1. Unit 7 Reading A Memory

3. GO

4. Let’s play a game ! Lead in

5. Look at the following pictures for 30 seconds and try to remember them.

6. How many things do you remember? Lead in

7. 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 everyone’s telephone number. 4. We remember things better if they happen to us suddenly and surprisingly. D A D A Pre-reading

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. KEN Why couldn’t Ben’s 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 Joyce’s 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

12. KEN What kind of picture is best? PENNY It’s best if the picture is (7) _______, (8) _______ or (9) __________. KEN Whose article contains some stories about people with amazing memories? PENNY Oh, that’s in the article by (10) _______. KEN What does the story about President Kennedy’s death show us? PENNY It shows that when a (11) _________ thing happens, people remember it well. silly strange colorful dramatic Tony 3rd reading

13. How to improve our memory? Try making a picture in your mind Memory is connected to our feelings … Post reading

14. 1. When people get old, their short-term memories get weaker. get old: 老了，上年纪了 get + adj. 表 “…… 了；变得 ” 之意 : 变弱 / 强 get weak/ strong 变长 / 高 / 短 / 矮 get long/ tall/ short 变暖 / 冷 / 热 get warm/ cold/ hot 生气了 / 不高兴了 get angry/ upset

15. 2. go wrong 发生故障, 出毛病；走错路, 误入岐途 e.g.:  The old machine always goes wrong. We should buy a new one.  The meat smells terrible. It must go bad.

16. The difference : get  状态和情感等方面的变化 go  一般表示性质上的变化，尤其指 不好的变化。 The similarity: get 和 go 都是系动词，后面通常接 adj. get and go

17. Language Points 3. try doing sth. 尝试 ( 做 ), 试着 ( 做 ) 这次试乘飞机怎么样？ Why not try taking a plane this time? Cf. try to do sth. 尽量 / 努力（做） 警察尽力帮助那个小孩找到回家的路。 The police try to help that child find the way home.

18. 4. This makes it the longest word in the world! make sb./sth.+n. “ 使 … 成为 …” e.g.: 如果你听我的，我可以让你成为世界上 最富有的人。 If you listen to me, I can make you the richest man in the world.

19. 【归纳】 make 的其他常用句型还有： (1) make sb./sth. adj.“ 使某人 / 某物 … ” 他经常惹妈妈生气。 He often makes his mother angry. (2) make sb./sth. do “ 使某人 / 某物做 …” 那个男孩经常让他的狗上下跳跃。 The boy often makes his dog jump up and down.

20. 根据中文意思完成句子。 1. 他的信使她很伤心。 His letter _____ _____ very _____. 2. 我们选他为我们组的组长。 We ____ ______ the head of our group. 3. 这个周末请别让我呆在家里。 Don’t _____ _____ ____ at home this weekend, please. made her sad made him make me stay

21. 5. Memory is connected to our feelings. be connected to “ 与 …… 相连接 / 有关 ” （通常是指具体的东西的连接） “ 与 …… 有关 ”=be connected with 这部电脑与因特网相连接。 The computer is connected to the Internet. 他与那起犯罪有关。 He was connected with that crime.