Unit 7 Listening

Memory

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Question One: What was the first item on the list?Question One: What was the first item on the list?

Key: Key:

fax machinefax machine

Listen:Listen:David, Tim, Tom, Sally, David, Tim, Tom, Sally, KatieKatie..

Question: Which of the following Question: Which of the following isis notnot mentioned?mentioned?A. Sally B. Tim C. Kate D. DavidA. Sally B. Tim C. Kate D. David

Key: Key: C. KateC. Kate

Listen:Listen:Yesterday afternoon, I went shopping Yesterday afternoon, I went shopping with my with my

sistersister and bought many things, including two and bought many things, including two pairs of trousers, a pair of shoes, pairs of trousers, a pair of shoes, two T-shirtstwo T-shirts, , and so on. I was very happy yesterday.and so on. I was very happy yesterday.

Question 1: How many T-shirts did she buy?Question 1: How many T-shirts did she buy?A. one B. two C. three D. noneA. one B. two C. three D. noneKey: Key: B. twoB. twoQuestion 2: Who went shopping with her?Question 2: Who went shopping with her?A.A.her mother B. her father C. her friends D. her her mother B. her father C. her friends D. her

sistersisterKey:Key: D. her sisterD. her sister

Listening tips: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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Answer:Three.

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.

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

Oxygen.

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

Answer:Three.

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.

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

Answer:Green.

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.

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

Answer:David.

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.

(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.

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

New words learningNew words learning

short-term short-term memorymemory

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episodic episodic memorymemory

personal experience

skills

procedural procedural memorymemory

semantic semantic memorymemory

information

prospective prospective memorymemory

Plans and intentions

facts

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 A. to remember phone numbers or names numbers or names

B. to remember some B. to remember some poems poems

C. to remember what to C. to remember what to do next weekdo next week

D. to remember the D. to remember the sadnesssadness

E. to remember how to E. to remember how to play footballplay football

Listening B: Listen and fill in the tableMemory Example

Short-term memory

We use short-term memory to remember (1) ______________ or (2) ______________.

Episodic memory Episodic memory stores information about your (3) ________________________, such as (4) ______________.

Procedural memory

Procedural memory stores information about(5)

______________ such as (6) ______________.Semantic memory If 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 skills riding a bicyclefacts

information

next month

in the future

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 timepersonal

experiencesin their 90sa large amount ofin the future

Try to find out the phrases in the text ( on P102):

表示“许多”的短语： 1) 修饰可数名词： many

a large number of2) 修饰不可数名词： much

a great/ good deal of3) 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