English Reading(Short_term and Long-term Memory)

Short_term and Long-term Memory

  "Memorize these words.""Learn this spelling rule.""Don't forget the quiz tomorrow."You remember things every days, but how do you do it.

  You find a telephone number in the phone book,dial it,and then forget it. This is your short-term memory. It lasts less than 30 seconds. However,you don't look in the phone book for a friend's number.You know it.This is your long-tern memory.Your long-term memory has everything that you remember.

  Why do you forget something? You did not learn it in the beginning. This is the major reason for forgetting. For example, you meet some new people, and you forget their names. You hear the name s, but you do not learn them.Then you forget them.

quiz----測驗

in the beginning----一開始

for the little while----一會兒

come across----遇到

no more than(=only)----只不過

tend to +原V----易於