广州(上海)牛津英语八年级下册Unit7 Reading A

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,andillnesscandecreaseaperson’sabilitytoremember.Generalgoodhealthcontributesto(有助于)goodmemory.Practicealsoimprovesmemory.Forexample,themoremathsfactsyoulearn,theeasiermathsfactsaretolearn.Thesameistruewithmusic.Themoresongsyoulistentoandlearn,theeasieritbecomes.Peoplegatherandrememberinformationindifferentways.Somepeopleremembercoloursorsmellsorsoundsverywell.Somepeoplefinditeasiertorememberspokenwordswhileothersrememberprintedwordseasily.Whyisiteasierforpeopletoremembersomethingsandmoredifficultforthemtorememberotherthings?It’seasiertorememberthingsthathaveemotionalmeaningtous.It’salsoeasiertorememberinformationthatwepractiseandusealot.Repetitionreinforcesmemory;themorewerepeatsomething,thebetterwerememberit.Somepeoplehaveveryvisualmemories.Thatis,theyrememberthingstheysee.Infact,itisofteneasiertorememberinformationthatcomestousthroughmorethanoneofourfivesenses.True(T)orFalse(F).()1.Ifwepractiseandusetheinformation,wewillrememberiteasily.()2.Ifwewanttoremembersomething,wemustuseallofourfivesenses.TF1.alongtimeago很久以前2.getold上了年纪3.gowrong出毛病；发生故障4.loseone’smemory失忆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。Xiaoling’sgrandma’smemoryAsweknow,mostelderlypeoplecanrememberthingsfrom(1)__________________.I(2)_____________Xiaoling’sgrandmayesterday.alongtimeagoheardaboutShegotsickand(3)_______________.Xiaolingsaidhergrandma’smemorybeganto(4)___________whenshe(5)________.wasinhospitalgowronggotoldAtthebeginningofthisyear,shestartedto(6)__________________.Shealwaysforgotthings.(7)_____________,sheoftenforgothowtogethomewhenshewentout.losehermemoryForexampleSometimeswhensheknewthatshe(8)_________________herselfandsometimesshefeltsadaboutit.Xiaoling’sparentsareoftenworriedabouther.Inmyopinion,weshouldtalktoelderlypeopleasoftenaspossiblebecausememory(9)________________ourfeelings.wasangrywithisconnectedtoA1Pre-readingDiscussandsaywhetheryouagree(A)ordisagree(D)withthesestatement.1.Whenyougetold,yourmemorygetsbetter.2.Makingpicturesinyourmindhelpsyourememberthings.DA3.Amanwithagoodmemorycanremembereveryone’stelephonenumber.4.Werememberthingsbetteriftheyhappentoussuddenlyandsurprisingly.DAA1Pre-readingDiscussandsaywhetheryouagree(A)ordisagree(D)withthesestatement.--Whycouldn’tBen’sgrandadremembertheothertwothings?--Oh,thatwasjustpartofhis(1)_____.Itshowsthatpeopleforgetthingswhentheyget(2)_______.jokeA3KenandPennyaretalkingaboutmemory.Completetheirconversation.old--InJoyce’sarticle,whywasthemanangrywithhiswife?--Well,hethoughtshe(3)______visitedhiminhospital.Shedidvisithim,buthe(4)_________aboutitafterafewminutes.neverforgot--CanyouexplainwhatLucysays?--Shesuggestsmakinga(5)______inyour(6)_____whenyouwanttorememberthings.IfyouaretryingtolearnanewEnglishword,youcouldthinkofafunnypicturetohelpyourememberit.--Whatkindofpictureisbest?--It’sbestifthepictureis(7)____,(8)________or(9)_________.picturemindsillystrangecolourful--Whosearticlecontainssomestoriesaboutpeoplewithamazingmemories?--Oh,that’sinthearticleby(10)_______.--WhatdoesthestoryaboutPresidentKennedy’sdeathshowus?--Itshowsthatwhena(11)___________thinghappens,peoplerememberitwell.TonydramaticLanguagepointsWhenpeoplegetold,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：Don’tlaughather,orshewillgetangry.别嘲笑她，否则她会生气的。Thefishwillgobadifyoudon’tputitinthefridge.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_______________.Don’teatit.3.杰克考试前会变得紧张。Jackwill____________beforeexams.getlongerandlongerhasgonesourgetnervousThismakesitthelongestwordintheworld!(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。Don’t______________athomethisweekend,please.madehersadmadehimmakemestayIntheGuinnessBookRecords,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”，主语常是人。请区别：Shehadanamazingtalentfordancing.她在跳舞方面有惊人的才华。Iwasamazedatthenews.我对这个消息感到很惊讶。请用amazing或amazed填空。7.Ifelt__________atthe_______story.8.The_________manstoodtherewithoutsayinganything.9.The_________animalwassenttotheresearchcentre.amazedamazingamazingamazing