牛津深圳版英语课文8b

Memory
Joyce wanted to include a feature about memory in the school newspaper. She and her editors all agreed to write short articles on the topic.
ARTHUR
I know that we have a short-term memory and a long-term memory. When we get old, our short-term memory becomes worse, but we can still remember things from a long time ago.
My grandpa told me a joke. He said, ‘When you get old, three things start to go wrong. First, you lose your memory … and I can’t remember what the other two things are!’
JOYCE
I saw a programme on television about a man with an injured brain. He could not remember anything for longer than a few minutes.
His wife visited him in hospital every day, but he forgot her visits a few minutes after she left. He was often angry with her because he thought that she never visited him. It was very sad.
PANSY
If you want to remember something, you should make a picture of it in your mind. If the picture is silly, strange and colo