【闲话英语】怎样提高记忆力—how to improve your memory.pdfVIP

学习英语的问题—Problems with My English Transcript: Mary: I’d like to welcome Charles Long to the studio today. Charles has just published an article in New Science journal about memorisation. It’s all about how to make our memory function better. Charles, exam time is looming1and there’ll be lots of teenagers tuning2 in today. Can you give us some advice about improving our ability to memorise3? Charles: Hello! Yes, of course. I’d like to start by talking about the process of memorisation. It’s vital that we understand the process if we want to make adjustments to the way we function. We all use memory in the same way. It doesn’t matter whethe you’re a student revising for your finals or an adult standing4 in the aisle5 of a supermarket, trying to recall a particular item from a grocery list. Mary: Ha ha! That’s me. I always forget to take my list. 1 学习英语的问题—Problems with My English Charles: You and thousands of other people too, Mary. We learn to use our memory when we are still at nursery school. Young children are naturally very good at working out how to remember things. The tips I’m going to share today are based on the things we used to do to help us remember when we were children. The process of memorisation occurs in two distinct forms. Do you know what they are? Mary: Are they ‘long-term memory’ and ‘short-term memory’? Charles: That’s right! But these aren’t completel separate concepts. We use a combination of both types of memory when we want to formulate6 our thoughts and recall information, whether we’re trying to remember something from a decade ago or just an hour earlier. Mary: So what tips have you got for improving the quality of our memory? 2 学习英语的问题—Problems with My English Charles: Right. Let’s start with ‘association’. Mary: Association? Charles: Yes. We can