A competition

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Who is the winner?
A competition
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New words
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memorize silly memory
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Chapter 6
Memory

Arthur
Joyce
Three articles from
Pansy
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Memory
Listen to the tape and do T or F( P 1)
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T or F
1.Joice and her editors wanted to write an
article on memory. 2.From Arthur, there are
three types of memory. 3.As you get
older, your memory gets better. 4.When
people get older, they can still remember
things that happened a long time ago. 5. My
Granddad told us a joke about long-term
memory.
T
F
two
F
worse
T
F
memory
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Memory

Read the text( P1 )
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Answer the questions

• How many kinds of memory do we have in
  our text? What are they?

Two. They are short-term memory and long-term
memory.
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• When people get older, what kind of memory
  becomes worse?

Answer the questions
Their short-term memory.
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Answer the questions

• Arthurs Granddad told him a joke, didnt he?
• Whats it about?

Yes. Its about memory
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Memory
What do you know from Arthurs story? Can you say
something about it?
two kinds of memory get older become
worse remember things
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Memory
Listen to the tape and read the text in a low
voice. (p2)
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Read and answer the following questions

• Is memory essential for life?
• 2. What happened to the man?
• 3. How long could he remember something?
• 4. How often did his wife visit him?
• 5. When did he forget her visits?
• 6. Why was he angry with his wife?

Yes, it is.
He had an accident and injured his brain.
Less than a few minutes.
Every day
A few minutes after she left.
He thought that she never visited him.
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Fill in the blanks
Joyce Joyce thinks that memory is ________for life. She tells a story about a man who lost his memory after an________. He can only remember things for __ ____ minutes. He was _____ with his wife because he often forgot his wifes _____. It was ____
essential
accident
a
few
angry
sad
visits
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Memory
Is memory important or not? How can we remember
words?
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Which is the longest word in the world?

• Encyclopaedia
• B. international
• C. Smiles
• D. unforgettable

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How can you remember the word smiles?
An easy way to remember the word is _________
there is a mile ________________________________
__________________________.
to imagine
between the first letter and
the last letter
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imagine
a picture
silly, strange and colourful
the link method
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Memory

• One basic way of improving our memory is to use
  the link method

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Memory
How can we use the link method? Can you give us
some examples?
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zoo
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Memory
Repeat after the recording together (p3)
A. Jack works hard at English, but he has
difficulty in remembering the English new words.
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Say something about memory
Joyce and her editors _______ that they would
write something on _______. Arthur said he knew
each person has a ___________ memory and a
___________ memory from a book . When we get
older, our ________ memory become _________. But
we can remember what _________ a long time ago.
Joyce thought that memory was ________for life.
She told a story about a man who lost his memory
after an________. He could only remember things
for __ ____ minutes. Pansy gave us a _______ way
of remembering English wordsthe______ method.
We can ______ a picture in our mind If we_____
the word and the picture together , we can
_________ things better.
agreed
memory
short-term
long-term
short-term
worse
happened
essential
accident
a
few
basic
make
link
link
remember
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Problem solving
Problem Jack works hard at English, but he has
difficulty in remembering the English new words.
a) According to our text, what method cant he
use well? b) Can you give him some useful
advice of remembering new words?
A. Jack works hard at English, but he has
difficulty in remembering the English new words.
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My advice

• read English every day
• use some useful methods
• eg the link method
• take special care of your health
• drink a lot of water
• have enough sleep and rest
• have plenty of fruit
• have a good habit of study

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Memory

• Memory is important!
• Improve it, and itll help us.

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Homework
1. Listen and read the text . 2. Write a letter
to Jack giving him some advice about how
to memorize English words better.