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be ushered from the waiting room into somebody¨s office�察�waiting for your date to
arrive�察�waiting for anything at any time�拭 �
You will learn to mobilise these precious scraps of time you¨ve never even been
aware you¨ve been wasting。 Some of your most valuable study time will come in
mini lessons of fifteen�察�ten�察�and even five seconds throughout your normal ��though
now usually fruitful�� day。
。HARRY LORAYNE¨S MAGIC MEMORY AID�此�An ingenious memory system developed
by memory master Harry Lorayne will help you glue a word to your recollection
the instant you encounter it。 What would you do right now if I gave you a hundred
English words along with their foreign equivalents and told you to learn them�拭 �
Chances are you would look at the first English word�察�then look at the foreign
word�察�repeat it several times�察�then close your eyes and keep on repeating it�察�then
cover up the foreign word�察�look only at the English and see if you could remember
how to say it in the language you¨re learning�察�then go on to the next word�察�then the
next�察�and the next�察�and then go back to the first to see if you remembered it�察�and so
on through the list。
Harry Lorayne¨s simple memory trick based on sound and association will make
that rote attempt laughable。 The words will take their place in your memory like
ornaments securely hung on a Christmas tree�察�one right after the other all the way
up to many times those hundred words。
。THE PLUNGE�此�You will escape the textbook incubator early and leap straightaway�察 �
with almost no knowledge of the language�察�into that language¨s ^real world ̄。 A
textbook in your target language�察�no matter how advanced�察�is not the real world。
On the other hand�察�an advertisement in a foreign language magazine�察�no matter
how elementary and easy to read�察�is the real world。 Everything about you�察 �
conscious and subconscious�察�prefers real world to student world contact with the
language。
An actor knows the difference between rehearsal and opening night�察�the football
player�察�between practice scrimmages and the kickoff in a crowded stadium。 And
you will know the difference between your lessons in the target language and the
real world newspapers�察�magazines�察�novels�察�movies�察�radio�察�TV�察�and anything else
you can find to throw yourself into at a stage your high school French teacher
would have considered horrifyingly early� �
There you have it�此�The Multiple Track Attack�察�Hidden Moments�察�Harry Lorayne¨s
Magic Memory Aid�察�The Plunge。 Visualise the target language as a huge piece of thin�察 �
dry paper。 This system will strike a match underneath the middle of that paper�察�and your
knowledge�察�like the flame�察�will eat its way unevenly but unerringly outward to the very
ends。
Just as food manufacturers like to label their products ^natural and organic ̄
whenever they can get away with it�察�many language courses like to promise that you will
learn ^the way a child learns。 ̄
Why bother�拭�Why should you learn another language the way a child learned his
first one�拭�Why not learn as what you are �C an adult with at least one language in hand�察 �
eager to use that advantage to learn the next language in less time than it took to learn the
first�拭 �
P A R T O N E
My Story
A Life of Language
Learning
A brief ^language autobiography ̄ may help readers whose language learning and
language loving careers began only a few moments ago with the opening of this book。
My favourite word �C in any language �C is the English word foreign。 I remember
how it came to be my favourite word。 At the age of four I attended a summer day camp。
Royalty develops even among children that young。 There were already a camp ^king ̄
and a camp ^queen ̄�察�Arthur and Janet。 I was sitting right beside Arthur on the bus one
morning�察�and I remember feeling honoured。 Arthur reached into his little bag�察�pulled out
an envelope�察�and began to show Janet the most fascinating pieces of coloured paper I¨d
ever seen。
^Look at these stamps�察�Janet�察院�he said。 ^They¨re foreign� 院�That word reverberated
through my bone marrow。 Foreign�察�I figured�察�must mean beautiful�察�magnetic�察�impressive
�C something only the finest people share with only the other finest people。 From that
moment forward�察�the mere mention of the word foreign has flooded me with fantasy。
I thought everybody else felt the same�察�and I had a hard time realising they didn¨t。
