益智遊戲Brain Builders
輕鬆愉快,動動腦! Fun ways to get a mental workout
遊戲透過迫使你用與平常不同的思考方式思考來強化你的大腦。
舉例來說，填字遊戲用提示協助你在格子中填入字彙。
填字遊戲的提示可能是「黃色外皮的水果」
答案必須剛好填滿空格；而回應提示的填字空格有六個。
為了填滿空格，你就必須以banana「香蕉」作為回答。
遊戲裡的其他字彙則共用某些相同字母；因此緣故，先前提示的答案能協助你找到其他提示的解答。
填字遊戲能讓你記起已知的字，同時幫助你學到新的字。
因此，填字遊戲有助於增進字彙與記憶。
挑選遊戲時，要選擇能增進自己想改善之技巧的遊戲；該種遊戲還應該要對你具有挑戰。
如果沒有，就無法讓你的大腦夠賣力工作。
不過，太難的智力遊戲也毫無趣味可言。
所以，認真選一個自己覺得有趣的遊戲，好好享受升級腦力的樂趣吧。
Your grandfather is sitting in the living room working on a crossword puzzle on a Saturday morning. He thinks these word puzzles are fun, but he also does them for another reason. He knows that brain games, like crosswords, help build his "mental muscles."
The term “mental muscles" describes your brain's ability to accomplish certain tasks. Like the muscles in your body, your brain's "muscles" need exercise. While your brain works all the time, that work does not necessarily exercise your brain.
mental （adj.）心理上的；思想上的
Ruby's description of the man who robbed her was so clear that I have a mental picture of him in my head. 在腦海裡產生圖像
Ella made a mental note to bring up the issue at the departmental meeting that afternoon. 心理記得
Josie decided that her mental health was more important than her stressful job, so she quit. 精神健康
（to） work on 忙於；努力做
After working on his project all afternoon, Aaron decided to take a break by going out to dinner and a movie with some friends.
My wife and I both need to work on our Spanish hefore we ge to Spain next summer
How long are you going to work on the stove before
Vou call a renairman to fiv it pronerlv?
努力學習西班牙語
bodybuilder
Someone who goes and works out specially to make body bigger or their muscles bigger.
a mental workout 心智訓練
crossword puzzl填字遊戲
notorious
word search
找字遊戲或神秘單詞拼圖是一種文字遊戲，它由放在網格中的單詞字母組成，網格通常為矩形或正方形。這個謎題的目的是找到並標記隱藏在盒子中的所有單詞。這些單詞可以水平，垂直或對角線放置。通常會提供隱藏單詞的列表，但更具挑戰性的謎題可能不會提供列表。
all the time
to fit in
fit in with 融入到新的團體、環境
My daughter is trying to fit in with her new class.
I’m so glad the dentist fit me into her schedule.【用在時間的安排上】
normally
jigsaw puzzle拼圖遊戲
During the winter when it is too cold to go outside Lydia likes to put together jigsaw puzzles.
This murder case is like a jigsaw puzzle where you have to put all the clues together just right to figure out who killed Mr. Johnson.
jigsaw 鋼絲鋸
Ethan took out his jigsaw and began to cut the wood to make a birdhouse.
（to）memorize記住；熟記
Have you memorized the math formuleas we need to know for the test tomorrow?
Jordan spent the entire evening memorizing his lines for the play.
memorization （n.）
If you learn some memorization techniques, you will remember how to spell those words correctly.
mentally exhausted
crums
to wear out
We might be enjoying ourselves and relaxing and having a great time, but our brains are getting a good workout.
to build
buff
rows and columns
tedious 單調乏味的，無趣的
chess
checkers 西洋跳棋
play with Lego blocks
watch documentaries
