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UNIT 2 Remembering and
Forgetting
In-Class Reading
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特种快递
到了机场，
我才发现我兄弟搭乘的航班延误了一个小时。
通常我在机场等候接人时，
会把时
间消磨在
观
看飞机起落上。可那天晚上我头疼得厉害。我想喷气发动机发出的噪音会使我
头疼更厉害
，于是决定在机场内逛一会儿。
当我走过那些店铺时，
碰巧看到陈列在那儿的航空箱包，
这使我
想起了自己的公文包。
我这
才意识到
公文包没在身上。我马上努力回忆会把它遗忘在了哪里。自从离开航空公司票务
柜台后，我没有在其他任
何地方停留过，所以
我推想，我一定是把包留在那里了。我急忙
回去取，可是公文包已无影无踪。起先我
确信一定是有人顺手把它拿走了，但随后又想，
< br>也有可能看到包的人已把它交给了柜台，于是便在票务
柜台排队等候。轮到我时，我描述
了包的特征，并询问是否有人把它交到了柜台。那位航
空公司代理摇
了摇头。这时我朝他
身
后的行李输送带瞥了一眼，输送带正把行李从办理登机手续处往下面的装货区传
送。我
大声叫道：“我的包在那儿！”然而，当代理回头看时，公文包
已传送到输送带的尽头，突
然消失
了。
“你看到你的包了？”代理问我。
“是的！”我大声说。“它刚穿过那边那个入口。这下我怎样才能把它取回来呢？”
“这不难，
”代理回答说。“把你的行李领取凭证给我，
我想我们能够在装机前截住它。
”
“可我没有行
李凭证！”我答道。“我没办托运！我哪儿都不去。我是来接人的。”我平静
了一下情绪
，
解释了事情的经过，并指出很可能有人把包交到了柜台，而
某位代理把它和
其他行李一起办了托运并放到
了传送带上。
< br>代理告诉我，能找回包的唯一办法是，填写一张认领单，
在上面写清公文包的外观
特征。等
我填完表
格，代理打电话到
下面的行李区查询时，包已被装上了一架航班，但不知是哪一
架。代理记下了我的电话<
/p>
号码，并保证他们一找到包就给我打电话。尽管我住在苏城，离
机场有一个半小时的车程，他们还是会一
找到包就把它送到我家来。
我兄弟的航班到了。
我们取了他的箱子后便走向停车场找我的车。<
/p>
回家的路上我把公文包的
事告诉了
他。到了家，我们把行李从车上卸下来。当我兄弟从车里拿出一只公文包时，我
真不敢相信自己的眼睛。
原以为已丢失的公文包其
实根本就没有被带进机场！它一直躺在
后座的地上。我意识到，此时此刻航空公
司的人正在飞往丹佛、圣路易斯和芝加哥的航班
上逐一检查核对行李，寻找我的公文包。一想到要打电话
告
诉他们我已经在自己的车里找
到了包，心里真叫痛苦。
我们进屋时电话铃正响着。接电话时，我惊呆了。电话里一位
航空公司的工作人员说：“我
们有好消
息告诉你！我们在丹佛找到了你的公文包，十一点前应该到这里。午夜后不久便
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After-class Reading
遗忘的益处
我们在某个时候都曾希望
拥有完美的记忆力，
想要记住事情的每一个细节。
我们会遗忘在
学
校和家里
学到的很多东西，这太糟
糕了。如果我们对过去的记忆既不准确又不完整，我们
又怎么能够做出符合实际
的自我评价呢？
然而，完美的记忆力并不总像人们想象的那么美好。有这样一个关于俄罗斯记者
S
的故事。
他只需看
上几秒钟便能记住长串的数字、单词和许多页电话号码簿上的内容。甚至在多年
以后，他仍能将这些长串
的信息倒背如流。他还记得他第一次记这些材料时的情景。
S
用各种各样的记忆“窍门”帮助自
己记忆。
其中的许多窍门涉及在大脑中形成图像。
不过，
你不必
羡慕他，因为他有一个很严重的问题
：不会遗忘。那些大脑中的图像老是浮现在他
眼前，使他分心，无法
集中注意力。有时甚至连与人作简单的交谈都成问题
，因为对方的话会让他想起其他东西。
事实上，人们
把他描述成一个迟钝的人。最终，
S
无法胜任自己的工作，只好以“记忆专
家”的身份游走于各个地方，向
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人们展示他的才能，以此来谋生。拥有这种记忆问题的人
的例子还有很多。他们来自很多不同国家，说各种
不同的语言。
< br>或许你仍然认为拥有完美的记忆力是一件好事。
那么，
设
想一下记住一切会是什么情形。
每
当你回忆
过去时，你不但会记起你经历中的精华，还会记得毫无价值的琐事。记忆也许会<
/p>
花上你数小时，而不是片
刻。你头脑中
也许会一片混乱，使你无法把信息组织好。有了完
美的记忆力，你也许会记住那些最好能
忘
记的东西。难道你真想记住每次愤怒的争吵，每
个你所犯的错误，以及生命中每个痛苦的瞬间吗？“记住
一切”会对你和家人、朋友的关
系产生什么影响？成功地建立一种亲密关系是否
有可能取决于一定程度的
遗忘呢？或许只
有把那些不愉快的记忆锁进记忆的角落里不再去想它们，才有可能自信和乐观呢？如果你
记住这些，你就能理解为什么完美的记忆力不是我们该拥有的最佳记忆力。
就像牢记一样，
某种程度的遗忘有助于我们的正常生活。
那么，
有益的遗忘和
有害的遗忘之
间的界线
在哪里呢？如
果你可以选择，你会选择清楚地记住哪些东西，又让哪些东西从你
的记忆中消失呢？这是
需
要思考的问题。
课内阅读练习答案
Part One Preparation
1 Expressions Related to Memory
STEP ONE
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f a word, expression,
etc. is
on the tip of your
tongue
, you usually know
it
but have difficulty
remembering it at that
moment.
