Memory

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Memory

• Reading and Vocabulary

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Warm up Questions

• 1. Do you think you have a good memory?
• Why? or Why not?
• 2. What things do you often forget?
• 3. What things are easy for you to remember?
• 4. Do you use any technique to help you
• remember things?
• 5. What is your oldest memory?

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to recall (v)

• to remember
• Peter recalls many facts about his childhood.

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to absorb (v)

• to understand, to suck up
• Children absorb language as quickly as sponges
  absorb liquids.

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to figure out (v)

• to solve, to find a solution to a problem
• Mr. Anderson figured out how to install a new
  program in his computer.

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particular (adj.)

• specific, peculiar, unusual
• Bob is very picky about food. When he eats
  out, he looks for a particular restaurant that
  serves only healthy food.

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bits (n)

• small pieces, fraction, portion
• The ice cream has bits of chocolate chips.

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recording (n)

• registering, entering
• Recording new information in our
• brains will help us use it later.

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retrieve (v)retrieving (n)

• to bring back
• Jane is retrieving her project she saved in
  her computer.

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to retain (v)

• to keep
• Peter was able to retain excellent grades
  through out the semester.

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repetition (n)repeat (v)

• saying or doing the same thing again
• Actors learn their lines by repetition.
• When Thomas wants to learn a new word, he
  repeats it twenty-five times.

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depression (n)

• feeling very sad
• Nichole is taking medicine for her depression.

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excessive (adj.)

• too much
• Excessive work makes people stress out.

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impair (v)impairment (n)

• to damage, to harm
• Loud noises will impair our hearing in the long
  run.
• Janes physical impairment kept her from being
  a runner.

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vision

• Related to your sight (eyes)
• Mike wears glasses because
• he has poor vision.

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thus (adv.) formal

• for that reason, as a result, so
• Pollution is heavy in big cities, thus people
  are moving to the suburbs.

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dial (v)

• to press the buttons on a telephone
• Bob dialed 911 instead of 411.

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comprehend (v)

• to understand
• The police said that it was difficult to
  comprehend the drunk driver.

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certain (adj.)

• completely sure
• It is almost certain that it
• will rain tomorrow.

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distractions (n)

• something that takes your attention from what you
  are doing
• When you study, you need to stay away from
  distractions.

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all at once

• at the same time
• At the hospital, patients were calling the
  nurse all at once.

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visualization techniques

• system, method, procedure of seeing things
• Victor tries a visualization technique to
  memorize new information.

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come across (phr. v)

• to find usually by chance
• When I was cleaning the garage, I came across
  an old picture of my ancestors.

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mental (adj.)

• related to the mind
• We all have mental abilities
• for learning English.

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Review and Pronunciation

• to recall
• absorb
• to figure out
• particular
• bits
• recording
• to retrieve
• retrieving
• to retain
• to repeat
• repetition
• depression

• excessive
• impair
• impairment
• thus
• dial
• comprehend
• certain
• distractions
• all at once
• visualization techniques
• come across
• mental

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Verb Noun Adjective Adverb
visualize visualization visual visually
distract distraction distracted distractedly
comprehend comprehension comprehensive comprehensively
absorb absorption absorbent
retrieve retrieval
excess excessive excessively
impair impairment impaired
repeat repetition repetitive repetitious repetitively
depress depression depressed