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Next
month, I'm traveling to a remote area of Central Africa and my aim is to know
enough Lingala—one of the local languages—to have a conversation. I wasn't sure
how I was going to manage this until I discovered a way to learn all the
vocabulary I'm going to need. Thanks to Memrise, the app I'm using. It feels
just like a game.
"People
often stop learning things because they feel they're not making progress or
because it all feels like too much hard work," says Ed Cooke one of the
people who created Memrise. "Were trying to create a form of learning
experience that is fun and is something you'd want to do instead of watching
TV."
Memrise
gives you a few new words to learn and these are "seeds" which you
plant in your "greenhouse". When you practice the words, you
"water your plants". When the app believes that you have really
remembered a word, it moves the word to your "garden". And if you
forget to log on, the app sends you emails that remind you to "water
your plants".
The
app uses two principles about learning. The first is that people remember
things better when they link them to a picture in their mind. Memrise
translates words into your own language, but it also encourages you to use
"mems". For example, I memorized motele, the Lingala word for
"engine", using a mem I created﹣I
imagined an old engine in a motel room.
The
second principle is that we need to stop after studying words and then repeat
them again later, leaving time between study periods. Memrise helps you with
this, because it's the kind of app you only use for five or ten minutes a day.
I've
learnt hundreds of Lingala words with Memrise. I know this won't make me a
fluent speaker, but I hope I'll be able to do more than just smile when I meet
people in Congo. Now, I need to go and water my Vocabulary!
(1)
What does Ed Cooke make an effort to do with Memrise?
A . Create memorable experiences.
B . Make progress with hard work.
C . Master languages through games.
D . Combine study with entertainment.
(2)
What do the underlined words "water your plants" in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A . Learning new words.
B . Being a Memrise user.
C . Logging on to the app.
D . Taking care of your garden.
(3)
How does Memrise work?
A . By providing learners with interesting pictures.
B . By helping learners lean from mistakes.
C . By offering learners human translation services.
D . By encouraging learners to link words to pictures in their mind.
(4)
What is the author's attitude towards Memrise?
A . Positive.
B . Doubtful.
C . Uncaring.
D . Disapproving.
答案: D
A
D
A