Unit 7 MemoryUnit 7 Memory

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A What do you know about…?

A1 Read the words in the list below for 30 seconds . Then close your book and write down as many words as you can remember.

Star mountain February baby river apple monkey

window computer soldier

A2 How much do you know about human memory? Decide whether the following sentences are T or F

1 Young people usually have better memories than old people T/ F

2. When we make new memories,

we lose old ones . T / F

3. We can remember pictures better than words. T / F

4 Once we learn how to ride a bike, we will never forget how to do it. T / F

B Before you read Look at the introduction, the

title and the first sentence of each articles on page 99.

Then circle the correct answers.

1 What do Henry, Paula and Millie do for the school newspaper?

a They write articles b They take photos

2 Why have Henry, Paula and Millie written these articles?

a Because they enjoy learning about memory.

b. Because they want to help students improve their memory.

3 What way does Henry’s article mention to help students remember something?

a To imagine a picture b To write it down

4. What is Paula’s article about?

a The importance of memory

b A method for remembering the spelling of a word.

Notes

1. They have written the short articles below to help students improve their memory.

help sb do sth 帮助某人做某事 improve their memory. 提高他们的记忆力

2. A great way to help you remember something is to imagine a picture of it in your mind.

帮助你记忆事情的一个极好的方法是在你的脑海里想像一幅图画。

a way to do 做。。。的方法

We should find a best way to work out the Math problem.

我们应该找一个最好的方法去解决这个数学问题。

imagine a picture 想象一幅图 in your mind 在你的脑海里Please keep this word in your mi

nd. 请你把这个记在脑海里。

2. We can imagine there is a “mile” between the first letter and the last letter.

我们可以想象在第一个字母和最后一个字母之间有一个 “ mile”

between … and … 在。。。。。。之间。。。。。

3. A good method for remembering the spelling of a word is to make …

记忆单词拼写的好方法是。。。。 a good method for doing … 做。。。的好方法。。。

A good method for improving your English is to speak more.

提高英语的好方法是多讲英语。 = A good way to improve your

English is to speak more.

4. you may have trouble remembering the list of steps in the water cycle.

你可能在记住水循环步骤的列表时有困难

have trouble (in) doing sth. 做某事有困难

Some students have trouble in learning English.

一些学生在学习英语方面有困难。 同义词短语： have problems doing sth have difficulty doing

have trouble with sth He has trouble with his study. 他学习遇到困难。 麦克学习不努力，所有他做作业就

有困难。 Mike doesn’t study hard , so he

has some trouble _______ his study.

with

5. It is easier to remember these steps if you understand how the water cycle works.

如果你理解水循环是怎么工作的，记忆这些步骤就会简单些。

It 做形式主语，动词不定式 to remember these steps 做真正的主语。

句型： It’s +adj.+for sb + to do sth. It’s adj.+of sb +to do sth. 对某人来说做某事是。。。的 It’s not difficult for you to learn Engl

ish if you practise it more. 如果你多练习的话，学英语对你来说是

不难的。 difficult 是形容做某事的，所以介词用

for .

It is very kind of you to help me. 你这么帮助我，你太好了。

kind 是形容 you 的 ，所以介词用of .

备注：在这个句型中，介词用 for或者 of 由形容词决定，如果形容词形容人的话，就用介词 of, 形容后面的事就用 for

It’s clever_______you to work out the math problem.

你真聪明，解出了这道数学题。 It’s very dangerous ______ children

to cross the busy street.

对孩子们来说，穿过繁忙的街道很危险。 It is careless _______him to lose so

many things. 他真粗心，丢了这么多东西。

of

for

of

C vocabulary C1 The words in italics explain

the meanings of some words on page 99. Find these words to complete the sentences. Change their forms if necessary.

1 We go to school to learn new things and to train our ______(the brain) (line 4)

2. Sometimes ______things are easy to remember (stupid) (line 5)

3. She used a different _______to do the Maths problem.

( a way of doing something ) ( line14)

mind

silly

method

4. Can you help me carry this box? It is too big. I have _________carrying it.( a problem) (line 22)

5. If you wish to get a good job, there are many important _______ you should take. (things that happen in a process) ( line 23)

trouble

steps

C2 Complete the conversations below with the words from the box.

list silly spelling trouble worth

1 Emily: Shall we walk to the park tomorrow?

Flora: Don’t be _______. It’s too far from here. Let’s take a bus.

2. Luke: Can you help me check my English exercise?

Owen: I’d love to . The ________of “receive” is wrong.

silly

spelling

3. Tony: I can’t go to English Corner tonight. I have a lot of homework to do.

Robin: I know you’re very busy, but it’s _________the time. If you want to practise your English , you should go.

Tony: OK. I will see you there.

worth

4 Jack: We need some milk Frank: OK. Let me add it to my

shopping _______.

D Comprehension D1 Read the articles on p99

and fill in the blanks below.

list

Henry To remember something

Imagine a (1)_________: (2) big , (3)_____________, or (4)______ (e.g) “smile”: (5) There is a “mile” between the first letter and the last letter.

picture

strangesilly

Paula To remember the spelling of a word

Make a short sentences with (6) ________________________(e.g “because”(7) ____________________________________________________.

each letter of the word big elephants

can always understand small elephants

Millie To remember somethingmore easily

Try to (8)___________something well.(e.g) (9)_______________________________________________

understand

How the water cycle works.

D2 Make pictures of the words below in your mind. Then close your book and write down as many words as you can remember. Compare the result with the one from A1 on page 98. Has your memory improved?

短语大集合

1. help sb do sth 帮助某人做某事2. A way to do sth 做某事的方法3. in your mind 在你脑海里4. be worth doing 值得一做5. A method for doing sth 做某事

的方法

6. have trouble doing sth 做某事有困难 7. take out 提取 8. pour out 涌出

Thank you !