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OXFORD ENGLISH 9A

OXFORD ENGLISH 9A. CHAPTER FIVE Memory. READING. the Guinness Book of Records. playing card. spider. Find the new words in the following sentences and guess the meaning of them according to the words around them. _____.

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OXFORD ENGLISH 9A

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  1. OXFORD ENGLISH 9A CHAPTER FIVE Memory READING

  2. the Guinness Book of Records

  3. playing card

  4. spider

  5. Find the new words in the following sentences and guess the meaning of them according to the words around them. _____ 1.There’re two kinds of memories. One is short-term memory and the other is long-term memory. _____ ___ 2.All green plants have the same basic needs: food ,water and sunlight. 3.Five people were injured in a traffic accident. ___ _____ • 4.Tom is improving his health by eating more fruit and vegetables. • improve v improvement n ____ 5.The best method of keeping slim is to exercise regularly(有规律地)

  6. ____ _____ ___ __ ___ _____ _____ • Compare the following sentences, and then guess the meaning of some new words . • 1. I studied English and Drama at the university .They watched dramatic pictures of the cartoon characters. • 2.The old man is dead ,he died in 1987,but a few people knew about his death . • 3.A teacher needs to have a good memory for names. • Actors have to memorize their lines(台词)

  7. Short-term adj. 短期的 long-term adj. 长期的 basic adj.基本的 injure v.损害、伤害 improve v.改善、改进method n. 方法 spider n.蜘蛛Guiness n. 吉尼斯 dramatic adj.戏剧性的 death n.死亡 memorize v.记住memory n.记忆力 memory-improvement 改善记忆 playing card 纸牌、扑克牌

  8. Choose the best meanings: ( ) 1 method a) help b) way of doing something ( ) 2 death a) end of life b) alive ( ) 3 memory a) a person’s power to remember b) easy to forget. ( ) 4 basic a) simple but very important b) simple, not important b a a a

  9. Listen to the tape and match the names in Column A with the fact in Column B. A B ( ) 1 Arthur a Using the link method to improve your memory ( ) 2 Joyce b Memory is connected with our feelings ( )3 Dansy c A man who injured his brain was often angry with his wife ( ) 4 Tony d A joke about memory ( ) 5 Millie e Two examples about memory in the Guiness Book of Records. d c a e b

  10. Read the text again and answer the questions . 1 .What kinds of memories do we have, do you know ? 2 Is memory essential for life ? 3 What is the basic way of improving our memory ? 4 If you want to find out some examples about memory ,what will you read? 5 Do our feelings have an effect on our memory ? 6 Do you have a good memory or a bad memory?

  11. Part One Main idea : A joke about the fact (that as people grow older ,some of them start to lose their memories). Key words and phrases: 1.get older 2.become worse 3.a long time ago 4.tell me a joke about… 5.go wrong 6.lose one’s memory 7.the other things

  12. Questions about part 1 1.What kind of memories do people have? 2.When people get older, what kind of things can they still remember well? Questions about part 2 1. What happened to the man ? 2.Why was he often angry with his wife? Questions about part 3 1.What is the basic way of improving our memory? Questions about part 4 1.What can we find in the Guinness Book of Records? 2.Can you do the same thing as Dominic does? Questions about part 5 1.When do we remember things well? 2.Why can most older people in the USA remember the death of President John F Kennedy quite well?

