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

Recording Three.

录音三。

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

下周你们还会记得今天讲座的多少内容？

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

如果你们和大多数人一样，恐怕不会太多。

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

这不是因为你们粗心，记忆本来就是这样运作的。

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

十九世纪八十年代，德国心理学家Hermann Ebbinghaus测试了自己的记忆力。

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

他背下了一长串没有意义的音节，比如 'wid' 和 'zof'。

Then he tested himself after different periods of time.

然后，他在不同的时间间隔后测试自己。

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

他的发现令人震惊：大部分遗忘都发生得非常快！

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

在第一天之内，他就忘掉了每份列表的很大一部分。

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

之后，曲线趋于平缓，遗忘的速度也慢了下来。

This pattern is now known as the forgetting curve.

这个规律如今被称为遗忘曲线。

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

好消息是，每复习一次，曲线就会变得平缓一些。

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

如果你在一天后、三天后、再一周后分别复习，

the information stays with you much longer.

这些信息就能在你脑中保留得久得多。

This is called spaced practice.

这就叫间隔练习。

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

还有一条规则：要自我测试，不要只是重读。

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

重读感觉很轻松，所以我们以为自己学会了什么。

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

但努力回想答案，才是真正巩固记忆的方法。

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

所以，合上笔记，看看自己还记得什么。这更难，而这正是关键！

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

第22题到第25题基于你刚才听到的录音。

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

第22题。Hermann Ebbinghaus在实验中做了什么？

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

第23题。关于遗忘，Ebbinghaus发现了什么？

Question twenty-four. What is spaced practice?

第24题。什么是间隔练习？

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

第25题。说话人为什么更推荐自我测试而不是重读？

Forgetting is normal. Planning your reviews is the trick.

遗忘很正常，关键在于规划好复习。

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

我们下周见——希望你们还记得今天讲的内容！