据吐温回忆,当他开始演讲生涯时,需要一整页的笔记以免发生混乱。他会将重要句子的开头写下来,以便逐一讲清每一点,防止跳过或漏掉。为了一个晚上的演讲,他会写下并强记住11个关键句的开头部分。可这个计划失败了。没问题,吐温会记住句子,但却忘了它们的先后次序。他不得不停下来,看看笔记,这样就破坏了整个演说的流畅性。 According to Twain, when he started his speech career, he needed a full page of notes to avoid confusion. He will write down the beginning of important sentences so that they can be explained one by one to prevent skipping or missing. For one evening speech, he will write down and remember the beginning of 11 key sentences. But this plan failed. No problem, Twain will remember the sentences, but forget their order. He had to stop and look at the notes, which undermined the fluency of the speech.