（就在嘴边的，差一点就
能想起的）
W
hen you say
someone’s head is like a
sieve
or
someone has a memory like
a sieve
, you mean
that
they forget things very
easily.
（记性坏，健忘）
I
f
your
mind
goes
blank
or
has
gone
blank
,
you
are
suddenly
not
able
to
remember
a fact
or piece of
information at a
time when you need
it.
（脑子一片空白）
I
f a piece of
information
goes in one ear
and out the other
, it is heard but
either ignored or quickly
forgotten.
（一只耳朵进一只耳朵出，当作耳边风）
STEP TWO
1
B
2
D
3
A
4
C
2 Do You Have a
Good Memory?
STEP TWO
Sample
I
got 16 in this quiz. According to the
results, I have a good memory. I can
say
I’m
extremely
good
at
remembering
facts
and
figures
for
exams,
birthdays,
telephone
numbers,
etc.,
but
I
have
a
poor
memory
for
remembering
things
like
what I had for dinner,
what I was wearing, etc.
I
think a person can remember what they
need and want to remember. In other
words, one’s
purpose and motivation make it possible
for them to recall
facts. They may find
it difficult to remember facts about the geography
of
a country
that doesn’t
interest them, but can easily remember things
about
the
country
they’re
going
to
visit.
Why?
Because
they
are
motivated
and
this
helps
them
to
concentrate.
Increased
concentration,
in
turn,
makes
the
information easier to
remember.
T
o
sum
up
,
one’s
purpose
dictates
what
to
look
for
and
remember,
and
therefore
directs
their
attention to what they
want to know.
STEP
THREE
Sample
Yes, I once had a very embarrassing
experience. One day, when I was walking
on
the
street,
I
saw
a
young
lady
nodding
and
smiling
at
me
and
I
began
to
wonder
who
she
was.
When
she
approached,
she
asked
me
about
my
college
life
in
the
past
two weeks. Though I
didn’t know whom I was talking to, I told her
everything,
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including the fact that I could
seldom see my advisor and had no one to turn
to
for
help.
An
odd
smile
crossed
her
face
and
she
looked
a
little
bit
embarrassed.
Then
she
gave
me
a
phone
number
along
with
her
name.
It
was
then
that
I
realized
she was actually my
advisor.
Well,
I
think
all
of
us
may
feel
embarrassed
when
we
forget
some
important
things
such as a
friend’s birthday
or an appointment. I had such an experience about
a year ago. One of my friends, Grace,
invited me to her home the following
Saturday, and I promised I would be
there on time. When I arrived, I saw some
of our classmates were there and each
of them had brought a present for Grace.
It turned out that that day was her
birthday. I felt very embarrassed, but I
thought I had to do something to cover
up my embarrassment. So, I went up to
her
and said, “Gosh, Grace,
you never seem to age, so I never remember your
birthday.”
3 How to Remember Clearly?
STEP ONE
I
n
Speech
Bubble
1,
the
man is forming a mental picture
of the
things
he
wants to buy.
I
n Speech
Bubble 2, the man is repeating the things
he wants to buy.
I
n
Speech
Bubble
3,
the
man
is
trying
to
remember
his
shopping
list
by
inventing
a
story.
I
n
Speech
Bubble
4,
the
man
is
forming
meaningful
connections
between
the
things
he
wants to
buy and
the letters in the word “CANDY”.
STEP TWO
Sample
When I’m trying to memorize facts for
exams, I always repeat them a number of
times. The more I do this, the easier
it is to remember. Even so, I think,
repetition, by itself, is not enough.
Sometimes, I will try other means to
memorize what I am trying to remember.
I will ask questions, think about the
topic in relation to my own experience,
or discuss issues with my classmates.
Sometimes
I
use
the
method
of
forming
meaningful
connections
to
remember
English
words. For example,
when trying to remember whether I should use the
word
“principle” or “principal”, I tell
myself that a principle is a rule and
a
principal is my pal and then I can use the
appropriate word. Besides, I keep
a
diary to record my memories. When I go to
new places, I buy souvenirs or take
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