The mystery of our earliest memories 人类早期记忆的谜团
<p>随身英语<span word="The">The</span> <span word="mystery">mystery</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="earliest">earliest</span> <span word="memories">memories</span> 人类早期记忆的谜团 </p><p> <span word="Play">Play</span> <span word="audio">audio</span> <span word="file">file</span></p><p>童年期遗忘的谜团过去一个世纪以来一直困惑着科学家们。为什么在人类的幼儿期，一个充满体验和学习新事物的阶段，却被许多难以理解的事物而笼罩？本期《随身英语》探索可能导致我们遗忘幼儿时期经历的原因。</p><p> 课文内容 </p><p>词汇: 记忆 </p><p><span word="What">What</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="earliest">earliest</span> <span word="memory">memory</span>? <span word="For">For</span> <span word="me">me</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="hazy">hazy</span> <span word="recollection">recollection</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="standing">standing</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="leafy">leafy</span> <span word="garden">garden</span> <span word="surrounded">surrounded</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="silver">silver</span> <span word="birch">birch</span> <span word="trees">trees</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="old">old</span>.</p><p><span word="I">I</span>'<span word="m">m</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="average">average</span>: <span word="some">some</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="remember">remember</span> <span word="events">events</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="old">old</span>, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="others">others</span>, <span word="things">things</span> <span word="seem">seem</span> <span word="patchy">patchy</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="seven">seven</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="eight">eight</span>.</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="consistent">consistent</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="remember">remember</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="birth">birth</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="infancy">infancy</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="memory">memory</span>, <span word="most">most</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sporadic">sporadic</span> <span word="collection">collection</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="fleeting">fleeting</span>, <span word="flickering">flickering</span> <span word="mental">mental</span> <span word="images">images</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="later">later</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="childhood">childhood</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="phenomenon">phenomenon</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="as">as</span> '<span word="childhood">childhood</span> <span word="amnesia">amnesia</span>', <span word="a">a</span> <span word="term">term</span> <span word="coined">coined</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="father">father</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="psychoanalysis">psychoanalysis</span>, <span word="Sigmund">Sigmund</span> <span word="Freud">Freud</span>. <span word="So">So</span>, <span word="what">what</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="here">here</span>?</p><p><span word="Babies">Babies</span> <span word="are">are</span>, <span word="writes">writes</span> <span word="Zaria">Zaria</span> <span word="Gorvett">Gorvett</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="BBC">BBC</span> <span word="Future">Future</span>, "<span word="sponges">sponges</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="information">information</span>, <span word="forming">forming</span> 700 <span word="new">new</span> <span word="neural">neural</span> <span word="connections">connections</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="wielding">wielding</span> <span word="language">language</span>-<span word="learning">learning</span> <span word="skills">skills</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="accomplished">accomplished</span> <span word="polyglot">polyglot</span> <span word="green">green</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="envy">envy</span>".</p><p><span word="And">And</span> <span word="it">it</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="precisely">precisely</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="rapid">rapid</span> <span word="mental">mental</span> <span word="development">development</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="causes">causes</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="problem">problem</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Toronto">Toronto</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2014. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="rate">rate</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="infant">infant</span> <span word="brain">brain</span> <span word="cell">cell</span> <span word="production">production</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="increase">increase</span> <span word="forgetfulness">forgetfulness</span>, <span word="because">because</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="cells">cells</span> <span word="interfere">interfere</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="existing">existing</span> <span word="mental">mental</span> <span word="circuits">circuits</span>.</p>
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