高中英语 unit5 Meeting your ancestors课件 新人教版选修8.ppt

Meetingyourancestors Unit5 Inarecentstudy ProfessorBetsySparrowconductedsomeexperiments SheandherresearchteamwantedtoknowhowtheInternetischangingmemory Inthefirstexperiment theygavepeople40unimportantfactstotypeintoacomputer Thefirstgroupofpeopleunderstoodthatthecomputerwouldsavetheinformation Thesecondgroupunderstoodthatthecomputerwouldnotsaveit Later thesecondgrouprememberedtheinformationbetter Peopleinthefirstgroupknewtheycouldfindtheinformationagain sotheydidnottrytorememberit Inanotherexperiment theresearchersgavepeoplefactstoremember andtoldthemwheretofindtheinformationonthecomputer Theinformationwasinaspecificcomputerfolder 文件夹 Surprisingly peoplelaterrememberedthefolderlocation 位置 betterthanthefacts WhenpeopleusetheInternet theydonotremembertheinformation Rather theyrememberhowtofindit Thisiscalled transactivememory 交互记忆 AccordingtoSparrow wearenotbecomingpeoplewithpoormemoriesasaresultoftheInternet Instead computerusersaredevelopingstrongertransactivememories thatis peoplearelearninghowtoorganizehugequantitiesofinformationsothattheyareabletoaccessitatalaterdate Thisdoesn tmeanwearebecomingeithermoreorlessintelligent butthereisnodoubtthatthewayweusememoryischanging 文章大意 文章主要讲的是互联网给人类的记忆带来的影响 互联网使用者越来越依赖互联网来储存信息 人们这样做是否会丧失记忆事物的能力呢 专家怀疑互联网可能正在改变人们的记忆内容和方式 1 Thepassagebeginswithtwoquestionsto A introducethemaintopicB showtheauthor sattitudeC describehowtousetheInternetD explainhowtostoreinformation答案 A写作意图题 根据第一段 ExpertsarewonderingiftheInternetischangingwhatwerememberandhow 可知 作者使用两个问句是为了引出要讨论的话题 2 Whatcanwelearnaboutthefirstexperiment A TheSparrow steamtypedtheinformationintoacomputer B Thetwogroupsrememberedtheinformationequallywell C Thefirstgroupdidnottrytoremembertheinformation D Thesecondgroupdidnotunderstandtheinformation 答案 C细节理解题 根据第二段 Peopleinthefirstgroupknewtheycouldfindtheinformationagain sotheydidnottrytorememberit 可知答案 3 Intransactivememory people A keeptheinformationinmindB changethequantityofinformationC organizeinformationlikeacomputerD rememberhowtofindtheinformation答案 D细节理解题 根据倒数第二段 Rather theyrememberhowtofindit Thisiscalled transactivememory 交互记忆 可知 在交互记忆里 人们记得怎样找到信息 4 WhatistheeffectoftheInternetaccordingtoSparrow sresearch A Weareusingmemorydifferently B Wearebecomingmoreintelligent C Wehavepoorermemoriesthanbefore D Weneedabetterwaytoaccessinformation 答案 A细节理解题 根据最后一段 butthereisnodoubtthatthewayweusememoryischanging 可知 互联网对人们的记忆产生的影响是它改变了我们使用记忆力的方式