新视野大学英语视听说教程 听力材料及答案 (第(7)

To begin with, you must take special care in your daily life. Food for example, is very

important. Some vitamins are essential for your memory to work properly. They are found in bread, cereal, vegetables and fruits. Some experts say that synthesized vitamins improve

memory, but others have doubts about this, arguing that the studies have not confirmed they do work. Another essential factor is water. It helps to maintain the memory systems, especially in older persons. According to Dr. Rosewell, lack of water in the body has an immediate and strong effect on memory; it can cause confusion and other thought difficulties. Sleep also plays a significant role. To be able to have a good memory, we must allow the brain to have plenty of rest. While sleeping, the brain no longer controls the senses, and starts to revise and store the information one has received. Lack of sleep would make one feel exhausted and would weaken one's ability to concentrate. Also, one's ability to store information would be affected. 原文2

You just called the TV repair shop, and the voice on the other end of the line tells you, "This is Don Smith". About 5 minutes later, you tell your wife that "this guy" will be out to fix the TV in the morning. You can't think of his name although you know he mentioned it on the phone. This happens all the time to just about any of us unless we have learned to concentrate and implant a name in our memory, right at the time we hear it. To do this, you must make a habit of repeating the name back to the person. This action will remind you to store the name in your "memory bank" each time you hear someone's name, and within a short time the "repeating" process can be discontinued.

When you meet someone in person, use the same procedure, and in addition, visualize something different, unusual or ridiculous about his/her appearance, position, or actions that "ties in" with his/her name. Later, you may write the descriptive information on one side of a card and the name on the other side. Look at it repeatedly, see the "picture" in your mind's eye as you look at the name; or when you see the name, visualize the "picture" you have assigned to the name.

Getting this system to work will require changes in your thinking, and it may take several days or several weeks to become proficient. On the First Day

Seeing that Jenny has bought much on from class to class. Jenny knows the professor is the professor is good, only if students are .

After class, Jenny admits that of what the professor said went Harrison . When Jenny asks to borrow Harrison's Wednesday. Finally, Harrison says education there.

Money for College

1. Robert was short of money because he had spent a lot on fun.

2. Robert asked his mother for money, saying he had no more money for food.

3. The mother sent Robert two books and two checks.

4. The father was against sending Robert a lot of money, for they were poor.

would not read the calculus book.

5. The mother doubted whether her son could find the larger check, for she suspected that he

Money for College

1. Why did the father object to sending Robert $1,100?

2. Where did the mother put the $1,000 check?

How to Get Straight A's

A) They won't eat snacks.

B) They won't play computer games.

C) They won't answer phone calls.

D) They won't watch TV.