新编大学英语第二版 第一册Unit2教参.docVIP

PAGE 1 PAGE 14 Unit 2 Remembering and Forgetting Useful Information Memory is one of the most important functions of human intelligence, which makes it possible for people to learn and become educated, to learn skills necessary for work and play, and to form emotional ties to the past. Memory is important, because if we cannot learn from our successes and failures of the past we are more likely to repeat our errors and not benefit from our successes. We do not know everything about memory and how it functions, but we know much more than we did even ten years ago, and more information regar