Reading
1. PW. Read the text about ways of recollection and memory training.
a) Match the paragraphs with the titles. b) Define the style of the text.
Here are the experts top tips:

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We all remember the things we are interested in and forget the ones that bore us. This is no doubt explains the reason why schoolboys remember football results effortlessly but struggle with dates from their history lessons. Take an active interest in what you want to remember, and focus on it consciously. One way to “make” yourself more interested is to ask questions-the more the better!

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Repeating things is the best way to remember things for a short time, e.g. remembering a phone number for a few seconds. “Chunking” or grouping numbers helps you to remember them, e.g. the following numbers would be impossible for most of us to remember: 1596178819327783. But look at them in “chunks” and it becomes much easier: 1596 1788 1932 7783.

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Another way to make something more memorable is to think about something visual associated with it. Form a mental picture and the stranger the picture the better you will remember it! If an English person studying Spanish wants to remember the Spanish words for “duck”, “to pat” he imagines a picture of someone patting a duck on the head.

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To remember long lists, try inventing a story which includes all the items you want to remember. In experiments, people were asked to remember up to 120 words using this technique and when they were tested afterwards, on average they could remember ninety percent of them!

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If we organize what we know in a logical way, then when we learn more about that subject we understand that better, and so add to our knowledge more easily. Make well organized notes. Be sure things are clear in your mind. If not, ask questions until you understand.

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Many experts believe that listening to classical music, especially Mozart, helps people to organize their ideas more clearly and so improves their memory. Sadly rock music doesn’t have the same effect.