第8课（299字 1分钟）

Passage Eight

（K9 level）

1. Some people find it helpful to remember things by writing notes to themselves.

2. They often leave these notes in places where they will be easy to notice, like on the table or in the middle of the floor in the living room.

3. However, the author didn’t believe they liked writing notes to themselves.

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

5. Instead, they preferred to use an alarm clock to remind them of what they needed to do.

6. They said that they owned ten alarm clocks in their house.

7. They also explained that these clocks helped them remember important things.

8. For example, they said that if they needed to make a phone call at a specific time, they would set an alarm clock to go off a few minutes earlier and place it next to the phone.

9. Alternatively, if they wanted to watch a particular TV show, they would set an alarm clock for the right time and put it on top of the TV.

10. They believed that using the clocks helped them remember nearly everything.

11. However, they admitted that sometimes an alarm would ring, and they wouldn’t remember what it was for.

12. They always remembered setting the alarm, but they couldn’t recall the reason for it.

13. If the clock was next to the phone, they thought they might have set it as a reminder to make a call, but they couldn’t be sure.

14. They also thought that they could have set the alarm to remind themselves that someone 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.obvious 显眼的 1places地方 table 桌子

floor地板  

3.think认为 write写  

4.mentioned 提到 lost 丢失 forgot忘记

look看 late晚  

5.preferred 更喜欢 alarm clock 闹钟 remind 提醒

should 应该  

6.said 说  ten 十 alarm clocks 闹钟

house 房子  

7.added 添加 clocks 时钟 remind 提醒

things 事情  

8.example 例如 explained 解释 certain 特定

time 时间 set 设置  minutes 分钟

early 提前 put 放 clock 时钟

telephone 电话  

9.television 电视 programme 节目 set 设置

right 正确 time 时间 

10.believed 认为 remember 记住 anything 任何事情

clocks 时钟  

11.however 然而 admitted 承认 sometimes 有时

went off 响 know 知道 meant 意味  

12.always 总是 remembered 记得 setting 设置

recall 回忆 why 为什么 set 设置  

13.noted 注意到 clock 时钟 telephone 电话

might 可能 set 设置 remind 提醒

call 打电话 someone 某人 sure 确信  

14.considered 考虑 might 可能  remind 提醒

somebody 某人 supposed 应该

1. 有些人通过写便条给自己来帮助记住事情。

2. 他们通常把这些便条放在容易注意到的地方，比如桌子上或客厅地板的中间。

3. 然而，作者并不认为他们喜欢写便条给自己。

4. 他们提到，大多数时候，他们会把便条弄丢，或者直到太晚才记得去看它们。

5. 相反，他们更喜欢使用闹钟来提醒自己需要做的事情。

6. 他们说家里有十个闹钟。

7. 他们还解释说，这些闹钟帮助他们记住重要的事情。

8. 比如，他们说，如果需要在特定时间打电话，他们会提前几分钟设置闹钟，并把它放在电话旁边。

9. 另外，如果他们想看某个特定的电视节目，他们会把闹钟设置到正确的时间，并把它放在电视机上面。

10. 他们认为，使用这些闹钟帮助他们记住几乎所有的事情。

11. 然而，他们承认，有时闹钟响了，他们却不记得那是为了什么。

12. 他们总是记得设置了闹钟，但不记得设置它的原因。

13. 如果闹钟在电话旁边，他们认为可能是设置来提醒自己打电话，但不能确定。

14. 他们还认为，可能是为了提醒自己某人在特定时间会打电话给他们。