六级听力室:2009年12月真题复合式听写
来源：沪江听写酷
2011-08-16 21:30
听说过古希腊的记忆术吗? 它是一种助记方法, 核心原理就是进行联想(association)记忆，赶快来听听下面的详细介绍吧~~~~
欢迎来到六级听力室，通过我们精心挑选的真题听力，大家一起复习六级重要词汇。
真题都是经过六级出题专家精心研究的，大家一定要每一句都听明白喔~~
我们相信，坚持听，一定会进步！让勤奋感动自己！
听写填空，不写序号和标点，仅听写出单词或句子，答案用空格隔开。
The ancient Greeks developed basic memory systems called mnemonics. The name is (1) from their Goddess of memory "Mnemosyne". In the ancient world, a trained memory was an (2) asset, particularly in public life. There were no (3) devices for taking notes, and early Greek orators delivered long speeches with great (4) because they learned the speeches using mnemonic systems.
The Greeks discovered that human memory is (5) an associative process that it works by linking things together. For example, think of an apple. The instant your brain registers the word "apple", it (6) the shape, color, taste, smell and (7) of that fruit. All these things are associated in your memory with the word "apple". (8) . An example could be when you think about a lecture you have had. This could (9) a memory about what you're talking about through that lecture, which can then trigger another memory. Associations do not have to be logical. They just have to make a good link. An example given on a website I was looking at follows, "Do you remember the shape of Austria? Canada? Belgium? Or Germany? Probably not. What about Italy though? If you remember the shape of Italy, (10) . You made an association with something already known, the shape of a boot. And Italy shape could not be forgotten once you had made the association."
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【听写回顾】点击回顾上一期的听写《2009年12月真题短文》
欢迎来到六级听力室，通过我们精心挑选的真题听力，大家一起复习六级重要词汇。
真题都是经过六级出题专家精心研究的，大家一定要每一句都听明白喔~~
我们相信，坚持听，一定会进步！让勤奋感动自己！
听写填空，不写序号和标点，仅听写出单词或句子，答案用空格隔开。
The ancient Greeks developed basic memory systems called mnemonics. The name is (1) from their Goddess of memory "Mnemosyne". In the ancient world, a trained memory was an (2) asset, particularly in public life. There were no (3) devices for taking notes, and early Greek orators delivered long speeches with great (4) because they learned the speeches using mnemonic systems.
The Greeks discovered that human memory is (5) an associative process that it works by linking things together. For example, think of an apple. The instant your brain registers the word "apple", it (6) the shape, color, taste, smell and (7) of that fruit. All these things are associated in your memory with the word "apple". (8) . An example could be when you think about a lecture you have had. This could (9) a memory about what you're talking about through that lecture, which can then trigger another memory. Associations do not have to be logical. They just have to make a good link. An example given on a website I was looking at follows, "Do you remember the shape of Austria? Canada? Belgium? Or Germany? Probably not. What about Italy though? If you remember the shape of Italy, (10) . You made an association with something already known, the shape of a boot. And Italy shape could not be forgotten once you had made the association."
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【听写回顾】点击回顾上一期的听写《2009年12月真题短文》
derived
immense
convenient
accuracy
largely
recalls
texture
This means that any thought about a certain subject will often bring up more memories that are related to it
trigger
it is because you have been told at sometime that Italy is shaped like a boot
sometime 以前的某个时间
some time 未来的某时，一段时间
sometimes 有时
some times 好几次
mnemonics 记忆术
orator n. 演说者；演讲者；雄辩家；原告
immense adj. 巨大的，广大的；无边无际的；非常好的
texture n. 质地；纹理；结构；本质，实质
trigger 触发;引起
