CET-6 Listening Lecture: The Forgetting Curve and Spaced Practice

Recording Three.

錄音三。

How much of today's lecture will you remember next week?

下週你們還會記得今天講課的多少內容？

If you're like most people, not very much, I'm afraid.

如果你們跟大多數人一樣，恐怕不會太多。

And that's not because you're careless. It's how memory works.

這不是因為你們粗心，記憶本來就是這樣運作的。

In the 1880s, a German psychologist called Hermann Ebbinghaus tested his own memory.

1880年代，德國心理學家Hermann Ebbinghaus測試了自己的記憶力。

He learned long lists of nonsense syllables, like 'wid' and 'zof'.

他背了一長串沒有意義的音節，像是 'wid' 和 'zof'。

Then he tested himself after different periods of time.

接著，他隔了不同的時間再測試自己。

What he found was striking: most forgetting happens very quickly!

他的發現很驚人：大部分的遺忘都發生得非常快！

He lost a large part of each list within the first day.

第一天之內，他就忘了每份清單的一大部分。

After that, the curve flattened, and forgetting slowed down.

之後，曲線變得平緩，遺忘的速度也慢了下來。

This pattern is now known as the forgetting curve.

這個規律現在被稱為遺忘曲線。

The good news is that every review makes the curve less steep.

好消息是，每複習一次，曲線就會變得平緩一點。

If you review after one day, then after three days, then after a week,

如果你在一天後、三天後、再一週後各複習一次，

the information stays with you much longer.

這些資訊就會在你腦中留得更久。

This is called spaced practice.

這就叫間隔練習。

There's one more rule: test yourself, don't just reread.

還有一條規則：要自我測驗，不要只是重讀。

Rereading feels easy, so we think we've learned something.

重讀感覺很輕鬆，所以我們以為自己學到了東西。

But trying to recall an answer is what really strengthens a memory.

但努力回想答案，才是真正強化記憶的方法。

So close your notes, and see what you can remember. It's harder, and that's the point!

所以，闔上筆記，看看自己還記得什麼。比較難，而這正是重點！

Questions twenty-two to twenty-five are based on the recording you have just heard.

第22題到第25題根據你剛才聽到的錄音。

Question twenty-two. What did Hermann Ebbinghaus do in his experiment?

第22題。Hermann Ebbinghaus在實驗中做了什麼？

Question twenty-three. What did Ebbinghaus find about forgetting?

第23題。關於遺忘，Ebbinghaus發現了什麼？

Question twenty-four. What is spaced practice?

第24題。什麼是間隔練習？

Question twenty-five. Why does the speaker prefer testing yourself to rereading?

第25題。說話者為什麼比較推薦自我測驗而不是重讀？

Forgetting is normal. Planning your reviews is the trick.

遺忘很正常，訣竅是規劃好複習。

I'll see you next week — and I hope you'll remember this!

下週見——希望你們還記得今天的內容！