The Name of a Poet

Our teacher was telling us about a new system of memory training being used in some schools today．

It works like this， she said．Suppose you wanted tore member the name of a poetRobert Burns，for instance．She told us to think of him as Bobby Burns．Now get in your head a picture of a London policeman，a bobby in flames．See？Bobby Burns！

I see what you mean， said the class know it all．But how can you tell that it's Not Robert Browning？

这个系统是这样的，她说。假定你要记住一个诗人的名字例如，要记住罗伯特·彭斯的名字。她告诉我们把他当作博比·彭斯。让你的脑海里闪现出一个伦敦警察的形象，燃烧着的警察。明白吗？警察燃烧！

我明白你的意思，班上的万事通说。但是你怎么能说那就不是罗伯特·布朗宁呢？