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The ancient Greeks developed basic memory systems called Mnemonics. The name is (26) their Goddess of Memory, Mnemosyne. In the ancient world, a trained memory was an immense asset. (27) in public life. There were no convenient devices for taking notes and early Greek orators (演说家) delivered long speeches with great (28) because they learned the speeches using Mnemonic systems.
The Greeks (29) that human memory is largely an associative process-that it works by linking things together. For example, think of an apple. The (30) your brain registers the word "apple", it recalls the shape, colour, taste, smell and texture of that fruit. All these things are associated in your memory with the word "apple".
This means that any thought about a certain subject will often (31) more memories that are related to it. An example could be when you think about a lecture you have had. This could (32) a memory about what you were talking about through that lecture, which can then trigger another memory.
Associations do not have to be (33) . They just have to make a good link. An example given on a website I was looking at follows: Do you remember the shape of Austria, Canada, Belgium, or Germany (34) not. What about Italy, though If you remember the shape of Italy, it is because you have been told at sometime that Italy is shaped like a boot. You (35) something already known, the shape of a boot, and Italy’s shape could not be forgotten once you had made the association.