improve your memory 教案

improve your memory 教案 The5th lectureof CollegeEnglish oneHi,everyone!Today well learnUnit4.It is about memory.We canoften hearsomeone plainabout theirbad memory.Especially somestudents sayeven if they havetried hardto rememberall thenew words,but severaldays later,they willforget themall.So manytimes Iam askedhow tomemorize thosewords.Then Ithink afterwe learnthis text,you willget somethinguseful tohelp youimprove yourmemory.please listencarefully andintensively.Unit4Text A:Improving YourMemory.New words:1.psychological:adj心理学的;psychology:n心理学;psychologist:n心理学家;psychologically:adv心理上地（*）a.His fatherisapsychologist whilehis motheris anengineer.b.psychology isa studyof mind.c.Memories anddreams arepsychological facts.2.focus:v聚集、集中,常用短语focus onsth；n焦点a.He tookout thecamera andbrought itinto focus.b.Please focus on yourstudies andnot on your hobbies.请把你的精力放到学习上，而不是放到业余爱好上。 Their studymainly focuseson thelearning skillsof theadults.他们的研究主要集中在成年人的学习技能上。 3.basic:adj基本的；base:n基础;basically:adv基本上、根本上4.meaningfulness:n富有意义；mean:v意思是；meaningful:adj富有意义的；meaningless:adj无意义的;meaning:n含义(*).He issad becausehe findswhat hehas doneis meaningless.Do youknow themeaning ofthis word?d.She alwaystells usmeaningful stories.We learna lotfrom her.5anization:n组织、团体；organize:v组织WTo=World Tradeorganization；organizer:n组织者(*)a.They organizeda tripto theSouth lastmonth.b.The organizersof theNew Years partyfeel verytired buthappy.c.The UnitedNations isa worldorganization.6.association:n联合、协会；associate:v把同联系起来；n同伙；adj副的a.NBA meansNational BasketballAssociation.b.Whisky isusually associatedwith Scotland.c.John andpaul areassociates.d.Mr.Liu isan associatemanager inthis pany.Annie总是把那首歌同他的学校生活联系起来。 Annie alwaysassociates thatsong withher schoollife.7.visualize:v想象、设想；visualization:n想象、设想8.rhyme:字母h不发音。 9.ability:n能力，短语to thebest ofones ability,尽力而为。 同义词capacity;able:adj有能力的，短语be ableto dosth,反义词unable.10.random:adj/n胡乱的、随便，常用短语at random,随便地。 He tooka bookat random.11.categorize:v分类；category:n种类12.needless不需要的,不必要的；needful需要的，必要的13.refer:v涉及、参与；reference:n referencebook pleaserefer tothe dictionaryif youe acrossa newword.14.relate:v有关联，叙述，讲述；related:adj有关联的；relation:n关系、关联a.I cant relatewhat hesaid withwhat hedid.（我不能将他所说与所做联系起来。 ）b.This partrelates tothe currentsituation.(这部分指的是目前的形式。 )15.aurately:adv准确地，同义词exactly；aurate:adj;auracy:n16.memorize:v记住；memory:n记忆力；memorandum(memo)备忘录17.improvement:n改进、增进；improve:v18.image:n形象、印象；imagery:n肖像的总称，意象;imagine:v想象19.repetition:n重复、反复；repeat:v;repeated:adj a.He maderepeated effortsto solvethe nouns areused tosave therepetition ofnouns.c.Does historyrepeat itself?20.mental:a精神的、智力的，physical:体力的21.preserve:v保护、维持；N.保护区No huntingis allowedin thepreserve.保护区内禁止打猎。 We havetaken effectivemeasures topreserve ournatural resources.我们已采取有效措施保护自然资源。 .Intensive reading:1.physical researchhas focusedon a number ofbasic principlesthat helpmemory.译心理学研究集中在一些有利于记忆的基本原则上。 本句包含有一个that引导的定语从句，修饰basic principles.短语focusonsth;anumberof=many许多；basic principles:基本原则a.please focusyour attentiononyourwork.b.A numberof studentsare studying English.c.The numberof studentsstudyingEnglishis increasing.2.Its usefulto knowhow theseprinciples.本句的主语为to knowhow theseprinciples；it为形式主语。 通常由于动词不定式作主语、主语从句作主语、动名词作主语太长，使句子显得头重脚轻，因而借助于形式主语。 a.To havea goodsleep beforethe examis verynecessary.Its necessaryto havea goodsleep beforethe exam.b.playing withfire is dangerous.Itsdangerousplaying withfire.c.That theearth isround is true.Itstruethat theearth isround.3.Information that does not make any sense to you is difficult to remember.译对你毫无意义的信息是很难记住的。 thatdoes notmake anysense toyou是定语从句，修饰information.这句话还可改为Itsdifficultto rememberinformation thatdoesnotmake anysensetoyou.短语make some/no sense:有/没有一定意义a.What yousaid makesno sense.b.Does thisparagraph ofyour positionmakeanysense?4.Needless tosay,the secondlist canbe rememberedmore easilythan thefirst one.（*）译不用说，第二种词表要比第一种词表更容易记忆。 短语needless tosay不用说5.Association refers to taking the material we want to remember and relating it to something we remember aurately.译联想意思是把我们要记住的材料与我们已经准确记住的东西联系起来。 分析主语Association;谓语refersto；宾语takingthe materialwe wanttorememberandrelatingittosomethingwe rememberaurately，动名词作宾语。 包含定语从句wewanttoremember，修饰thematerial；werememberaurately修饰something.短语refer tosth指;relate sthto/with sth把同联系起来。 6.Those using imagery remembered80to90percent ofthe words,pared with30to40percent ofthe wordsfor thosewho memorizedby repetition.译与通过反复法记忆生词的人只记住了30%到40%的相比，用想象法的人记住了80%到90%。 分析usingimagery现在分词作定语。 短语pare w