BBC 6分钟英语学习 为什么我们忘记了我们学到的东西

6 min English from BBC learning english dot com.

Hello, this is six men in English from BBC Learning English.

I'm Georgina, and I'm Rob.

Do you have a good memory?

Rob? Can you remember people's names or where you left your car

keys? Well, I can remember people's faces, but I have a are terrible memory for names, and sometimes I'll be eagerly reading a book, but then a week later, I can't remember a single thing about it.

While you're not alone, many people find it hard to remember things they've read or learned, while other sometimes useless information sticks with them.

Hmm? In this program, we'll be finding out why we forget the things we've learned, whether that's someone s name, a word in English, or where you put your wallet.

But 1st, let me ask you my quiz question, rob before I forget you.

And I might struggle to remember someone's phone number, but Chinese student Chiao Lu has a record breaking memory.

In 2005, she recited the numbers of pie, the mathematical equation describing the proportions of a circle.

But how many digits did she manage to remember?

Was it A, 48000? B 68000 or C 88000?

Wow. It sounds like Chalou has an incredible memory.

I'll say she remembered B 68000 digits of pie.

OK, rob, let's remember to find out the answer at the end of the program.

OK, we'll do now. Someone like Chia Lu might have a photographic memory, the ability to remember things in exact detail, like looking at a photograph.

But for the rest of us, things are more complicated.

Doctor Jared Hova is an educational neuroscientist at the University of Melbourne.

According to him, there are two rules which explain how we remember information.

Listen to Doctor Horvath talking to BBC World Service program the wife factor, and see if you can hear the two rules he mentions.

Rule number one is Repetition is key.

The odds of remembering something after a one off are incredibly slim unless you can immediately link it to something you already understand.

So my middle name is Coony.

If I ever meet someone named Coony, I'll never forget that, because I have an immediate link.

But if I meet someone named Joe, and so one off is we all pretty much suck at it, unless we focus.

So rule to them becomes we remember what we focus on.

The 1st one for remembering is repetition.

The odds, meaning the probability of remembering something, are low if you learn it as a one off, something that only happens once.

Doctor horvath's 2nd rule is about focus.

We remember what we focus on.

This involves making links between your information and something you already understand.

These are the most effective methods of remembering, and most of us socket or bad at other ways of remembering things.

Now, of course, one group of people who need good memory is students.

Do you remember cramming for school exams?

Georgina Ah, yes. Staying up late, trying to revise everything the night before an exam.

I remember doing that, but it didn't work.

Yes? Doctor hall vath's research found that students who cram for tests forget around 90% of what they studied within 72 h He thinks education shouldn't be about trying to cram students' heads with fax and figures.

It should involve something more meaningful.

As he explains to BBC World Services, the wife factor.

And the thing that I like about education is it's really moving from a model of just memorize as much as you can into what we now call deep learning, which is, instead of giving you a hundred things I just need to know that you can remember them.

I'm going to give you ten things.

And instead of just being able to remember them, I want you to be able to describe it deeply and come up with new ways of looking at it.

Traditionally, education involves memorizing learning information exactly as it is so you can repeat it later.

But being able to repeat something like a parrot doesn't always mean you understand it.

Doctor Horvath advocates a technique called deep learning, a complete way of learning something that means you fully understand and will not forget.

So remember, repetition, focus and deep learning are the memory muscles we need.

Maybe that's how Chinese student Chao Lu developed her record breaking memory.

You do remember your quiz question, don't you?

Georgina, yes, thank you, rob My memory isn't that bad.

I asked you how many digits of the mathematical equation pie she could remember?

And I said, B

68000 digits, which was the correct answer.

Actually, the number was so long it took her over 24 h without a break to recite it all.

Oh, wow. Her brain must have been aching after all that.

OK, let's recapt the vocabulary from this program, starting with a photographic

memory, which is the ability to remember things in exact detail, like looking at a photograph.

The odds of something happening. Mean the chances that it will happen.

A one off is something that only happens once.

To suck out something is an informal way to say, be bad at doing something.

It's more common in American English, if you memorize something, you learn it exactly so that you can repeat it later.

And finally, deep learning describes a complete way of learning something so that you fully understand it and will not forget it.

Okay, well, that's all from us.

But don't forget to join us again soon for more trending topics and top tips to help you remember useful and everyday English Vocabulary by Fidel By 6 min English from the BBC.

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