mark twain tried several ways in making speeches，butfailed.then his great idea came—that it's hard to visualize letters，words and sentences，but pictures are easy to recall.theytake hold .they can make things stick…
especially if you draw them yourself.
twain was no artist，mind you ，but that didn't stop him.“in two minutes i made six pictures with a pen，”he reported，“and they did the work of the catch－sentences ，and did itperfectly.”
having once drawn the pictures，he found he could throwthem away.he discovered that，having once made a crude seriesof drawings，he could recall their image at will .the pictureswere pathetic things，indeed，by artistic standards.but they gotthe job done.
from that day，twain was able to speak without notes，andthe system never failed him.each portion of his speech would berepresented by a picture.he would draw them，all strung out in arow ，then look at them and destroy them.when the time cameto speak，there was the row of images sharply in his mind.
马克·吐温尝试了几种演讲的方法，但都失败了。然后他的伟大的想法产生了——因为使字母、单词和句子形象化是很难的，但图画却是容易回想起来的。它们能在脑海里扎根，它们能使事物得以保留……
特别是自己亲自画下来的时候。
请注意，吐温并不是艺术家，但这并没有妨碍他。“在两分钟之内，我用笔画了六个图画，”他说，“而且它们起到了个吸引人注意力的句子的作用，做的又那么完美。”
一旦画完了图画，他发现他能够把它们扔到一边去。他发现一旦他画完了一系列的草图，他可以随意回想起它们的图象。
从那天起，吐温就可以不用草稿进行演讲了，而且这种作法从来也没有使他失望过。他演讲的每一个部分都用一个图画来代表。他把图画出来，把它们排成一排，然后看一看就把它们毁掉。当他演讲的时候，一排的图象就清晰地出现在他的脑海里。