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高中英语人教版（2019）必修三 Unit 1 Festivalsand celebrations同步练习
Many people seem to love potatoes however they are cooked. But have you ever asked yourself where they came from?
It all started in Peru. There, people grew potatoes over 2,000 years ago. They weren't like the ones we know today. The first Europeans to try to plant potatoes were the Spanish. In 1537, Spanish explorers discovered people eating what they called papas. They brought this strange vegetable back to Spain in the 1550s.
People generally didn't like the potato. Lots of other vegetables were introduced into Europe at the same time, like tomatoes and sweet potatoes, and people preferred those to the unattractive potatoes. Very slowly, they spread through Europe. There is a story that King Louis XVI of France liked the potato and planted them in his royal garden.
So, what about chips? Well, the Belgians claim that they invented fried potatoes, although nobody really knows for sure. The first mention of "chips" in England is by the writer Charles Dickens in 1859. The Americans call them “French fries” because soldiers from America went to France during the First World War and loved the dish. Now, the Americans eat over twenty million tons of chips a year.
Crisps are an American invention, although they call them "chips". Everybody agrees that a native American chef, George Crum, made the first crisps in 1853. One day, a difficult customer wanted fried potatoes, sliced thinly. When they arrived, he said they weren't thin enough. In the end, Crum got annoyed and sliced the potatoes as thinly as he could and fried them, and then added lots of salt. The dish was an immediate success.
Next time you are in your favourite fast food place eating chips with your friends, amaze them with your potato knowledge!
A. He kept sending them back to be cooked again.
B. The original potatoes were smaller and tasted bitter.
C. They were found to be a good source of vitamins, surprisingly.
D. He mentioned "chips of potato" fried in oil in one of his books.
E. He asked the fried potatoes to be mixed with butter and cheese.
F. Ordinary people stole them and planted them in their own gardens.
G. They were given to slaves and prisoners, because they were so cheap.
Do you want to learn the material you're studying—like, reallylearn it? {#blank#}1{#/blank#}One learning theory suggests that if you overlearn, you'll gain the ability to do something without having to think about it — and eventually obtain more knowledge. Here's what overlearning is and how to do it.
What is overlearning?
Simply put, overlearning means studying something even once you're sure you know it. Don't stop reviewing or studying just because you succeeded in memorizing something. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}
The purpose of overlearning is to make the task easy to ensure it is completed to a high standard with no stress. For example, a student wants to pass their spelling test which has 10 words. Knowing about overlearning, she doesn't just memorize each word, but also learns about the origins of each word. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Similarly, a teacher wanting to learn about teaching strategies might not simply read one book — they may read ten books, watch videos, attend lectures (and maybe even write their own book).
How do you overlearn?
{#blank#}4{#/blank#} For instance, when using the Leitner method, always review all the flashcards you're assigned on a particular day, even if you feel like passing over them because you got them right last time. Repeatedly going over material you know well is the key to overlearning and eventual automatic recall.
Schedule blocks of time in your week for reviewing materials you've already mastered. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Continually reintroducing familiar ideas to yourself will dig them deeper into your long term memory.
A. Overlearning has several benefits. B. Then what you need to do is overlearn it. C. Review material you already know front to back. D. This takes time, but it makes the spelling test a walk in the park. E. Instead, keep going, digging it deeper and deeper into your brain. F. In real life, we sometimes want to learn more than one similar task. G. This can be as easy as re-reading your notes, or as complex as taking practice tests. |
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