广州(上海)牛津英语八年级下册Unit7 Reading A

Unit6Mindandmemory,Howgoodisyourmemory?,记忆力对每个人都很重要，你的记忆力如何呢？研究表明“五官齐下”会让我们的记忆更轻松哦！Memoryisimportantforlearningandthinking.Butdoyouknowhowpeopleremember,andhowtheyuseandimprovetheirmemories?Peoplehavedifferentabilitiestoremember.,Stress(压力),fatigue(疲劳),emotional(情感的)problems,andillnesscandecreaseapersonsabilitytoremember.Generalgoodhealthcontributesto(有助于)goodmemory.Practicealsoimprovesmemory.Forexample,themoremathsfactsyoulearn,theeasiermathsfactsaretolearn.Thesameistruewithmusic.Themoresongsyoulistentoandlearn,theeasieritbecomes.,Peoplegatherandrememberinformationindifferentways.Somepeopleremembercoloursorsmellsorsoundsverywell.Somepeoplefinditeasiertorememberspokenwordswhileothersrememberprintedwordseasily.Whyisiteasierforpeopletoremembersomethingsandmoredifficultforthemtorememberotherthings?,Itseasiertorememberthingsthathaveemotionalmeaningtous.Itsalsoeasiertorememberinformationthatwepractiseandusealot.Repetitionreinforcesmemory;themorewerepeatsomething,thebetterwerememberit.,Somepeoplehaveveryvisualmemories.Thatis,theyrememberthingstheysee.Infact,itisofteneasiertorememberinformationthatcomestousthroughmorethanoneofourfivesenses.,True(T)orFalse(F).()1.Ifwepractiseandusetheinformation,wewillrememberiteasily.()2.Ifwewanttoremembersomething,wemustuseallofourfivesenses.,T,F,1.alongtimeago很久以前2.getold上了年纪3.gowrong出毛病；发生故障4.loseonesmemory失忆,短语收藏夹,5.hearabout听说；得知6.beinhospital生病住院7.beangrywith对生气8.forexample例如9.beconnectedto与相关连,短语收藏夹,根据上下文意思用以上短语完成下面的小短文，注意其适当形式。XiaolingsgrandmasmemoryAsweknow,mostelderlypeoplecanrememberthingsfrom(1)_.I(2)_Xiaolingsgrandmayesterday.,alongtimeago,heardabout,Shegotsickand(3)_.Xiaolingsaidhergrandmasmemorybeganto(4)_whenshe(5)_.,wasinhospital,gowrong,gotold,Atthebeginningofthisyear,shestartedto(6)_.Shealwaysforgotthings.(7)_,sheoftenforgothowtogethomewhenshewentout.,losehermemory,Forexample,Sometimeswhensheknewthatshe(8)_herselfandsometimesshefeltsadaboutit.Xiaolingsparentsareoftenworriedabouther.Inmyopinion,weshouldtalktoelderlypeopleasoftenaspossiblebecausememory(9)_ourfeelings.,wasangrywith,isconnectedto,A1Pre-readingDiscussandsaywhetheryouagree(A)ordisagree(D)withthesestatement.,1.Whenyougetold,yourmemorygetsbetter.2.Makingpicturesinyourmindhelpsyourememberthings.,D,A,3.Amanwithagoodmemorycanremembereveryonestelephonenumber.4.Werememberthingsbetteriftheyhappentoussuddenlyandsurprisingly.,D,A,A1Pre-readingDiscussandsaywhetheryouagree(A)ordisagree(D)withthesestatement.,-WhycouldntBensgrandadremembertheothertwothings?-Oh,thatwasjustpartofhis(1)_.Itshowsthatpeopleforgetthingswhentheyget(2)_.,joke,A3KenandPennyaretalkingaboutmemory.Completetheirconversation.,old,-InJoycesarticle,whywasthemanangrywithhiswife?-Well,hethoughtshe(3)_visitedhiminhospital.Shedidvisithim,buthe(4)_aboutitafterafewminutes.,never,forgot,-CanyouexplainwhatLucysays?-Shesuggestsmakinga(5)_inyour(6)_whenyouwanttorememberthings.IfyouaretryingtolearnanewEnglishword,youcouldthinkofafunnypicturetohelpyourememberit.-Whatkindofpictureisbest?-Itsbestifthepictureis(7)_,(8)_or(9)_.,picture,mind,silly,strange,colourful,-Whosearticlecontainssomestoriesaboutpeoplewithamazingmemories?-Oh,thatsinthearticleby(10)_.-WhatdoesthestoryaboutPresidentKennedysdeathshowus?-Itshowsthatwhena(11)_thinghappens,peoplerememberitwell.,Tony,dramatic,Languagepoints,Whenpeoplegetold,theirshort-termmemoriesgetweaker,.当人上了年纪,他们的短期记忆也就变差了，(P98)Whenyougetold,threethingsstarttogowrong.当你上了年纪，有三样东西开始出问题。(P98),第一个句子中，getold意为“变老，上年纪”，getweaker意为“变得更差，变得更弱”。第二个句子中，gowrong意为“发生故障，出毛病”。get和go都是系动词，后面通常接形容词，其中get通常表示状态和情感等方面的变化，而go一般表示性质上的变化，尤其指不好的变化。,例如：Dontlaughather,orshewillgetangry.别嘲笑她，否则她会生气的。Thefishwillgobadifyoudontputitinthefridge.这鱼不放入冰箱里会变坏。,根据中文意思完成句子。1.当夏天到来，白天会变得越来越长。Whensummercomes,thedayswill_.2.菜已经变酸了。不要吃它。Thedish_.Donteatit.3.杰克考试前会变得紧张。Jackwill_beforeexams.,getlongerandlonger,hasgonesour,getnervous,Thismakesitthelongestwordintheworld!(P98)这使它成为世界上最长的单词。动词make在此句意为“使、让”。makesb+名词“使某人成为”。例如：Ifyoulistentome,Icanmakeyoutherichestmanintheworld.如果你听我的，我可以让你成为世界上最富有的人。,【归纳】make的其他常用句型还有：(1)makesb/sth+形容词“使某人/某物”。例如：Heoftenmakesherangry.他经常惹她生气。(2)makesb/sth+do.“使某人/某物做”。例如：Theboyoftenmakeshisdogjumpupanddown.那个男孩经常让他的狗上下跳跃。,根据中文意思完成句子。4.他的信使她很伤心。Hisletter_very_.5.我们选他为我们组的组长。We_theheadofourgroup.6.这个周末请别让我呆在家里。Dont_athomethisweekend,please.,madehersad,madehim,makemestay,IntheGuinnessBookRecords,therearesomeamazingstoriesaboutmemory.在吉尼斯世界大全里，有一些关于记忆的令人诧异的故事。(P98),意为“令人惊奇的”，是由动词amaze变化而来的形容词，常用来说明事物或人。由动词amaze变化的形容词还有amazed，意为“（感到）惊讶的”，主语