Unit 7 Reading A Memory GO Lets play a game ! Lead in Look at the following pictures for 30 seconds and try to remember them. How many things do you remember? Lead in Discuss and say whether you agree (A) or disagree (D) with these statement. 1. When you get old, your memory gets better. 2. Making pictures in your mind helps you remember things. 3. A man with a good memory can remember everyones telephone number. 4. We remember things better if they happen to us suddenly and surprisingly. D A D A Pre-reading Fill in the blanks according to the passage. 3. Article from ____: When people get old, their short-term memories get weaker. 5. Article from _____: A man lost his memory after an accident. 4. Article from ____: Pictures help us remember things. 2. Article from _____: There are amazing stories about memory. 1st reading 1. Article from _______: When something dramatic happens, we usually remember it well. Jessica Tony Ben Lucy Joyce 1.Old people can not remember things that happened a long time ago. 2. When our brains get hurt, we might lose part of our memories. 3. If we want to remember English words better, we should remember them letter by letter rather than make pictures of them in minds. 2nd reading Judge whether the statements are T or F. F T F 5. If we feel frightened after reading a ghost story, we will no longer remember it. 4. Someone is able to memorize more than 12,000 telephone numbers.T F KEN Why couldnt Bens granddad remember the other two things? PENNY Oh, that was just part of his (1) ________. It shows that people forget things when they get (2) ________. KEN In Joyces article, why was the man angry with his wife? PENNY Well, he thought she (3) ________ visited him in hospital. She did visit him, but he (4) ________ about it after a few minutes. KEN Can you explain what Lucy says? PENNY She suggests making a (5) _______ in your (6)________ when you want to remember things. If you are trying to learn a new English word, you could think of a funny picture to help you remember it. Using the words in A2 to fill the blanks. joke old never forgot picture mind 3rd reading KEN What kind of picture is best? PENNY Its best if the picture is (7) _______, (8) _______ or (9) __________. KEN Whose article contains some stories about people with amazing memories? PENNY Oh, thats in the article by (10) _______. KEN What does the story about President Kennedys death show us? PENNY It shows that when a (11) _________ thing happens, people remember it well. silly strange colorful dramatic Tony 3rd reading How to improve our memory? Try making a picture in your mind Memory is connected to our feelings Post reading 1. When people get old, their short-term memories get weaker. get old: get + adj. : / get weak/ strong / / / get long/ tall/ short / / get warm/ cold/ hot / get angry/ upset 2. go wrong , , e.g.: The old machine always goes wrong. We should buy a new one. The meat smells terrible. It must go bad. The difference : get go The similarity: get go adj. get and go Language Points 3. try doing sth. ( ), ( ) Why not try taking a plane this time? Cf. try to do sth. / The police try to help that child find the way home. 4. This makes it the longest word in the world! make sb./sth.+n. e.g.: If you listen to me, I can make you the richest man in the world. make (1) make sb./sth. adj. / He often makes his mother angry. (2) make sb./sth. do / The boy often makes his dog jump up and down. 1. His letter _____ _____ very _____. 2. We ____ ______ the head of our group. 3. Dont _____ _____ ____ at home this weekend, please. made her sad made him make me stay 5. Memory is connected to our feelings. be connected to / =be connected with The computer is connected to the Internet. He was connected with that crime.