英语四级晨读100篇精华版089：The Causes of Absent-mindedness因为心不在焉
89.The Causes of Absent-mindedness因为心不在焉
Most episodes of absent-mindedness--forgetting where you lift something or wondering why you just entered a room--are caused by a simple lack of attention, says Schacter, you are supposed to remember something but you havent encoded deeply.
Schacter说，视觉提示可以帮助避免心不在焉。他提醒：但要保证是清楚且能看到的提示。如果你想记住吃午饭时服药，就把药瓶放在餐桌上，千万别把药瓶放在药柜里，然后再写一张纸条放在衣兜里。
Encoding, Schacter explains, is a special way of paying attention to an event that has a major impact on recalling it later. Failure to encode properly can create annoying situations. If you put your mobile phone in a pocket, for example, and dont pay attention to what you did because you are involved in a conversation, youll probably forget that the phone is in the jacket now hanging in your wardrobe. Your memory itself isnt failing you, says Schacter, rather you didnt give your memory system the information it needed.
另一种心不在焉的现象是进了房间却忘了想要干什么。极有可能你正在想别的事情。Zelinski说： 每个人都常会有这种情况。最好的办法是返回到你进房间吼前的地方，这样你很可能就会想起来了。
CET4四级词汇：
encode 编码
annoying 恼人的;讨厌的
slightly 轻微地
impact on 影响
medication 药物治疗;药物处理;药物
CET4阅读单词短语考点：
If you put your mobile phone in a pocket ,for example and dont pay attention to what you did because youre involved in a conversation ,youll probably forget that the phone is in the jacket now hanging in your wardrobe
比如说你把手机放在上衣口袋里，但因为你正在谈话，所以并没有注意到这一动作，很可能就忘记了手机在衣橱的夹克衫里呢。