Chapter 29 Image method: reading can be like watching a play

In Chinese class today, I asked you if you remember the story of a man who was very good at juggling an ax in ancient times and often performed in front of the king, but suddenly, he stopped performing. You tilted your head and thought for a while, saying that you don’t remember, but that the man’s ax was very accurate, and he would never miss it. So I drew a man with an ax next to your textbook, simply outlined a person's profile, and painted a few strokes on that person's nose.Not finished yet!Just call, and say that you remembered that there was a man who often brought a friend to perform together. First, he put a little dust on the friend's nose, and then swung an ax to chop it in front of the friend.The friend was not injured at all. Everyone thought the ax was empty, but when they looked closely, they found that the ashes on his nose had disappeared.Later, the man suddenly stopped performing, and the king asked why, if it was not allowed.He said that he didn't regress at all, but the friend who performed with him died.

Do you know why I don't just prompt you, but draw a cartoon?Because through the "image" is the best memory method.I believe you will never forget this story in the future, because the cartoon will stay in your mind and strengthen your memory even more. I remember not long ago, one day I asked you to recite Meng Haoran's "Passing the Old Man's Village", and you only thought of "The old man has a chicken millet, Invite me to Tian's house" and I can't recite it, what should I do? I pointed to the tree outside the window with both hands, and then closed my hands.

You just say "Green trees are close to the village.", I pointed to the distance and made a mountain gesture. You say "Qingshan Guowai slant." I pretended to open the door again. So you think of "Kaixuan Noodle Field Garden." I will compare the appearance of "raising a glass". You said, "Talk to Sang about the wine." I stretched out nine more fingers, and compared them twice; pointing to the eyes, I made flowers with my hands. You said, "When it's the Double Ninth Day, come and see the chrysanthemums." This method of increasing imagination with gestures is also "picturing".

You can also use acting instead of drawing to get yourself into the content of reading, especially literary works, because writers often have pictures first and then write them out.The text is full of "imagery".Even a whole paragraph, you can perform it easily like a script. Take a very old work as an example-the "Shuo Ren Pian" in the book. The beauty it describes is called Zhuang Jiang. From today's point of view, Zhuang Jiang must look like a model, tall, dressed in brocade clothes, with a And put on a robe. That poem describes Zhuang Jiang in this way: "Hands are like catkins, skin is like creamy fat, collar is like grub, teeth are like gourd rhinoceros, and eyebrows are crescent. Smile sweetly, eyes look forward."

Translated into vernacular is: "Hands are as soft as grass buds, The skin is as smooth as oil, Necks white as woodworms, The teeth are as regular as gourd seeds, With a forehead as broad as a cicada, eyebrows curved like tentacles of a moth, How beautiful are the two dimples when I smile, Black and white, big eyes, looking around is so beautiful! " If you feel bad about memorizing, just think this way: The boy who wrote the poem lowered his head first, not daring to stare at the girl, only daring to look at her hand. Then, his eyes sneaked up and saw the skin of his arm.Further up, you can see the girl's neck.

Further up, you can see the neat teeth. Finally plucked up the courage to look at the girl's forehead and eyebrows. What a wonderful poem!The wonderful thing is the sequence of his description, from hand to top, gradually to the key points, and then with vivid frowns and smiles, looking around, and finishing at the end. As long as you become that shy boy and imagine it in this way, won't you be able to memorize the whole poem? So "remembering books" becomes "living reading", so you can appreciate the literary works more deeply, make the characters and plots in the book come true, and jump into your life.

Only in this way can reading be remembered and become a kind of enjoyment!