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江苏省扬州市2021届高三下学期期初调研考试英语试题
Do you ever walk out of a room with an idea in your head, only to discover moments later that it's gone? if so, don't worry: it's a very common experience.
The problem is often caused by "event boundaries". They make you believe that a particular mental task is over.
Tests have proved that we're much more forgetful when we move from one location to another. It's because anything that seems like the end of a task — closing a study book, finishing a phone call, taking a cake out of the oven — can have the same effect. Within seconds, much information in your mind has disappeared.
First, stop telling your brain that its work is done. This can be as simple as leaving a book open instead of putting it back on the shelf. Second, create clues to carry with you across any unavoidable event boundary. Notice when these end-points are coming up, and spend a moment improving your memory.
If possible, say the key points out loud: the job you're walking off to do in the next room, for example, or the plans you've just made on the phone. We actually know memory depends on imagery.
Every day you're faced with event boundaries that may restrict your recall. But by avoiding them when you can, and disguising them when you can't, you'll find that much less of your learning gets lost.
A. But here's how to fight back.
B. So picture the details you want to keep.
C. Many of us don't know how to deal with it properly.
D. These are what your memory uses to stop remembering.
E. And scientists believe that we can explain and approach it.
F. But the same happens when we go from one activity to another, too.
G. And only in this way can we overcome event boundaries successfully.
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A. Learn from the past experiences B. First and foremost, bear in mind that the key aspect of this experience is to "take some time to think". C. No matter how much you have invested, sometimes the healthiest thing you can do is let go. D. In today's go-go faster-faster world, you may be attracted to rush through this experience, to treat it like another task to get off your to-do list. E. Remember the wisdom of a child F. If you are focused on bad memories, problems, and things to complain about, they will drown your mind and your heart, and sting your life. G. Now before you race off to do this, read the rest that provides important perspective on doing this. |
The past is good for two things: the happy memories, and the lessons it provides. Take some time to think and create two lists: One, your Top Five Most Important Lessons Learned in the Year. And two, your Top Five Favorite Memories of the Year. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
Take some time to think
{#blank#}2{#/blank#} But you just invested 8760 or so hours of your life in the previous year. To pull what is worth pulling from it, to give it proper perspective and proper closure, it surely deserves some of your focused conscious energy.
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Maybe you lost half your investments this year. Or your job. Or your house. Or you faced health challenges. You may dwell on the negative, self-defeating questions like "How could I be so stupid?" or "How could God let this happen to me?" But a child doesn't touch fire, get burned, and then spend the rest of his days – or even hours – thinking bitterly how this could have happened to him. He learns not to touch the fire and twenty minutes later he is happily playing again. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}
Don't bang on the beehive (蜂窝)
When discussing the past year I have already heard so many people stating how bad it was. I hear them recalling all the bad memories. It is like banging on a beehive. Because here is a universal law: whatever you seek, you will find plenty of. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Likewise, if you are focused on good memories, the beauty in the world, and things to feel grateful for, they will nourish your mind, your heart, and allow your life to blossom.
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