Techniques to Help Us Remember Better We all have problems remembering things, but there are some techniques that you can use to help you remember. First of all, remember the names and jobs of the people and where they come from. ______【46】. And you should try to think of funny images as they are easier to remember. For example, we have Tom—the student from Australia. Well, for Tom you might imagine a tomato. Then Australia has a shape a bit like a dog. ______【47】. So imagine Tom's face as a tomato and he's with a dog and the dog is reading a book. So now we have a picture of Tom the student from Australia. Now let's take the numbers. The best thing to do here is to break a large number up into smaller numbers and then think of things that the numbers remind you of, such as a birthday, a particular year, the number of a house. ______【48】. With the directions, the best thing is to imagine you yourself following the directions. ______【49】. Count the turnings 1, 2. . . Then turn left. Now imagine going past a supermarket and a cinema and so on. When you have to remember lists of words, try to build them into a story. So with our words we might start with, 'The sun was shining, so I went for a walk. I saw a horse wearing trousers. It was kicking some bananas over a television. The bananas landed in a bag. ' And so on. ______【50】. Try some of these techniques and you'll be amazed at what you can remember.