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You may know Nelson Mandela, who worked all his life to help black people in South Africa. But do you know about the Mandela Effect (曼德拉效应)?
It is a situation where many people wrongly remember something. This name started in 2009 when people remembered that Nelson Mandela died in the 1980s. But Mandela got out of prison in 1990 and died in 2013. Then an American called it the Mandela Effect.
There are many examples. In 2022 in China, on the Internet, lots of people talked about the sentence by Mencius (孟子): "Thus when Heaven is about to confer a great office on any man (故天将降大任于斯/是人也)." Most people remembered it was "si (斯)". Later, People's Education Press (人教社) ended the talk by saying that all its textbooks say "shi (是)".
Experts have looked into the reasons for this effect. Our minds may try to fill in missing gaps in the memory. It is like inventing a story. However, this is not lying, but remembering things that never happened.
The Internet may be another reason for it as the news we read might not be true from the beginning. A study showed that false news can go around faster and reach more people than the truth. So, the Internet might be a more important reason for this effect.
素材来源: Verywell Mind
根据短文内容,回答下列问题。每题答案不超过 13 个词。
1. What situation is called the Mandela Effect?
2. When did the name Mandela Effect start?
3. What did People's Education Press say about the sentence?
4. Why does the Mandela Effect happen according to the experts?
5. In your opinion, what can people do to avoid the Mandela Effect?

答案： 1. A situation where many people wrongly remember something. 2. In 2009. 3. All its textbooks say "shi". 4. Our minds fill in missing gaps and the Internet spreads false news quickly. 5. Check facts carefully.（言之有理即可）