Chapter 67 The best way to remember the year

The best way to remember a year is to associate it with those important years that you have in mind. The best way to remember a year is to associate it with those important years that you have in mind.For example, it is difficult for an American to remember that the Suez Canal was opened in 1869; but wouldn't it be easier if you asked him to remember that the Suez Canal was opened four years after the end of the American Civil War?Tell an American that the first settlement in Australia was established in 1788, and that number will disappear from his mind as quickly as a loose screw from a car; but If you get him to associate this with July 4th 1776 and tell him that Australia's first settlement was established 12 years after the US Declaration of Independence, it's easy to remember, like The same screw, but once it is tightened, it will make you remember it.

It's also a good idea to use this method when you're picking a phone number.For example, my phone number is 1776, which is Independence Day in the United States, so no one will find this number difficult to remember.If you choose historical years like 1492, 1861, 1865, 1914, and 1918 when choosing your phone number, your friends won't need to look up the phone book when they call you.They might forget that your number is 1492, and that's only to blame for the way you told him the number was so bland, if you told him: "My number is easy to remember: 1492, which is Columbus The year when the New World was discovered." Do you think they will forget?

Of course, readers in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and other countries who are reading this chapter can substitute 1776, 1861, 1865, etc., for important years in their own country's history. As another example, what is the best way to remember the following year? ①1564——Shakespeare was born in this year. ②1607——The British established their first settlement in America in Jamestown this year. ③1819——Queen Victoria was born in this year. ④1807——General Li was born in this year. ⑤1789—The Bastille Prison in France was destroyed. If you want to remember the names of the 13 states at the beginning of the founding of the United States, and you have to follow the order in which they joined the Federation, if you only use mechanical repetition to do it, you will definitely find it difficult.Then I will teach you how to connect them together with stories, so that you only need to spend a little time to remember them firmly.Try reading the following passage with concentration.Then, see if you can list the names of the 13 states in the correct order.

"One Saturday afternoon, a beautiful young lady from Delaware bought a ticket from the Pennsylvania Railroad to go on vacation. She put a New Jersey sweater in her trunk and went to visit her My friend Georgia, who lives in Connecticut. The next day, the hostess and her guests went to mass (also short for Massachusetts), the church is in Mary's land (referring to Maryland). Then they walked south along Lane (South Carline, a homonym for South Carolina) returned home, and had ham for Chinese food, which was cooked by a black cook, Virginia, who was from New York. After eating Chinese food, they drove along the North Up Lane (a homonym for North Carolina), Go to the island for a tour."