LET'S START FIRST WITH SOMETHING SIMPLE
Though you may not have realized it, you have already learned the fundamental principle of our memory system. You are now ready to put it to work. The first five key words are ready in your mind to help you remember something else entirely. Let us start with something fairly simple—say, the five biggest cities in the world.
In order of size, the five biggest cities are London, New York, Tokyo, Berlin, Moscow. Filing each one on its proper hook, we get:
Alarm clock—London
Trousers—New York
Chair—Tokyo
Table—Berlin
Newspaper—Moscow
Our object is to associate each of these cities vividly with
its key word and therefore with its number. Let me explain at