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旁白：现在听一段关于这个话题的讲座。

Narrator: Now listen to part of a lecture on this topic.

教授：那么，这是如何运作的呢？

好，假设你需要根据距离太阳的远近顺序来学习行星的名字。

Well, let's say you need to learn the names of the planets in order by distance from the sun.

首先，你想想路过的那些地标，当你走过

So first, think about the landmarks you pass as you walk from,

比如说，你的宿舍到学生中心。

say, your dormitory to the student center.

The first one might be the front door of your dormitory,

你走过的下一个地标可能是图书馆前面的雕像。

The next landmark you pass might be the statue in front of the library.

你可以在走路的时候记住主要的几个点。

You memorize the major points along the walk.

想象自己从第一个地标到第二个，第三个，等等。

Imagining yourself going from the first landmark to the second, the third and so on.

现在，你要做的下一件事就是按顺序给你的每一个地标分配一个行星。

Now, the next thing you do is assign one planet to each of your landmarks in sequence.

因为水星是离太阳最近的行星，

Since Mercury is the closest planet to the sun,

you would assign it to the first landmark,

下一颗行星，金星，分配给门前的树。

The next planet, Venus, to the tree in front of the door.

你分配到第三个地标，在图书馆前的雕像，

you assign to the third landmark, the statue in front of the library,

每一次你都尽可能生动地描绘出你脑海中的联想。

And each time you picture the association in your mind as vividly as possible.

然后，比如你坐在教室里参加考试，

Then, later, to say you're sitting in the classroom taking a test,

你需要按照离太阳的距离顺序写出行星的排序。

and you have to write the order of the planets from the sun.

你想象自己走在去学生中心那条熟悉的路上，

You imagine yourself on that familiar walk to the student center,

When you think about walking out the door of your dorm,

当你看到宿舍前面那棵漂亮的树，

When you see the beautiful tree in front of the dorm,

你回忆下一颗行星并把它写下来。

you recall the next planet and write it down.

Method of Loci &nbsp;
Special techniques, or memory devices, are often used to help us recall information. One technique, the method of loci (i.e., method of location), is particularly helpful for remembering several pieces of information in a particular order. To use this technique, we first imagine a familiar place such as a building or an outdoor area. This familiar place should have a series of landmarks or locations within it that we can imagine walking past in a predictable, logical order. Once the landmarks have been identified in a given order, we assign one piece of the information that we want to later recall to each location. The information should be assigned in the order in which we want to remember it. To later recall the new information in order, we imagine walking through the familiar place, recalling what is stored at each location along the way.&nbsp; 
 
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 Using the professor’s example, explain how the method of loci is used to recall information in sequence.