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GeorgeSandford
Englishlanguageguidetomemory
1.AnIntroductiontoMemory
Forgetting
Ihaveagoodmemory,butshort’
PopularPolishsaying
Thissayinghighlightsthefactthatmostpeopleconsiderthattheyhaveapoormemory.Wenoticethetimes
thatweforgetimportantinformationorcannotrecallwherewehaveleftourphones;abirthdayisforgotten
andwecan’tbringtomindthenameofanactorwhichsitsfrustratinglyonthetipofourtongue.Wemany
forgetpeoples’namesinmeetingsoroverlooktoreturnaphonecall.Butthingsarenotasbadastheyseem.
Firstlyitisgoodtoforget!Ifwerememberedeverytimewe’dbrushedourteethorboughtacartonofmilk,
howtiresomelifewouldbe.Furthermore,itwouldbechaoticaswewouldbelikeobsessivehoarders,unable
tomovefreelythroughourmindsforalltheuselessclutterintheway.Somepoorsoulsactuallysufferfrom
acondition,calledblablainwhicheverysmalldetailofalmosteveryday,remainslockedsecurelyintheir
memory.Ironically,theyareoftenunabletotransferthiscapacitytonewlearning.
tohighlight
torecall
tobringtomind
onthetipofyourtongue
tooverlook
obsessive
tohoard
clutter
tofocuson,togooverinbrightcolour
toremember
toberemindedofsomething
almostabletorememberbutnotquite
toforgetornotnotice
todosomethingtoexcess,excessivefocusononeidea
tokeepeverything
manyitemsinamess
Glossary
tohighlight–zwracaćuwagę,podkreślać
torecall–przypominaćsobie
bringtomind–przywodzićnamyśl,przypominać
onthetipofone’stongue–nakońcujęzyka
overlook–przeoczyć,niedostrzegać
obsessive–chorobliwy,obsesyjny
hoarder–osobagromadzącarzeczy,(przenośnie)chomik
clutter–nieład,rupiecie
capacity–zdolność,predyspozycje
Luckily,themajorityofpeopleare‘programmed’toforgettriviabecauseofthewaythatnewinformation
isprocessed.Ourshort-termmemoryholdsinformationlongenoughtoperformasimpletask;forexample:
‘What’sRon’sextensionnumber?’
