第8课 (282字 2分钟)

Passage Eight

（K4 level）

1. Some people remember things by writing notes to themselves.

2. Then they leave the notes in obvious places, such as on the table or on the floor in the middle of the living room.

3. The author didn’t think they liked to write notes to themselves.

4. They mentioned that most of the time they lost the notes or forgot to look at them until it was too late.

5. They preferred to use an alarm clock to remind themselves of what they should do.

6. They said they had ten alarm clocks in their house.

7. They added that the clocks could remind them about things.

8. For example, they explained that if they had to make a telephone call at a certain time, they would set an alarm clock to go off a few minutes early and put the clock by the telephone.

9. Or, if they wanted to watch a certain television programme, they would set an alarm clock at the right time and place it on top of the TV set.

10. They claimed they could remember almost anything if they used their clocks.

11. However, they admitted that sometimes an alarm clock went off and they didn’t know what it meant.

12. They always remembered setting it but couldn’t recall why they set it.

13. They noted that if the clock was by the telephone, they might have set it to remind themselves to call someone, but they couldn’t be sure.

14. They also considered that they might have set it to remind themselves that somebody was supposed to call them at a certain time.

生词表（New Words）

1. remember 记住                  things 事情                     writing 写

notes 便条 

2. leave 放置                         obvious 显眼                  places 地方

table 桌子                          floor 地板 

3. write 写                              notes 便条 

4. lose 丢失                            forget 忘记 

5. prefer 更喜欢                     use 使用                          alarm clock 闹钟

tell 告诉 

6. have 有                               alarm clocks 闹钟           house 房子 

7. could 可以                         tell 告诉                          things 事情 

8. example 例如                     telephone 电话                certain 特定

time 时间                           set 设置 

9.want 想要                           watch 看                          television 电视

programme 节目 

6. remember 记住           almost 几乎                    anything 任何事情

clocks 时钟 

11. sometimes 有时               know 知道                      means 意味 

12. remember 记得                setting 设置                    why 为什么 

13. clock 时钟                       telephone 电话                set 设置

tell 告诉 

14. might 可能                set 设置                           tell 告诉

time 时间

1. 有些人通过给自己写便条来记住事情。

2. 然后他们把便条放在显眼的地方，比如桌子上或客厅中间的地板上。

3. 我不认为我喜欢给自己写便条。

4. 大多数时候，我会弄丢这些便条，或者直到太晚了才想起去看。

5. 我更喜欢用闹钟来提醒自己该做什么。

6. 我家里有十个闹钟。

7. 它们可以提醒我一些事情。

8. 比如，如果我需要在某个时间打电话，我会把闹钟调早几分钟响，然后把它放在电话旁边。

9. 或者，如果我想看某个电视节目，我会把闹钟调到正确的时间，然后把它放在电视机上。

10. 如果我用闹钟，我几乎能记住所有事情。

11. 然而，有时候闹钟响了，我却不知道它是什么意思。

12. 我总是记得自己调过闹钟，但不记得为什么要调。

13. 如果闹钟在电话旁，我知道我可能是为了提醒自己打电话，但也不确定。

14. 我也可能是为了提醒自己某人在某个时间会打电话给我。