【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ng?Janet Oh, nothing much ... Well, I39。m just doing this quiz here in the newspaper. Mark Let39。s have a look then. Janet Here. It39。s called, How much do you know about memory? I39。ve just done it. Do you want to have a go? Mark OK, might as well. I39。m not busy. Janet Right. Look, I39。ll read the statements. Then you have to answer true or false. Ready? Mark Yea. Janet OK. Physical exercise improves your memory. True or false? Mark True, I suppose. It sounds like the right answer. Janet You39。re right, exercise does improve your memory. Next statement: 30 per cent of people have a visual memory. Mark That sounds about right. True? Janet No, wrong, I39。m afraid. In fact, 60 per cent of people have a visual memory. Mark Really? Actually, I39。ve got a pretty good memory. Janet Have you? OK ... Next one ... When you39。re tired, it39。s more difficult to remember things. Mark That39。s true, obviously. I can39。t remember a thing when I39。m tired. Janet Correct! If you do one activity for a long time, your memory will improve. Mark I39。m not sure ... True?Janet Actually, it39。s false.Mark Oh!Janet Eating fruit and vegetables can improve your memory. Mark I read something in The Times about that. True. Janet True, it says here. Mark Oh, no! I39。ve got a lecture. I39。d forgotten. I39。d better get going! Janet Oh, Mark! What a good memory you have!Conversation 2Kate You39。re looking a bit down, Janet. What39。s up? Janet Well... I39。m finding studying at Oxford quite hard. Kate You39。re telling me! There39。s so much work! Janet It39。s not the amount of work but everything39。s so different. In China, generally we have large classes, we don39。t have tutorials. And mostly, our teacher tells us what we should do. So I39。m not used to asking questions or discussing things. I find it difficult. Kate You have to memorize a lot, don39。t you? Janet Yes, but I39。m good at that. Kate You39。re lucky. There39。s so much to remember studying law! I have difficulty sometimes, I really do.Janet Yes, well, we39。ve been trained to do that. But we don39。t have so much training in critical thinking. Kate What do you mean by critical thinking? Janet Let me think ... I think it39。s giving your opinion and then justifying it. Kate Yes, I suppose that39。s what our teachers have always encouraged us to do. Janet I am getting better at it, I suppose. Kate Hey! How about this? Let39。s pretend I39。m your tutor. I39。ll make a statement. Your task is to examine it and then ask questions. Janet OK. Kate Everyone is capable of learning a second language. Go on, ask a question! Janet Why do you say that? Kate That39。s what the research tells us. Now ask another one. Janet Can you give an example of some research?Kate Um ... No! Look, I39。m starving and I can39。t think at all when I39。m hungry.Outside viewPart 1Teacher Good morning, class.Students Good morning.Teacher What we39。re going to do today is start off looking at mind maps or mind mapping. Now have any of you heard about mind maps before?Students Yes ... No ...Teacher Yes. Some of you have, some of you haven39。t. OK. Have any of you actually used mind maps in the past?Students No ...Teacher No? OK. Who can tell me what a mind map is?Student 1 It39。s a way of thinking.Teacher It is a way of thinking. Mind maps are diagrams which help us to generate ideas, and also to organize or structure our ideas related to a topic. What I39。d like to do next is look at some of the uses or the reasons for using mind maps. What are some of the reasons for using mind maps?Student 2 To make a list?Teacher To make a list? Yes. We could say to brainstorm ideas. Everyone contributes thenideas as many ideas as quickly as possible, from everyone in a shorter time, er, as, as we can manage. OK, brainstorming is one of the most important um, um, uses of mind maps. What might be another use or another reason for using mind maps?Student 3 It can help me take notes in the class.Teacher OK, for the notetaking, a very good reason. Mind maps help us to get an overview or a, a quick understanding about a subject. By using mind maps to collect the main ideas from what the teacher says, you can keep a, a very general understanding of a topic and understand connections quite easily and um, quickly. What are some other uses of mind maps?Student 4 Preparing for exams?Teacher OK. Preparing for exams. That39。s a, a very good reason. We might call this, er, revision. Before an exam, after having studied for many, many days or even weeks, you might want to capture the, the, the very general understanding about the subject. Are there any other uses that you can think of for mind mapping?Student 5 We can also use it for finding answers.Teacher For finding answers. That39。s, that39。s a very good, good answer. We could call this problemsolving. We can use mind maps to, to see other possible alternatives, or options to, to, to solve a problem. OK. Next, I39。d like us to talk about some of the advantages or the benefits of using mind maps instead of just writing everything on a piece of paper. One of the most obvious advantages, as you can see, is that mind maps are very visual. They give us um, almost a picture, a, a different perspective in terms of a picture, or a diagram of understanding information or understanding connected ideas, which is very helpful for people who like to learn from a different way. Are there any other advantages that you can think of for mind mapping?Student 4 It lists the main points.Teacher They do. They do list the main points. We could call this um, a quick summary. As you can see, we have main ideas throughout our mind map, not long texts. And in this way, it helps us to grasp the, the key ideas and the key connections for mind maps or for our given subject. Are there any other advantages you can think of?Student 1 To think creatively.Teacher To think creatively. That39。s, that39。s a very good point. We could call this creative think