MEMORY
记忆
Joyce wanted to have a feature about memory in the school newspaper.
乔伊斯想在校报上发表一篇有关记忆的专题报道。
She and her editors all agreed to write short articles on this topic.
她和编辑们都同意用这个主题写一篇短文。
ARTHUR
阿瑟
I read in a book that we have a short-term memory and a long-term memory.
我在一本书上看到我们有短期记忆和长期记忆。
When people get older, their short-term memory becomes weaker, but we can still remember things that happened a long time ago.
当人的年龄增长时，他们的短期记忆变得很弱，但是我们仍可以记得以前很久发生的事。
My Grandad told me a joke about memory.
我爷爷给我讲了一个有关记忆的笑话。
He said, 'When you get old, three things start to go wrong.
他说，'当你变老时，有三样事物开始变得不好。
First, you start to lose your memory.
首先，你记忆力开始下降。
And I can't remember what the other two things are!'
并且我记不住另外的两样事物了！'
JOYCE
乔伊斯
Memory is essential for life.
记忆力是生活中最基本的东西。
I saw a programme on television about a man who had had an accident and injured his brain.
我在电视上看到一个有关一个男人的节目，他出了车祸并把脑子撞坏了。
Afterwards, he could not remember anything for longer than a few minutes.
后来，他在几分钟内，什么也记不起来了。
His wife visited him in hospital every day, but he forgot her visits a few minutes after she left.
他妻子每天都来医院看他，但是在她走了几分钟后，他就忘记她来看过他。
He was often angry with her because he thought that she never visited him.
他经常生她的气因为他认为她从未来看过他。
It was very sad.
这是件很悲哀的事。
PANSY
潘茜
One basic way of improving your memory is to use the link method.
提高你记忆力的一个基本方式就是使用相连法。
If you want to memorize something, you should make a picture in your mind.
如果你想记起一些事情，你必须在你脑子里产生一幅图。
If the picture is silly, strange and colourful, you will remember it better.
如果这幅图是无知的，陌生的和有色彩的，你将记住更多。
For example, I am trying to remember the word 'smiles'.
比如，我正试着记起'smiles'这个单词。
An easy way to do this is to imagine there is a 'mile' between the first letter and the last letter.
一个容易的方法就是想像有一个'mile'在第一字母和最后的一个字母之间。
This makes it the longest word in the world!
这就可以构造世界上最长的单词了！
TNOY
托尼
In the Guinness Book of Records, we can find some amazing stories about memory.
在吉尼斯记录大全上，我们可以找到一些关于记忆力的惊奇故事。
For example, Gong Yangling from Harbin in China has memorized more than 15,000 telephone numbers.
比如，来自中国哈尔滨的龚杨林就可以记得15,000多个电话号码。
And Dave Farrow from America remembered the correct order of 2,704 playing cards, after seeing them just once.
来自美国的大卫·法罗看过2704张游戏卡片一遍后，就能准确地记住他们的顺序。
MILLIE
米莉
Memory is connected with our feelings.
记忆力是我们的感觉相连的。
For example, if someone says 'This is a spider,' and then puts a large spider on your hand, you will probably remember the word 'spider'!
比如，如果有人说'这是一只蜘蛛，'然后把一只大蜘蛛放在你手上，你也许会记住这个单词'spider'!
When something dramatic happens, we usually remember it well, and we also remember where we were and what we were doing.
当有些生动的事情发生时，我们经常会记得很牢，同时我们也会记得我们在哪儿和我们正在做什么。
For example, most people in China can remember where they were when the opening ceremony of the 29th Olympic Games was held in Beijing in 2008.
比方说，中国很多人都能记得2008年北京奥运还开幕式时他们在哪。