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课件网) Unit 9 Learning Lesson 3 The Secrets of Your Memory 1.To learn something about memory and how to improve it by reading a text about memory. 2.To study and understand the subject-verb agreement rules in sentences. Learning objectives Do you still remember the events in your childhood Do you still remember what you did last Sunday 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 explain 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 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 4 Task1： Pair work. What suggestions would you provide for each of the four questions discussed Discuss with your partner. For example, you can discuss: What do you do when you can’t remember something What memory tricks do you suggest How to remember new words effectively After-reading Activity 5 Match the following suggestions with the four questions and put them back in the pare your suggestions with the expert’s suggestions. A. What can we learn from all this When remembering something new, try to connect 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. ... ...
