F2F Class Notes (Nemo)[R]

Vocabulary

rebel (n): 1-a person who does not like rules or authority, and shows this by behaving differently from most people in society:
E.g.: He was a rebel when he was a teenager and dyed his hair pink.

nostalgia (n): 1- a feeling of pleasure and also slight sadness when you think about things that happened in the past:
E.g.: Some people feel nostalgia for their schooldays.
E.g.: Hearing that song again filled him with nostalgia.
E.g.: a wave (= sudden strong feeling) of nostalgia

nostalgic (adj): 1- feeling happy and also slightly sad when you think about things that happened in the past:
E.g.: Talking about our old family holidays has made me feel all nostalgic.
E.g.: We’ll take a nostalgic look at the musical hits of the 60s.

olfactory (adj): 1-connected with the ability to smell:
E.g.: the olfactory nerve

cortex (n): 1-the outer layer, especially of the brain and other organs:
E.g.: the cerebral cortex

odor (n): 1-a particular smell, esp. a bad one:
E.g.: the musty odor of a damp cellar

damp (adj): 1- slightly wet, especially in a way that is not pleasant or comfortable:
E.g.: The grass is still damp.
E.g.: This shirt still feels a bit damp.
E.g.: It was a damp, misty morning.

musty (adj): 1-smelling unpleasantly old and slightly wet:
E.g.: musty old books
E.g.: a musty smell
E.g.: a musty room

savory (adj): 1-Savory food is salty or spicy and not sweet in taste:
E.g.: A pie can be sweet or savory.
E.g.: a savory dish/sauce/flavour
E.g.: savory dumplings/pancakes

savor (v): 1-to enjoy food or an experience slowly, in order to appreciate it as much as possible:
E.g.: He wanted to savor his time with Henrietta and their grown children.

binge (n): 1-an occasion when an activity is done in an extreme way, especially eating, drinking, or spending money:
E.g.: a drinking/eating/spending binge
E.g.: He went on a five day drinking binge.

Pronunciation

nostalgia-/nɑːˈstæl.dʒə/

nostalgic-/nɑːˈstæl.dʒɪk/

Source: https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1712/171228-smells.html

Scientists have found out why certain smells recall feelings of nostalgia and can recall distant memories. The scientists say an area of the brain is responsible for assigning memories to smells and for storing them for decades. The area can instantly recall the memories with great clarity years later if a person encounters the smell again. Christina Strauch, from the Ruhr University in Germany, said smells are stored in the olfactory brain. The word olfactory means anything related to the sense of smell. She said: “It is known that the piriform cortex is able to temporarily store olfactory memories. We wanted to know if that applies to long-term memories as well.”

There are a multitude of scents that can transport us back to our childhood. Smells from cookies baking in the oven or the perfume of an elderly aunt can bring back surprising recollections of growing up. Professor Strauch said certain scents can take you away to another point in time. Strauch said some odours can make you wish you were actually back in a certain point of time, or make you want to escape. She said it depends on whether or not the smell has a positive or negative association. Aromatherapists partly depend on this for their patients. Smells can even encourage you to buy things in stores. Many stores introduce fragrances to shoppers to evoke nostalgic memories to buy things they loved years ago.