Pre-reading: Memory games
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Pre-reading: Activate and share
Which of the following things do you find easy to remember? Why?
names and faces
facts and arrangements
stories
things that happened long ago
things that happened recently
numbers: telephone numbers, passwords...
Do you still remember the English words that you learnt a few days ago?
extinction
commitment
foundation
institute
involve
Which of the following things do you find easy to remember? Can you expalin why?
names and faces
numbers: telephone numbers, passwords, etc.
stories
facts and arrangements
things that happened long ago
things that happened recently
Activity 1
By the end of the lesson, you are supposed to finish the following tasks:
①judge whether the statement about the text is true or false.
②work in groups to find what ways the expert use to make her statements to each questions convincing.
③think how to apply the secrets of memory to English learning in the future.
If you were going to meet a memory expert, what questions would you ask him / her?
For example, you can ask:
1. Does age play a role in the human’s brain ability to store and recall information?
2. Is there any special food that helps memory?
3. How to remember things easily and quickly?
Activity 2
Read the text quickly. Does the text answer any of your questions in Activity 2?
While-reading
Activity 3
Intensive reading
Question 1
Question 2
Question 3
Question 4
Suggestion A
Suggestion B
Suggestion C
Suggestion D
Connect it to our emotions
Spaced review
At a good age
Focus and be curious
Match the expert’s 4 suggestions with the four questions.
Intensive reading
Find out the truths and advice that Jemima Gryaznov gives about memory.
Question 1
Truth
We remember things that have strong connections in our mind, especially emotional connections.
Advice
We need to make strong connections with things we want to remember in our mind, especially emotional connections.
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Intensive reading
Question 2
Truth
Nobody has a photographic memory.
Advice
We need to focus on the important ideas and be curious about what we learn when memorising complex learning materials.
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Intensive reading
Question 3
Truth
The sharpest loss of memory occurs during the very early period after learning.
Advice
We need to review the information at regular intervals, especially in the first day after learning it.
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Intensive reading
Question 4
Truth
Our memory reaches its full power at the age of 25.
Advice
We need to train our memory to remember more when we’re older.
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Write out the truths and advice Jemima Gryaznov discusses in the text.
Truth 1:
Advice 1:
Truth 2:
Advice 2:
We remember things that have strong connections in our mind, especially emotional connections.
We need to make strong connections with things we want to remember in our mind, especially emotional connections.
Nobody has a photographic memory.
We need to focus on the important ideas and be curious about what we learn when memorising complex learning materials.
Read and Explore
The sharpest loss of memory occurs during the very early period after learning.
We need to review the information at regular intervals, especially in the first day after learning it.
Our memory reaches its full power at the age of 25.
We need to train our memory to remember more when we’re older.
Read and Explore
Write out the truths and advice Jemima Gryaznov discusses in the text.
Truth 3:
Advice 3:
Truth 4:
Advice 4:
Discuss the following question with your partner.
examples: For example ...
figures: a famous forgetting curve
quote: According to ...
numbers: 25, 200, 40
To make her statements convincing the expert used:
Read and Explore
How has the expert tried to make her statements to each question convincing? What signal words can you find?
Replace the underlined words or phrase with the words from the text.
1. Jemima Gryaznov thinks people remember things that have strong
sentimental attachment. 1._________
2. When we do things with enthusiasm, we tend to remember
them well. 2.__________
3. When we try to remember detailed materials, we should focus on
the important ideas. 3. _________
4. Jemima Gryaznov suggested another effective method to remember
things: grouping similar ideas or information together. 4. ________
5. A good strategy to increase memory is to review the material you are
trying to remember often. 5. __________
emotional
excitement
memorise
technique
periodically
Read and Explore
Subject-Verb Agreement
Circle the subject and fill in the blanks.
Retelling events _______ (help) fix experiences in our memories.
There ______ (be) some people who do have amazing memories.
They _______ (be) both good at remembering particular things for a limited time.
One of the golden rules to increase how much we remember ____(be) to review the material periodically.
Sentence Builder
helps
are
are
is
Circle the correct answer.
1. If anybody has / have any tips for memorising information, I would like to
hear them.
2. Many experts says / say that you should review information periodically
after you learn it.
3. Each of the students is / are trying one of these memorising techniques
this week.
4. Both of my English teachers tells /tell me to ask questions to identify the
most important information I need to remember.
5. Writing information down clearly makes / make it easier for you to review it later.
Subject-Verb Agreement
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