1. Unit 7 Listening Memory

2. fax machine fax machine pizza pizza coconut coconut rainbow tunnel tunnel

3. Question One: What was the first item on the list? Key: fax machine fax machine

4. Listen: David, Tim, Tom, Sally, Katie. Question: Which of the following is not mentioned? A. Sally B. Tim C. Kate D. David Key: C. Kate

5. Listen: Yesterday afternoon, I went shopping with my sister and bought many things, including two pairs of trousers, a pair of shoes, two T-shirts, and so on. I was very happy yesterday. Question 1: How many T-shirts did she buy? A. one B. two C. three D. none Key: B. two Question 2: Who went shopping with her? A.her mother B. her father C. her friends D. her sister Key: D. her sister

6. Listening tips: To complete a listening exercise, you need to remember the important information. To help you, you should do the following: Learn to listen for important information. Take notes as you listen along. Use short forms, initials or any helpful signs and symbols to take a quick note.

7. Part 1: Listen to a list of objects and memorize them, and then you’ll hear a question about the objects. Please write short answers to the question as quickly as possible and raise your hand to tell us what you’ve written.

8. First, you’ll hear a list: One. A dog, a cake, a lion, a book, a cat. Then, you’ll hear a question: Question one. How many animals were on that list? Now, what’s your answer? Three.

9. List: Two. A telephone, a fax machine, a boat, a policeman, a television set. Question: Question two. What was the first item on that list? Answer: A telephone.

10. List: Three. A banana, a hamburger, an apple, a coconut, a pizza. Question: Question three. How many fruits were on that list? Answer: Three.

11. List: Four. A policeman, a postman, a teacher, a headmaster, a waitress. Question: Question four. How many of those words ended in “man”? Answer: Two.

12. List: Five. Oxygen, water, carbon, nitrogen, pollution. Question: Question five. On that list, what was the word before the word “water”? Answer: Oxygen.

13. List: Six. A car, a ferry, a bicycle, a ship, a plane. Question: Question six. How many of the vehicles have wheels? Answer: Three.

14. List: Seven. Blue, sky, bird, rainbow, building. Question: Question seven. How many of the words on that list began with the letter “B”? Answer: Three.

15. List: Eight. Bread, rice,trousers, green, elephant, glue. Question: Question eight. What was the fourth word on that list? Answer: Green.

16. List: Nine. A bridge, a tunnel, a mountain, a river, a highway. Question: Question nine. How many of the things on that list are NOT made by people? Answer: Two.

17. List: Ten. Peter, David, Sally, Kate, Tom. Question: Question ten. What was the second name on that list? Answer: David.

18. Part 2: Grandma lost her glasses and everybody in the family are helping her find them. Listen to the family talking. Later, you’ll hear ten questions. While you are listening, take some notes, such as numbers, names, colours, places, persons and so on.

19. (1) 83. (2) Over ￥ 2,000. (3) James. (4) No. (5) Pink. (6) In the kitchen. (7) In her bedroom. (8) James. (9) The woman’s husband. (10) In a shop.

20. What kind of memory did you use just now? short-term memory 短期记忆 What are the other different kinds of memory? episodic memory 片段性记忆 procedural memory 程序性记忆 semantic memory 语义记忆 prospective memory 前瞻性记忆

21. New words learning short-term memory 110 12121 120 Liu Xiang Hu Jintao Harry Potter

22. episodic memory personal experience skills procedural memory

23. semantic memory information prospective memory Plans and intentions facts

24. Match the phrases with right explanations. 1. short-term memory. 2. episodic memory 3. procedural memory 4. semantic memory 5. prospective memory A. to remember phone numbers or names B. to remember some poems C. to remember what to do next week D. to remember the sadness E. to remember how to play football

25. Listening B: Listen and fill in the table Listening B: Listen and fill in the table MemoryExample Short-term memory We use short-term memory to remember (1) ______________ or (2) ______________. Episodic memoryEpisodic memory stores information about your (3) ________________________, such as (4) ______________. Procedural memory Procedural memory stores information about(5) ______________ such as (6) ______________. Semantic memoryIf you can remember (7) ______________ and (8) ______________ easily, you have a good semantic memory. Prospective memory If you remember to buy a present for your mum ’ s birthday (9) ______________, you are using your prospective memory. It stores information about what you have to do (10) ____________. phone numbers people’s names personal experiences your first day at school your skillsriding a bicycle facts information next month in the future

26. 1. 短时间，临时 2. 个人经历 3. 某人九十多岁时 4. 大量的 5. 在未来 for a short time personal experiences in their 90s a large amount of in the future Try to find out the phrases in the text ( on P102):

27. 表示 “ 许多 ” 的短语： 1) 修饰可数名词： many a large number of 2) 修饰不可数名词： much a great/ good deal of 3) 修饰可数或不可数名词： a lot of (=lots of) plenty of a great amount of 注意： a large amount of 尤与不可数名词连用