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As Internet users become more dependent on the Internet to store information, are people remember less? If you know your computer will save information, why store it in your own personal memory, your brain? Experts are wondering if the Internet is changing what we remember and how.
In a recent study, Professor Betsy Sparrow conducted some experiments. She and her research team wanted to know how the Internet is changing memory. In the first experiment, they gave people 40 unimportant facts to type into a computer. The first group of people understood that the computer would save the information. The second group understood that the computer would not save it. Later, the second group remembered the information better. People in the first group knew they could find the information again, so they did not try to remember it.
In another experiment, the researchers gave people facts to remember, and told them where to find the information on the Internet. The information was in a specific computer folder(文件夹). Surprisingly, people later remember the folder location(位置) better than the facts. When people use the Internet, they do not remember the information. Rather, they remember how to find it. This is called "transactive memory(交互记忆)".
According to Sparrow, we are not becoming people with poor memories as a result of the Internet. Instead, computer users are developing stronger transactive memories; that is, people are learning how to organize huge quantities of information so that they are able to access it at a later date. This doesn't mean we are becoming either more or less intelligent, but there is no doubt that the way we use memory is changing.
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1）每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2）只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Keeping a diary in English is the effective way to improve our English writing ability.
First, it takes little time to finish a diary than other writing. By keeping English diaries, we can easy form the habit of thinking about in English.
Second, we can practice use English idioms and useful structures in our diary-writing. If we have difficulty finding suitable words or phrases to express our opinion, we can turn in English dictionaries or teacher for help. This is also a kind of learning. If we can keep on doing this, we would gradually learn how express ourselves in English freely.
In a word, it was of great benefit to keep diaries in English.
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Welcome to your future life. It's 2035. You have a job, a family and you're about 40 years old.
Getting ready for work, you stand in front of the mirror, "Turn red, "you say. Your shirt changes from sky blue to deep red. Tiny preprogrammed electronics are rearranged(重新设置)in your shirt to change its colour. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe that you are 40. You look much younger. With amazing advances in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. You're not even middle-aged.
As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal(谷类) into a bowl, you hear:" To lose weight, you shouldn't eat that," from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. "Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast?" A list of possible foods appears on the counter as kitchen checks its food supplies.
"Ready for your trip to space. You ask your son and daughter." In 2005 only specially trained astronauts went into space—and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacation. Your best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each, you add, "The doctor said you need these for space travel." Thanks to medical advices, vaccination shots(疫苗注射)are a thing of the past. Ordinary foods contain specific vaccines. With the berries in their mouths, the kids head for the front door.
It's time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. "My office. Autopilot(自动驾驶), " you command. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic on the highway. You sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. The latest news downloads and fills the viewer. Looking through the pages, you watch the news as video films rather than read it.
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a. from France reached Canada in 1534.
b. They have themselves in their new house.
c. In the early days of the of Australia, some unwisely introduced the European rabbit.
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tourism /tourist /tour |
a. I visited Melbourne with a group last winter.
b. The Great Wall is a great attraction, drawing millions of visitors every year.
c. The country's economy is dependent on .
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增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1）每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2）只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
The first time I went to Beijing Zoo was several year ago with my father. I clearly remembered that it was a Sunday in October. We joined a tour group and set off early than usual. I enjoyed the beautiful scenes along the way because I was exciting. It took us about three hours to arrive here. On arriving, I jumped off the bus and went straight see pandas. They were very lovely that I kept taking photos. Then I had paid a visit to the aquarium, where there have thousands of fishes and other sea creatures. The experience left a impression on me.
