环球慢速英语 相信你的记忆(2)

Voice 1: Paul keeps a journal¹, a book where he writes his thoughts. He also writes about the things that happen to him during the day. A few years after this climbing incident², Paul looked back at his journal. He looked at what he had written in his journal about this incident. Paul was shocked. His written story and his memory were different!

声音1：保罗一直在坚持写日记，他会把自己的想法写进日记里。他也在日记里记录了那天发生在他身上的事。在发生登山事故的几年以后，保罗回顾了他当时写的日记。他看了他在日记里对事故的描述。保罗震惊了。他写下的故事和他记忆里的完全不同！

Voice 2: What really happened then? Well, Paul and Martin did climb from the mountain top back down to the shelter³. But, they decided⁴ to take turns waiting on the edge⁵ for the second rope of climbers. One stayed by the edge of the mountain waiting. And the other stayed in the shelter to keep warm. Then they traded positions. Paul was not at the edge of the mountain to help the climbers up. In fact, his friend Martin was the one who had helped the second rope of climbers up! Paul was back at the shelter!

声音2：那时究竟发生了什么？保罗和马丁的确从山顶下来，进入了庇护地。但是，他们决定轮流在山边等待用第二根绳子爬山的人们。一个人留在山边等待。另一个人留在庇护地取暖。过段时间后交换位置。保罗并没有在山边帮助那些登山者。实际上，帮助使用第二条绳子的登山者的人是他的朋友马丁！保罗当时在庇护地。

Voice 1: Paul remembered something that never really happened! His journal had the real story. But his memory was wrong. However, he says he remembers the event clearly! So, can we really trust our memories? What can we believe?

声音1：保罗记住的是从来没有发生过的事！他的日记里记录的是真实的故事。而他的记忆去是错的。但是，他却说他对那件事记得非常清楚！我们真的能相信我们的记忆吗？我们能相信什么？

Voice 2: Some people believe that memories are stored like pictures in a person's mind. If a person wants to remember a particular event or story he goes to a special part of his brain. Then he just pulls the memory out. If this is the case, a person's memory should be perfect. All he has to do is look at the ‘picture' in his mind to remember it.

声音2：有些人认为记忆是像图片一样储存在大脑里。如果一个人想记住特定的事件，他就要利用大脑里的特定区域。然后再把这些记忆取出来。如果是这样，那一个人的记忆应该是完美的。他所要做的就是在他的大脑里查找那张记住的“图片”。

1 journal   

n.日志，日记；议事录；日记帐；杂志，定期刊物

参考例句：

• He kept a journal during his visit to Japan.他在访问日本期间坚持记日记。
• He got a job as editor of a trade journal.他找到了一份当商业杂志编辑的工作。

2 incident   

n.附带事件，小事件；事件，事变；adj.易发生的；附属的；入射的

参考例句：

• With the passage of time the incident was forgotten.随着时间的消逝，那个事件被忘却了。
• The incident had left him visibly angry and upset.那起事件显然让他既恼火又心烦。

3 shelter   

n.掩蔽，掩蔽处，避身处；庇护所，避难所，庇护；vt.庇护，保护，隐匿；vi.躲避

参考例句：

• We took shelter from the rain in a cave.我们在一个山洞里避雨。
• Trees are a shelter from the sun.树木可以遮挡阳光。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 edge   

n.边(缘)；刃；优势；v.侧着移动，徐徐移动

参考例句：

• Sight along the edge to see if it's straight.顺着边目测，看看直不直。
• She lived on the extreme edge of the forest.她住在森林的最边缘。