沪教版（初中二年级）八年级英语上册：Unit 7 Memory（Period 2）.ppt

Unit 7 Memory Period 12 Getting ready Reading (I) 1 Getting ready Look at the cartoon and answer the questions. What kind of course did Lo take? What does Lo think of the course? What does Hi want to do? What does Hi want to know? Can Lo help him? Why or why not? He took a memory course. He thinks it is very good. He wants to take the course too. How much the course costs. No, he can’t. Because he can’t remember the cost of the course. 2 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. A2 How much do you know about human memory? Decide whether the following sentences are T (True) or F (False). 3 Before you read Look at the introduction, the title and the first sentence of each article. Then circle the correct answers. Who wrote these articles? Who did they write these articles for? What are their articles about? Why did they write these articles? Read the title and the introduction again. Then answer the questions. Skim Skim the passage and complete the table below. Memory Corner To remember something To remember To remember Brainstorm: How do you remember the word smiles? A picture is a thousand words. 4 Memory Read the first article and find out how Henry remembers things. Henry: A great way to help you remember something is to imagine a picture of it in your mind. If you make the picture big, strange or silly, you will remember it better. For example, to remember the word smiles, we can imagine there is a mile between the first letter and the last letter. This makes it the longest word in the world. Remember: a picture is worth a thousand words. Read the first article and fill in the blanks. strange silly There is a mile between the first letter and the last letter Paula: A good method for remembering the spelling of a word is to make a short sentence with each lette