Chapter OneMemory

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“Memory 回忆 All alone in the moonlight 月光下形单影只 I can smile at the old days 我能对往昔微笑 I was beautiful then 那时我多美 I remember 我记得 The time I knew what happiness was 过去的幸福时光 Let the memory 让回忆 Live again” 再次苏醒

The following is a passage taken from a very popular song ‘Memory’.

Memory can help us remember beautiful things, important events and experiences.

Memory is the ability to recall past experiences. How good is your memory ? Let’s have a test. Six pictures will come out one by one. After they are shown on the screen, could you tell me the correct order of each picture? Try!

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The game we did just now is to test how good your short-term memory is. Short-term memory refers to memories which last for a few minutes. For more information about memory, let’s read the short articles collected by Joyce and her editors on the topic . She collected these articles to include a feature about memory.short term memory 短时记忆long-term memory 长期记忆include 包含，包括feature 特征，特色，要素，（报纸的）特写topic 论题，题目

Listen to the recording of the first three paragraphs of the text for the following questions.

1.According to Arthur, how many kinds of memory does a person have? What are they?

2. When we get old, what kind of memory will become worse?

3. When people get old, can they still remember things from a long time ago?

4. According to Arthur’s grandpa, what’s the first thing that starts to go wrong when people become elderly?

5. Why can’t the grandpa remember the other things?6. Joyce saw a program on TV. What was it about?7. What was wrong with the man?8. What did the man’s wife do every day?9. What did the patient forget a few minutes after his wife left?10. Why was the man always angry with his wife?11. According to Pansy’s experience, what should one do if he wants to remember something?

12. What kind of pictures that can make you remember them better?13. How does Pansy learn the word ‘smiles’ by heart?14. Why is the word ‘smiles’ the longest word in the world?Pay attention to the following words:

1.colorful 色彩艳丽的2. imagine 想像 3.silly 愚蠢的 4. be angry with 对…生气5. become old/elderly /worse 变老 / 糟6. go wrong 出毛病 7. injured 受伤的

Listen to the recording of the last two paragraphs for the following questions.

1.In which book can we read some amazing stories?

2. How many telephone numbers has Gong Yangling from Harbin memorized?

3. Of how many playing cards did Dominic O’Brien remember the correct order after seeing them just once?

4. Where did Dominic come from?

5. According to Millie, what is memory connected to?6. On what condition will you probably remember the word ‘spider’?7. Generally speaking, on what condition can we remember where we were and what we were doing?8. What dramatic event happened in the USA in 1963?

Learn the following by heart1. death 死亡 2. memorize 记住3. the Guinness Book of Records 吉尼斯记录大全4. be connected to 与…相连5. hear about 听说6. dramatic 戏剧性的7. probably 很可能，大概，或许8. president 总统9. spider 蜘蛛10. for example 例如11. amazing 令人惊叹的 / 了不起的

Complete the following with facts you collect from the text.☺By collecting short ___________ written

by her editors, Joyce included a __________ about memory.

☺A person has a ______________ memory and a __________________ memory.

☺When people get old, their short-term memory becomes _____________ but they may have a very good long-term memory.

☺Three things start to go __________ when people become old.

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short-termlong-term

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wrong

☺ A man with an _______________ brain could not remember anything for ___________ than a few minutes.☺ The man’s wife ___________ him in hospital every day, but he forgot her ______ a few minutes after she left.☺ The man was often ___________ _______ her wife because he thought she _______ visited him.☺ Pansy suggests that you should make a ___________ of something in your mind if you want to _____________ it.

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☺ If the picture is strange, silly or __________, you will remember it _________. ☺If you want to remember a word, you had better use your ____________ to find out what is special about its structure.☺ You can read some ___________ stories about memory in the Guinness Book of ____________. ☺ A man in Harbin has ____________ 15,000 telephone numbers.☺ Memory is _________ _____ our feelings.

colorful better

imagination

amazing

Recordsmemorized

connected to

☺ When something _____________ happens, we usually remember it well.☺ _________ ________, most old people in the USA can remember where they were when they heard about the __________ of President John F Kennedy in 1963.

