• 2022-05-27
    PartB
    Directions:ReadthefollowingtextcarefullyandthentranslatetheunderlinedsegmentsintoChinese.WriteyourtranslationclearlyonANSWERSHEET2.
    Threecommonwaysofrememberingare:repetition,association,andexaggeration.
    Repetitionisthekeytolongtermmemory.61)Physiologically,whenbraincellsareactivatedbythememoryprocess,thenervecellcoatingbecomesthickerandthickerwitheachrepetition,strengtheningtheelectricalpathwayinbrainthatconstitutesmemory.Inaddition,whenassociationsbetweenpartsofathingrememberedareformed,thenervecellbodysendsoutaxonrunnerstootherassociatedmemorycells.Theserunnersfromonecellconnecttorunnersonothercells.62)Asthepathwayisusedrepetitiously,thesurroundingcellsbecomelargerandmoretightlywrappedaroundtheelectricallyconductivepathways,therebytransformingthememoryfromashort-termmemorytoalong-termmemory.
    Memoriesofsimilarobjectsresideinnearbyregionsofthebrain,whilememoriesofexoticorexaggeratedobjectsarefartheraway.63)Byformingmemorieswithcreativeandunusualassociations,manymorepathwaysareestablished,muchlikeaspiderweavinganeverbiggerweb,inwhicheachpartleadstothecenterbymanyinterconnectedpathways.
    Memorylinksarealsoestablishedwhenavarietyofsensationsandmuscularactivityareengaged.64)Indeed,somepeopleseemtobemoreproficientatlearningbyeitherseeing,hearingorwriting,butnoonemethodcanprovidethemorenumerouspathwaysprovidedbyallthreeincombination.
    Memoryisenhancednotonlybyrepetition,butalsobyassociationandexaggerationofcertainfeaturesoftheobject.Manymemoriesarerecalledasseriesofobjects.Forinstance,amemorydevicemrememberfourcommonlogicalfallaciesisapictureoftheEarth,withthegreencontinentsandblueoceans,viewedfromouterspacewithaflightofwhitegeesecirclingaroundit.Thisimageisusedtorecallthestatement“geesecircleeverycontinent.“Thefirstlettersofthatstatementstandforthelogicfallaciesofgeneralization,circularities,either/or,andcauseandeffect.
    Size,also,seemstoplayaroleinmemorization.DuringtheMiddleAges,memorycontestswereheldannually.Inone,thewinnerrememberedonehundredthousandsequentialitems.Atime-provenmemorymethodfromtheMiddleAgesisassociationofabstractideastolargeobjects.65)Theobjectsusedfortriggerrecallseemtoneedtobeaboutthesizeofahuman,sothat,ifwewereblind,wecouldidentifytheobjectbytouch.Largeobjectsinthememoryseemtoengagemuscularmemoryareasaswellassightmemoryareasinthebrainandexpandthememoryweb.Forinstance,rememberingthepointsofaspeechaboutamilitarybattlemightinvolvingwalkingfromoneroomtoanotherinafamiliarhouse.
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