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高中英语北师大版必修第三册课文英汉对照Unit9L3The Secretsof YourMemoryThe Secretsof YourMemory记忆的秘密Memory expertJemima Gryaznovanswers someof themost commonquestionsabout memory.记忆专家杰迈玛•格利亚兹诺夫Jemima Gryaznov回答了一些关于记忆的最常见的问题1Why canI rememberevents inmy childhoodbut notwhat happenedlast weekl.为什么我记得童年时期的一些事却不记得上周发生的事情?We remember things thathave strongconnections inour mind,especially emotionalconnections.Childhood memoriesare oftenvery emotional.This isbecause when weexperience thingsfor the first time,we oftenhave strongfeelings offear orexcitement.Also,interesting orfunny storiesfrom ourchildhood areoften toldagain and again.As aresult,we rememberthem muchbetter,as retellingeventshelps fixexperiences inour memories.________________________________________我们会记住与头脑中有较强关联性的事情,特别是情感联系童年记忆往往非常感性这是因为我们第一次经历事物时,常常会产生强烈的恐惧感或者兴奋感除此之外,我们童年时代的有趣或好笑的故事总是讲了又讲重复事件能加强我们对事件的印象,我们能更好地记住这些经历2Do some people reallyhave aphotographic memory
3.真的有人具有照相记忆能力吗?A personwith aphotographic memorycould rememberevery detailof apicture,abook oran eventmany yearslater,but noone hasproved that there arepeople whoreallyhave photographicmemories.Yet,there aresomepeoplewho dohave amazingmemories.For example,Daniel Tammetcan rememberthe first22,514digits ofpi兀and Stephen Wiltshire candraw adetailed pictureof acity frommemory afterflyingover itinahelicopter.They areboth goodat rememberingparticular thingsfora limitedtime.拥有照相记忆能力的人多年后仍然可以记住某一张图片、某本书或某个事件的每一个细节,但没有人能证明哪个人真有照相记忆能力然而,的确有些人记忆力惊人例如,丹尼尔•塔梅Daniel Tammet可以记住圆周率的前22514位数,而斯蒂芬•威尔夏StephenWiltshire可以坐直升飞机俯瞰一个城市,而后凭记忆画出这个城市的详细图片他们都善于在有限的时间内记住特定的事物4Why doI forgetthe newwords thatI learntyesterday
3.为什么我会忘记昨天学的新词?Don tworry.This isnatural formany people.Inl885,Hermann Ebbinghauspublisheda bookcalled Memoryand presenteda famousforgetting curve.According tohim,the sharpestloss ofmemory occursduring thevery earlyperiod afterlearning.This meanstimely reviewduring thisperiod,with a few revisitsto whatis learnt,can significantlyhelp usto rememberthe information._____________________别担心这对许多人来说是很正常的1885年,赫尔曼•艾宾浩斯Hermann Ebbinghaus出版了《关于记忆》,提出了著名的遗忘曲线根据他的说法,最显著的遗忘出现在学习之后的最初阶段这意味着在这一阶段及时复习,多次回顾所学内容,可以极大地帮助我们记住信息4P m16,but Isometimes forgetthings.Is mymemory gettingworse
4.我16岁,但有时会忘记事情我的记忆力是在变差吗?Definitely not.Our memoryreaches itsfull powerattheage of
25.At thatpoint,we canremember upto200pieces ofinformation ina second.After thisage,however,the brainstarts toget smaller.By theage of40,we lose10,000brain cellseveryday.By middleage,our memoryis significantlyworse thanwhenwewere young.当然不是我们的记忆在25岁时达到顶峰此时,我们可以在一秒钟内记住多达200条信息然而,此后大脑就开始变小到了40岁,我们每天会损失10000个脑细胞到了中年,我们的记忆力会明显比年轻的时候差练习6参考译文A Whatcan we learn fromall thisWhen rememberingsomething new,try toconnectit toour emotions.It isimportant toconnect itwith what we alreadyknow.Also,we cantry toretell whatwe havelearnt toafewothers.A我们从中可以得到什么启发?要记住新内容,试着把内容和情感建立联系把新内容和已知建立联系也很重要同时,还可以试着把新学的内容讲述给另外的人B Therefore,one ofthe goldenrules toincrease howmuch weremember is to reviewthematerial periodically,especially duringthefirstday afterlearning.Thisuspaced review”soon afterlearning helpsbuild strongermemories andit ismoreeffective thanwaiting toreview everythingbefore exams.B因此,提升我们记忆效果的一个重要原则是经常复习,特别是在学完之后的第一天这种学习后立即进行“定时复习”有助于提升记忆,而且比等到考试前再复习全部内容有效的多C Sotake iteasy.You areat agood agein termsof yourmemory.Make gooduseof it!C所以不要紧张你的年龄正是记忆力上佳的时候,要充分利用这一点D Asmost ofus donot haveamazing memorieslike them,when memorisingdetailedlearning materials,we simplyneed tofocus onthe importantideas andbe curiousabout whatwelearn.Asking questionsaboutwhatwelearnalso helpswithmemorisation.Another effectivetechnique torememberthingsistogroup similarideasor informationtogether sothat theycan beeasily connectedto thingsthatare alreadyknown.D大多数人并不具有像他们那样惊人的记忆力,因此我们在尝试记学习内容的细节时,只要把注意力放到概要方面,要对所学内容保持好奇对所学内容提出问题也能帮助记忆另外一个有效的记忆方法是给相似的内容或信息分类,这样这些内容能够更容易与已有知识建立联系。