新视野大学英语视听说教程 3 Unit 1-11

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V. Let’s Talk
Script¹
Student:  Professor, thank you for graining me this interview. I’m Susan, a reporter from the Student Union magazine. Many students have difficultly memorizing things. Since you‘re an outstanding psychologist², could you give us some tips on how top improve our memory?
Professor: Well, some people have better memories than others, but that’s largely³ because they are better at creating mental images.
Student:   If I’m not good at creating images, what can I do?
Professor: Practice helps. And the mind remembers things better if they are connected with other images. For example, I you have to pick up several items⁴ at the grocery⁵ store, say, carrots, egg, bananas, and milk, you can create a picture in your mind of a giant carrot, and hanging from it, a banana.
Student:  Then I could have a giant milk carton pouring milk over the carrot and banana.
Professor: Certainly. Then what would you do with the egg?
Student:  Hmmm. I’d visualize⁶ an egg-shaped UFO flying across the sky.
Professor: There you go. The more you apply the ideas, the easier it gets. Besides creating pictures, there’s another technique that is very useful.
Student:   What is it?
Professor:  Establishing an association⁷. Suppose you are looking for lost keys.
Relax, and let your mind look for all the images connected with those keys--their feel, the sounds they make.
Student:   How will that help?
Professor:  You might remember the sound the keys made when you placed then in a drawer or cold touch of the keys in your jacket were you left them.
Student:  Oh my gosh! I have to run. It’s time my English class. I see an image of my teacher staring at my empty seat in the classroom. Many thanks, Professor.
Professor: Not at all, and good luck with your memory.