特别广播英语第 24 课：Short-term Memory 短时记忆-4

Following the recording, the subjects took a 15-question test to see which words they remembered. 听了录音以后接着让受试者参加一次共15个问题的考试，看看他们都记住了哪些生词。

Each question has four choices. The subjects had to circle the word they had heard in the recording. 每个问题有四个选择项。受试者必须圈出他们在录音中所听到的单词。

Some of the questions had four choices that sound alike. 每个问题有四个选择项听起来很像是一样的。

For example, weather, whether, wither, and wetter are four words that sound alike. 例如：weather天气，whether是否，wither枯萎，wetter润湿剂。

Some of the questions had four choices that have the same meaning. Method, way, manner, and system would be four words with the same meaning. 有些问题的选择项的意义像是一样的：method,way,manner和system.

Some of them had four unrelated choices. For instance, weather, method, love, and result could be used as four unrelated words. 有些问题的四个选择项之间没有任何关连：weather,method,love和result.

Finally the subjects took a language proficiency test. 最后，受试者们都参加一次语言熟练程度的测试。

Henning found that students with a lower proficiency in English made more of their mistakes on words that sound alike; 享尼希博士发现，凡是英语熟练程度低的学生多在声音相似的单词中会弄错；

students with a higher proficiency made more of their mistakes on words that have the same meaning. 凡是英语熟练程度高的学生多在意义相似的词汇上会出错。

Henning's results suggest that beginning students hold the sound of words in their short-term memory, while advanced students hold the meaning of words in their short-term memory. 享尼希的实验结果表明：初学者能把单词的声音保持短期记忆，而程度高的学生能把词汇的意义保持短期记忆。