共用题干
Memory Test
need to know at school,"promised lecturer Ian Robinson to a hundred schoolchildren.He
slapped his hand down on the table."When I've finished in two hours' time,your work will
be far more effective and productive.Anyone not interested, leave now."The entire room
sat still.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.that students might find memory techniques even more valuable."It wasn't a 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.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".the points where you will put the things you want to remember一the lamppost,the fruit bowl.
Then in each location you put a visual representation of your list一phrasal verbs,historical
dates,whatever一making them as strange as possible.It is that simple,and it works.from lan's 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
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