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课件网) Unit 9 Learning Lesson 3 The Secrets of Your Memory Pre-reading: Memory games Let’s play. How good is your memory Now, recall the numbers 37654 0401473 486854332 85129619450 918546942937 Look at the numbers for 5 seconds and then recall them! Pre-reading: Memory games 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 have difficulty with memory If you were going to meet a memory expert, what questions would you ask him / her Work in pairs, note down 1 or 2 questions you’d like to ask. Pre-reading: Group work Example: Is there any special food that helps memory Fast reading Read the text quickly. Does the text answer any of your questions Share with us! 1. Why can I remember events in my childhood but not what happened last week 2. Do some people really have a photographic memory 3. Why do I forget the new words that I learnt yesterday 4. I’m 16, but I sometimes forget things. Is my memory getting worse Fast reading: True or False and 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. ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 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. F F F F F T 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. Our memory starts to get worse after the age of 25. 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. Draw up a mind map about Truth and advice in each topic Truth Advice 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. 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. Intensive reading Question 3 Truth The sharpest loss of memor ... ...
