Unit 7 Culture corner

World Memory Championships

世界记忆锦标赛

The World Memory Championships first took place in London in 1991.

第一届世界记忆锦标赛是 1991 年在伦敦举办的。

In the Championships, people have to memorize long lists of numbers, names, dates, words and also packs of playing cards.

在世锦赛上，人们记住的很长的数字、姓名、日期、单词以及整副扑克牌。

The record for memorizing 52 playing cards in the correct order is just 21.19 seconds!

记住 52 张扑克牌的正确顺序的记录是 21.19 秒！