When a schoolmate told me he turned down his parents¨ offer of a trip to Europe for a
trip out West instead�察�I thought he was crazy。 When another told me he found local
politics more interesting than world politics�察�I thought he was nuts。 Most kids are bored
with their parents¨ friends who come to dinner。 I was too�察�unless that friend happened to
have been to a foreign country �C any foreign country �C in which case I cross examined
him ruthlessly on every detail of his foreign visit。
Once a visitor who¨d been through my interrogation to the point of brain blur said
to my mother upon leaving�察 �What a kid� �He was fascinated by every detail of every hour
I ever spent in another country�察�and the only other place I¨ve ever been is Canada� �
How Latin Almost Ruined It
Walking into Miss Leslie¨s Latin class on the first day of ninth grade was the culmination
of a lifelong dream。 I could actually hear Roman background music in my mind。 I didn¨t
understand how the other students could be anything less than enthusiastic about the
prospect of beginning Latin。 Electricity coursed through me as I opened the Latin book
Miss Leslie gave us。 I was finally studying a foreign language� �
The first day all we did was learn vocabulary。 Miss Leslie wrote some Latin words
on the blackboard�察�and we wrote them down in our notebooks。 I showed early promise as
the class whiz。 I quickly mastered those new words�察�each then as precious as Arthur¨s
foreign stamps had been eleven years earlier。 When Miss Leslie had us close our books
and then asked ^Who remembers how to say `farmer¨ in Latin�察院�I was the first to split the
air with the cry of ^Agricola� 院�I soaked up those foreign words like the Arabian desert
soaks up spiled lemonade。
What happened thereupon for a short time crippled�察�but then enriched�察�my life
beyond measure。
I was absent from school on day four。 When I returned on day five�察�there were no
more Latin words on the blackboard。 In their place were words like nominative�察�genitive�察 �
dative�察�accusative。 I didn¨t know what those words meant and I didn¨t like them。 That
^nominative´genitive ̄ whatever´it´was was keeping me from my feast�察�and I resented it
like I resent the clergyman at the banquet whose invocation lasts too long。
The more Miss Leslie talked about these grammatical terms�察�the more bored I got。
Honeymooners would have more patience with a life insurance salesman who knocked
on their motel door at midnight than I had with Latin grammar。 I clearly remember
believing languages were nothing but words。 We have words。 They have words。 And all
you have to do is learn their words for our words and you¨ve got it made。 Therefore all
that ^ablative absolute ̄ stuff Miss Leslie was getting increasingly excited about was
unneeded and�察�to me�察�unwanted。
Miss Leslie�察�noting that I�察�her highly motivated superstar�察�was floundering with
elementary Latin grammar�察�kindly offered to assign another student to tutor me on what
I¨d missed the day before�察�or even to sit down with me herself。 I remember declining the
offer。 I remember deciding�察�with the logic of a frustrated fifteen year old�察�that grammar
was just another of those barriers designed by grownups to keep kids from having too
much fun。 I decided to wait it out。
I shut off my brain as the cascade of changing noun endings and mutating verb
forms muscled out the joy of my beloved vocabulary words。 I longed for the good old
days of being the first in the class to know agricola。 More and more that Miss Leslie said
made less and less sense。 I was trapped in a Bermuda Triangle。 My aura of classroom
celebrity disappeared�察�along with my self esteem�察�my motivation�察�and almost my
affection for things foreign。
I limped along�察�barely making passing grades�察�I only managed to pass thanks to the
vocabulary section on every test。 My knowledge of vocabulary plus some good
grammatical guesswork and a little luck got me through Miss Leslie¨s class with a low D。
Some of the other students seemed to be enjoying my lameness in Latin�察�after my
being the overpraised and preening star of the class for the first three days。 To assuage
the hurt�察�I got hold of a self study book in Chinese。 By the last few weeks of school�察�it
was apparent that there was no way I could make better than a weak D in Latin�察�but that
was enough to pass。 I hid my humiliation behind that outrageously foreign looking book
with thick�察�black Chin