Memory Test 1. "I am
going to give you five techniques that will enable you to remember anything you
need to know at school," promised lecturer an Robinson to a hundred school
children. He slapped his hand down on the table. "When I’ve finished in two
hours’ time, your work will he far more effective and productive. Anyone not
interested, leave now." The entire room sat still. 2. Robinson
calls himself the Mind Magician (魔术师). He specializes in doing magic tricks that
look totally impossible, and then he reveals that they involve nothing more
mysterious than good old-fashioned trickery (骗术). "I have always been interested
in tricks involving memory being able to reel off (一口气说出) the order of cards in
a pack, that sort of thing." he explains. 3. Robinson was
already lecturing to schools on his magic techniques when it struck him that
students might find memory techniques even more valuable. "It wasn’t difficult
area to move into, as the stuff’s all there in books." So he summarized
everything to make a two-hour lecture about five techniques. 4.
"You want to learn a list of a hundred things A thousand No problem," says
Robinson. The scandal is that every child is not taught the techniques from the
beginning of their school life. The schoolchildren who were watching him thought
it was brilliant. "I wish I’d been told this earlier," commented Mark, after
Robinson had shown them how to construct "mental journeys" 5.
Essentially, you visualize (想象) a walk down a street, or a trip round a room,
and pick the points where you will put the things you want to remember the
lamppost, the fruit bowl. Then in each location you put a visual representation
of your list-phrasal verbs, historical dates, whatever making them as strange as
possible. It is that simple, and it works. 6. The reaction of
schools has been uniformly enthusiastic. "The pupils benefited enormously from
his presentation," says Dr. Johnston, head of the school where Robinson was
speaking. "ideally we should run a regular class in memory techniques so pupils
can pick it up gradually." A. Good results B.
An ancient skill C. Gaining attention D.
Memory tricks E. A lecture on memory techniques
F. Ways to improve memory Robinson told the pupils that all the memory techniques could be found in ______.