总是有学员对我们的老师说，老师这个单词我总是在背，可是背了之后又忘了。那么怎么才能够拥有上千个词汇量，在进行英语沟通的时候就能够达到脱口而出呢？韦沃英语培训学校老师就和大家讲解下单词记忆是怎么回事。

The term‘semantic satiation’ was coined by Leon Jakobovits James. He assumed that it’s a kind of fatigue（疲劳）. When a brain cell fires, it takes more energy to fire the second time, and still more the third time, and finally the fourth time, it won’t even respond unless you wait a few seconds.He adds that the more times you repeat a word, the more energy it takes.

首先，我们要提到一个很专业的术语，那就是语义饱和。语义饱和是由一个聪明的小老头詹姆斯提出来的，他觉得一旦脑细胞开始运作时，就好比“开火”，每开一次火，都要付出更多的精力，以至于到了重复几十+时，大脑被BUFF加的喘不过气来了，就得通过“疲惫”来抗议。所以说我们的学员在记单词的时候一定要注意适度。

The phenonmen is so fancy that the scientist with flights of fancy(想象力丰富) can come up with such a fancy idea. Think of it this way: our brains have an incredible ability to take words and understand an entire concept associated with them. For instance, when you think of the word “calorie”, you instantly conjure up（脑海里呈现） the image ofrunning or jumping.

其实，大脑对一个词汇的学习与加工过程应该是介样的：比如：我们学习 " calorie " 这个单词, 我们脑海里就会出现这么一句话：燃烧我的卡路里！我们很快就会把《西虹柿首富》、火箭少女101和" calorie "联系到一起~

You may have additional details like vegetables, fruits, no sugar etc. in the background, but you instantly connect with the idea of calorie the moment you look at the word or hear/speak it.

还有就是在说到卡路里的时候，我们还会额外地联想到诸如蔬菜，水果，无糖等。以至于以后再提到这样的词语时，就会自然而然地和相关的词汇联系在一起。其实这就是英语单词中一个很重要的单词记忆法，联想记忆法，记忆时间持久。