dramatic

For example

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♪Vocabulary learning1. memory n. 记忆，记忆力 e.g. People have a long-term and a short-ter

m memory. /Grandma has a bad memory.2. article n. 文章 e.g. He wrote articles for the Saturday Revie

w.3. mind n. 大脑，头脑，想法，思维 e.g. She has a very open mind./Have you ma

de up your mind to leave?/Justin has changed his mind. （下决心 / 改变注意）

mind v. 介意做某事 e.g. Would you mind passing me some tissues?4. sensible adj. 明智的 (adv. sensibly) e.g. I don’t think his choice is sensible./Cathy dealt with the problem most sensibly of all.5. topic n. 主题，话题 e.g. The topic of this activity is how to protect our environment. /She wrote some essays on this topic.

6. injured adj. 受伤的 (v. injure n. injury) e.g. The news report says about 20 people were injured in the bus accident. The accident injured his brain. ( 事故伤害 了他的大脑）。7. imagine v. 想像 (n. imagination) e.g. I can’t imagine what will happen to our life in the not distant future. Use your imagination to make up a good story. 用你的想像力来编一个好故事。

8. memorize v. 记住，熟记 (memory) e.g. He could memorize all names of the novels written by Charles Dickens.9. dramatic adj. 戏剧性的，令人印象深刻的，激 动人心的 (n. drama ) e.g. His dramatic experiences in Africa made all of us interested. 10. death n. 死亡 (v. die/ dead adj.) e.g. The death of the famous actress shocked the world./We found the dog dead in a cave./The patient was dying.

11. end v. & n. 结束 / 以…为结尾 e.g. Their quarrel ended with a peaceful talk. /The war came to an end. /In the end, they stopped arguing. /There will be a contest at the end of this month./The bank is at the end of this street./He was anxious to know the ending of the story( 结局）12. cost v. & n. 花费 e.g. The antique cost him thousands of dollars./The cost of Obama’s inauguration was about $150 million.

13. amazed/amazing adj. ( 感到惊叹的 / 令人吃 惊的） amaze v. 使人惊讶 e.g. Michael Fred Phelps is really amazing. He has won 14 Olympic gold medals so far. His excellent performance at Beijing Olympics amazed the whole world. But recently, we feel quite amazed at the news of his smoking marijuana( 大 麻） ! / mæri’hwa:nə/14. vehicle 车辆 e.g. During the rush hour, streets are always flooded with vehicles.

Expressions should be kept in mind:1.pay attention to 注意2. go wrong 出毛病，出错3. break down 抛锚4. for example 例如5. the Guinness Book of Records 吉尼斯世界记录

大全6. a short-term/long-term memory 长 / 短时记忆7. lose memory 失忆8. become worse 变得更糟9. a man with an injured brain 一个脑伤的男人10. amazing stories 令人惊叹的故事

11. be connected to 与…相连12. a large spider 一只大蜘蛛13. be/feel amazed at … 对…感到惊讶14. make an excuse 找借口 / 借故15. make an apology to sb. 道歉16. write an article on the topic 写一篇关于 这个主题的文章17. include a feature about sth. 增加一个关 于…的特写（报道）18. look up a word in the dictionary 在字典 里查询单词

Translate the following sentences into English with expressions in the text.1.事故后他失去了记忆。 (lose memory)

2. 昨晚一切都不对劲。（ go wrong)

3. 长期记忆帮助人们记住很久以前发生的事情。

4. 她能马上熟记 10 个单词。（ memorize)

He lost his memory after the accident.Everything went wrong last night.

Long-term memory helps people remember things happened long time ago. She can memorize 10 words at once.

5. 当我们变老时，我们的短时记忆变得更差了（ short-term memory)

6. 奥巴马是了不起的，他的成功让所有人惊叹。 (amaze)

7. 意外中没有人受伤。 (injure)

8. 我们经常想像我们将来的生活是怎样。

When we get old, our short-term memory becomes worse.

Obama is amazing. His success has amazed everyone.

No one was injured in the accident.

We often imagine what our life will be like in the future.

9. 我们房子中的电线是与地下的电缆相连的 . （ connect)

10. 他的车在回家的路上抛锚了。（ break down)

11. 男孩子们都喜欢令人惊叹的故事，例如，哈里波 特故事。 (amazing, for example)

12. 我要求他多注意他的书写。 (pay attention to)

13. 项链花了我几百元。

Wires in our houses are connected to cables.His car broke down on the way home.

