Training Your Brain

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Can ‘Brain Training’ Make You Smarter ?
(MSNBC, 2012)
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/50078890#50078890
Perhaps you’ve seen the commercials and promotions of late for the games and exercises that supposedly
train your brain and claim to turn back the clock on memory loss; in effect working to keep you sharper.
We thought we’d take a reality check view of whether this brain training really does work.
Our report tonight from our Chief Medical Editor, Doctor Nancy Snydermann.
Sixty-three-year-old West Penson is not waiting for age to take its toll. He works out every morning and
then goes online for brain-training-memory games -- meant to sharpen brain skills.
…(?) lose my memory, but I’m not helping it along, so I’m doing everything I can to improve my
memory, to make it better.
For about eighty dollars a year, the brain-training program Lumosity claims it can build a better, faster
brain.
I did it to be quicker.
Just to stay sharp.
To remember people’s names.
It’s like a personal trainer for your brain.
Brain training is big business. Projected to be a three-billion-dollar industry by 2015. It’s even being
integrated into retirement communities. Walnut Village in southern California is an early investor in
Dakim brain fitness.
Eighty-one-year-old Dorothy Bowen uses it two to five times a week.
-Do you think this system makes your brain young?
-I don’t know whether it makes it young, but it keeps it from deteriorating.
-It does?
-Yes.
Older people can train their brains, can improve their everyday memory abilities and it can be fun
learning how to do that.
Can brain training really work? Well, some experts in the field of human intelligence are skeptical as to
whether these games can actually make you smarter.
In one study, researchers at Case Western Missouri University found that online brain-training doesn’t
transfer to everyday tasks.
There’s no evidence that you’ll be able to remember your keys better. What you’ll be able to do is better
on that test.
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Both sides say it’s about keeping your mind active, whether it’s brain training, reading a book or working
on a hobby.
Just because you’re a certain age doesn’t mean your life is over. For me, I’ve got a lot (of life) to live.
I just love life.
Hi guys!
Enjoying life as we age and working to hold on to our memories.
There’s a lot of controversy over brain-training, but here are some things I think that actually can’t hurt:
for any elderly person, surround yourself with young people, they keep you sharper. Get a pet and take a
walk outside every single day no matter what the weather, until it is your last (day). Brian.
Wow! Doctor Nancy Snydermann, with some good advice. I have a question, (but I) can’t remember for
the life of me what it was!
haha.
Vocabulary
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commercials
of late
claim to turn back the clock
to keep you sharper
a reality check view
of whether
to take its toll
he works out
meant to sharpen brain skills
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I’m not helping it along
I did it to be quicker
to stay sharp
projected to be
by 2015
retirement communities
it keeps it from deteriorating
skeptical as to whether
actually make you smarter
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everyday tasks
you’re a certain age
doesn’t mean your life is over
Hi guys!
I got a lot to live
work to hold on to our memories
spots publicitaires à la télé
dernièrement
prétendent faire reculer l’horloge
pour vous rendre plus futé / alerte
un test de verité
si oui ou non
faire ses dégâts
ll fait du sport / de l’exercice physique
destinés à améliorer (“aiguiser”) les
compétences / performances cérébrales
je ne l’aide pas (la mémoire)
pour être plus rapide mentalement
pour rester alerte / vif
prévu / estimé
d’ici 2015
des maisons de retraite
cela l’empêche de se détériorer
dubitatifs si oui ou non
peuvent vraiment vous rendre plus
intelligent / alerte
des tâches quotidiennes
vous avez un certain âge
ne signifie pas que votre vie est terminée
salut tout le monde!
j’ai beaucoup (de jours heureux) à vivre
s’efforcer à garder, conserver nos souvenirs
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25. that actually can’t hurt
26. for any elderly person
27. surround yourself with young people
28. get a pet
29. no matter what the weather
30. (but I) can’t remember for the life of me
what it was!
qui ne peuvent pas faire de mal
pour n’importe quelle personne agée
entourez-vous de jeunes
procurez-vous un animal de compagnie
peu importe le temps qu’il fait
mais pour l’amour du ciel je ne me souviens pas de ce
que c’était !
Can ‘Brain Training’ Make You Smarter ?
(MSNBC, 2012)
Exercise: fill in the blanks with the correct words
Perhaps you’ve seen the ______________ and promotions ________ for the games and exercises that
(spots publicitaires)
(dernièrement)
supposedly train your brain and ________________________ on memory loss; in effect working
(prétendent faire reculer l’horloge)
_______________________.
(pour vous rendre plus alerte / futé)
We thought we’d take _____________________ _______________ this brain training really does work.
(un test de vérité)
(si oui ou non)
Our report tonight from our Chief Medical Editor, Doctor Nancy Snydermann.
Sixty-three-year-old West Penson is not waiting for age __________________. He ____________ every
(pour faire ses dégâts)
(fait du sport, de l’exercice)
morning and then goes online for brain-training-memory games -- _______________________________.
(destiné à améliorer / ‘aiguiser’ les performances cérébrales)
…(?) lose my memory, but _______________________, so I’m doing everything I can to improve my
(je ne l’aide pas)
memory, to make it better.
For about eighty dollars a year, the brain-training program Lumosity claims it can build a better, faster
brain.
I did it _______________.
(pour être plus rapide mentalement)
Just ________________.
(pour rester alerte, vif)
To remember people’s names.
It’s like a personal trainer for your brain.
Brain training is big business. _______________ to be a three-billion-dollar industry ______________.
(prévu, estimé)
(d’ici 2015)
It’s even being integrated into retirement communities. Walnut Village in southern California is an early
investor in Dakim brain fitness.
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Eighty-one-year-old Dorothy Bowen uses it two to five times a week.
-Do you think this system makes your brain young?
-I don’t know whether it makes it young, but _____________________________.
(cela l’empêche de se détériorer)
-It does?
-Yes.
Older people can train their brains, can improve their everyday memory abilities and it can be fun
learning how to do that.
Can brain training really work? Well, some experts in the field of human intelligence __
___________
(sont dubitatifs si oui ou non)
these games ____________________.
(peuvent vraiment vous rendre plus intelligent)
In one study, researchers at Case Western Missouri University found that online brain-training doesn’t
transfer to ___________________.
(tâches quotidiennes)
There’s no evidence that you’ll be able to remember your keys better. What you’ll be able to do is better
on that test.
Both sides say it’s about keeping your mind active, whether it’s brain training, reading a book or working
on a hobby.
Just because ___________a certain age doesn’t _____________________. For me, I’ve got a lot to live!
(vous avez)
(ne signifie pas que votre vie est terminée)
Enjoying life as we age and working __________________________.
(à garder / conserver nos souvenirs)
There’s a lot of controversy over brain-training, but here are some things I think that actually can’t hurt:
____________________________, _____________________ with young people, they keep you sharper.
(pour n’importe quelle personne agée)
(entourez-vous)
__________________ and take a walk outside every single day ______________________, until it is
(procurez-vous un animal de compagnie)
(peu importe le temps qu’il fait)
your last (day). Brian.
Wow! Doctor Nancy Snydermann, with some good advice. I have a question, (but I) can’t remember for
the life of me what it was!