  13. Part One • Key sentences and exercises: • 1.When people get older ,their short-term memory becomes worse ,but we can still remember things thathappened a long time ago . • (1)把此句译成汉语：_____________________________________________. • (2)用括号中单词的适当形式填空：When the weather gets warmer ,people become ___________________(happy) 随着年龄的增加,人的短时记忆越来越差, 但我们仍然能记得很久以前发生的事情。 happier

  14. 2.When you get old ,three things start to go wrong . First, you start to lose your memory . • (1)把此句译成汉语：________________________________. • (2)把划线部分译成英语: • 你要是看一下说明书就知道你错在哪儿了? If you read the instructions, you’ll see where_____________. • (3)在划线部分填入合适的短语。 • Ron : I had an accident this morning. I fell down some stairs and landed on my head . • Joe : Oh , I hope you don’t _________________!How did the accident happen? • Ron : What accident? 年纪大了，有三件事开始变糟。第一，你的记忆力差了。 you went wrong lose your memory

  15. Part Two Main idea : A story about a man who lost his memory after an accident to show memory is essential for life. Key words and phrases: 1.injure (hurt) 2.be essential for 3.a programme on TV 4.have an accident 5. in hospital 6. be angry with

  16. Key sentences and exercises: 1.Memory is essential for life . 把此句改写为： Memory is very ____________for life . 2.I saw a programme on television about a man who had had an accident and injured his brain. (1)把此句译成汉语：______________________________ (2)He fell and hurt his leg. 把划线部分改为：He fell and_______ his leg。 necessary 我看过一个电视节目, 关于一个人出了事故,大脑受伤了. injured

  17. 3.His wife visited him in hospital every day, but he forgot her visits a few minutes after she left, (1) Compare : visited visits. (2) 把下面的句子译成英语： 他生病住院________________________________ 他在医院工作__________________________________ 4.He was often angry with her . (1)把此句译成汉语______________________________ (2)Compare : be angry with somebody be angry at something . (3)Fill in the blanks : She was angry __________ her friend She’s always angry ________the small things . He is ill in hospital. He works in the hospital. 他经常和她生气. with at

  18. Part Three Main idea : The link method-- making funny pictures in your mind--can help you to remember things . Key words and phrases: memorize improve one way of doing something Key sentences and exercises: 1.One basic way of improving your memory is to use the link method . (1)把此句译成汉语：______________________________ (2)把划线部分改为：One basic way of________ your memory_________ to use the link method . 提高记忆力的一个基本方法是用联系法 making better

  19. 2.If you want to memorize something ,you must make a picture in your mind . • (1)把此句译成汉语：___________________________ • (2)把划线部分改为：you must _________it . • (3) • He ________her telephone number ,but forgot the address. • A memory B memorizes C memories D memorized • 3.This makes it the longest word in the world. • (1) make sb /sth +名词。 使某人或某物成为…………. • (2)是什么使姚明成为在NBA打球的一名出色球员？ • 把此句译为英语： • What makes_________________________to play in NBA? 如果你想记住某事,你必须在脑海中画一幅图. imagine D Yao Ming a great basketball player

  20. Part Four Main idea : Some facts about people with amazing memories. Key words : amazing Key sentences and exercises: 1. We can find some amazing stories abut memory . (1) Compare: amazing amazed. (2) Fill in the blanks: I was ________ at her knowledge of French culture. ( amazing amazed.) He ran at an __________speed. .( amazing amazed.) 2. And Dominic O’Brien from Britain rembered the correct order of 2808 playing cards after seeing them just once. 把下面这句话译为英语： 他锁好门以后出去了。He went out _________________________ amazed amazing after locking the door.

  21. Part Five Main idea : We often remember things when something dramatic happens. Key words and phrases: 1.be connected with something 2.hear about the death of 3.dramatic drama

  22. Key sentences and exercises: 1 .Memory is connected with our feelings 把此句译成汉语：———————— 2 .Choice You don’t need to watch today’s TV news ,because there’s ________ A something important B important something C nothing important D important nothing

  23. 3. 98% of older people in the USA can remember where they were when they heard about the death of President John F Kennedy in 1963. (1) Compare : hear about (of) ; hear from (2) Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions. I’ve just heard _______his coming back. How often do you hear _____ your sister? (3)把此句译成英语： 听到你祖母去世的消息我很难过。 I’m very sorry to _______________ about from hear the death of your grandmother

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