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课件网) Unit 9 Learning Lesson 3 The Secrets of Your Memory What things do you find easy to remember Activity 1 What things do you find hard to remember Do you find easy or hard to remember the following things names and faces numbers: telephone numbers, passwords, etc. stories facts and arrangements things that happened long ago things that happed recently Activity 2 If you were going to meet a memory expert, what questions would you ask him/her Examples: Does age play a role in the human’s brain ability to store and recall information Is there any special food that helps memory Activity 3 Read the text quickly. Does the text answer any of your questions in Activity 2 Share your answers in your group. Activity 4 Read the text again. Write T or F. Corrected 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. ( ) 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. T F F F F F 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 very early period after learning after the age of 25 Activity 5 Pair Work: What suggestions would you provide for each of the four questions discussed Question 1: Why can I remember events in my childhood but not what happened last week Question 2: Do some people really have a photographic memory Question 3: Why do I forget the new words that I learnt yesterday Question 4: I’m 16, but I sometimes forget things. Is my memory getting worse Activity 6 Read the expert’s suggestions on page 60. Match the suggestions with the four questions. Question 1— Question 2— Question 3— Question 4— Suggestion C Suggestion A Suggestion D Suggestion B Q: What do you want to ask Jemima Gryaznov Jemima Gryaznov： an expert on memory Why do I keep forgeting the words even though I have recited them again and again Why do I remember the first time I went to park at 6, but I forget what happened this morning Why is it easy for me to memorise math formulas, but not easy for words Choose the main idea according to the title and questions mentioned. The Secrets of Your Memory Why can I remember events in my childhood but not what happened last week Do some people really have a photographic memory Why do I forget the new words that I learnt yesterday I’m 16, but I sometimes forget things. Is my memory getting worse Choose the main idea according to the title and questions mentioned. The Secrets of Your Memory A. The ... ...
