英语教学基础课basic course unit 2.pptVIP

New College English Basic Course Unit 2Remembering and Forgetting Content Preparation Listening-centered activities Reading centered activities In-class reading Pre-reading question Special Delivery Assignments After-class reading Passage I Memory and the Human Brain Passage II The Benefits of Forgetting There is a saying, “You look for the donkey when you are sitting on it.” What does it convey in meaning? Did you have such experience that when you wanted to fetch something in the kitchen, you couldn’t remember what it was. Then you had to go back to the place you had stayed a moment before and you could remember what it was. A story about the three small gold men. A small country sent presents to a strong kingdom. The presents are three small gold men. The king of the kingdom was asked to tell which of these three gold men was the most valued. The king asked someone to test them and found they weighed the same and that they looked quite the same. Another man told the king that he could tell which was the most valued. Do you know how he tested them? Expressions related to Memory Step 1 On the tip of my tongue: It means I know it but have difficulty remembering it at that moment. My head’s like a sieve: I forget things very easily. My mind goes blank: I am suddenly not able to remember a fact or piece of information at the time when I need it. Something goes in one ear and out the other: it is heard but either ignored or quickly forgotten. Step 2 1) b 2) d 3) a 4) c Go in one ear and out the other. Listening-centered activities Answers to exercises: Listening 1 1) Newton. 2) The new address 3) The professor threw it away. 4) He went to his old home in Cambridge. 5) His daughter. 6) To bring her father home. Listening 2 Exercise 1: 1) F 2) T 3) F 4) F 5) F 6) T Exercise 2: 1) far 2) away 3) lucky 4) forgot 5) parked 6) over 7) route 8) miss 9) smile