Boys all like amazing stories, for example, the Harry Potter Stories.

I asked him to pay more attention to his handwriting.

The necklace cost me hundreds of dollars.

14. 如果你把木头放入水里，它就浮起来。 (if)

15. 如果明天单车坏了，我会拿去修理。 (if)

16. 他不会生你的气除非你又找借口。 (unless)

17. 托马斯恰好是这个工作的正确人选。 (exactly)

If you put wood into water, it floats.

If the bike doesn’t work tomorrow, I will have it repaired.

He won’t be angry with you unless you make excuses again.

Thomas is exactly the right one for this job.

Complete the following sentences with given words in their proper forms.

1.A single-engine plane crashed into a house but luckily no one was _____________. (injure)

2. Mrs. Lyn’s pet dog has been _________ for weeks. Its ___________ makes her terribly sad. The dog __________ of aging last month (die).

3. The boy insisted he saw the UFO, but people thought it was just his ____________

(imagine)

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4. You can read some ___________ stories in this book. You will feel ____________ at what you have read (amaze).5. You ought to ___________ to her for being late. She will accept your ___________ (apologize).6. Memory is ____________ to feelings (connect).7. I don’t know the ___________ number of the guests at the banquet (exactly)8. My sister has a very good ___________. She can ____________ large numbers (memory)

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apologizeapology

connected

exact

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Conditional clauses with if and unless

● 含有 if 的复合句由两个分句组成； if 为连词，引 导条件状语从句，另一句为主句。● 如果谈论的是某一个动作发生后势必会产生某个

结果，那么主从句都用一般现在时态。e.g. If you boil water, it becomes steam. If you drop a glass, it breaks. If you heat metal, it melts. If you run, you sweat.

If you put wood into water, it __________ (float).

floats

● 如果谈论的是‘如果’某一个动作或事情发生 后，很可能将会产生某种结果，那么在复句中主 句的动词用一般将来时，而 if从句仍然是一般 现在时。

e.g. If it rains, we won’t take a hike tomorrow. He will get up school on time if the clock goes off. If he arrives in Hong Kong, he will call me.● If you don’t start early, you _________the

beginning of the film (miss)will miss

●若 if 条件句放句首，从句后面要加逗号，和主句 隔开。● unless 与 if 用法相似，相当于 if…note.g. You will fail the exam if you don’t prepare for it.→ You will fail the exam unless you prepare for it. If he doesn’t look up the word in the dictionary, he won’t know its meaning. → He won’t know the word’s meaning unless he looks it up in the dictionary.

She will miss the train unless she _______ up early.

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Practice the following ‘if’ clauses, the answers could be alternative.1.If you…, you won’t fail the exam.2. If he …, he will catch the train.3. If she …, she will be able to sing the song.4. If it…, we will go on a trip next week.5. If she …, she won’t go to school.6. If Cathy …, she will call to tell me.7. If the weather …, they won’t watch the

game.8. If my sister …, I will go to the party with

her.9. If you …in class, you won’t forget the

homework.10. If Phelps …, I will ask him for his

signature.

Work in groups to talk about what you will do ‘if’…then make a speech in class about your plans or dreams.

If I have a lot of money, I will buy an LV bag for myself…

Rewrite the following sentences with ‘unless’:1.You will become ill if you don’t take care of

yourself.2. He will be late for school if he doesn’t get up

early.3. Henry will be punished if he doesn’t hand in

his homework.4. They won’t get the chance if they don’t ask

for help.5. The car will break down if you don’t go to the

gas station.6. You won’t understand the word if you don’t

look it up in the dictionary.7. You will forget what to buy if you don’t keep a

shopping list.

Making apologies and excuses

The following are expressions used to make apologies or excuses.I am terribly sorry…butI don’t know… I am afraid…

Read aloud the dialogue on page 11 then work in pairs according to the given situation.Your class are going for an outing. You are required to meet at the school gate at 8:00 am. You are late. The traffic is heavy. The bus you take breaks down. You have to apologize to your teacher.