Remembering and sensing

Remembering

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• Beth: I saw Terry last night. Do you remember her? We were at school together.
• Emma: No, my long-term memory¹ is terrible these days. Come to think of it, my short-term memory² isn’t that brilliant either. And I used to have such a good memory! Anyway, give me a clue³.
• Beth: She was the one with long black hair and glasses. You always used to say that she reminded you strongly of that singer you used to like.
• Emma: Oh, yes. I vaguely remember her now. She used to be friends with Jo, didn’t she?
• Beth: Yes. I’d clean forgotten⁴ about her too. She ran over to me in the street and said hello. My mind went blank⁵. I could remember her face but I’d completely forgotten her name. But once we started talking, the memories came flooding back⁶. My earliest memory of her is that we all went to the beach with her parents one weekend when we were about 12.
• Emma: Oh yes. Now you’re stirring up memories⁷ for me. I can distinctly remember being stung by a jellyfish in the water.
• Beth: I can see why you wanted to blot out that memory⁸!
• Emma: I can vividly remember it now though. Actually, the whole weekend was an unforgettable experience. We told ghost stories all night if I remember rightly.
• Beth: Oh yes, that’s right. Now I remember it well. It’s terrible how memories fade⁹ as time passes, isn’t it! Mind you, I’m happy to lose some of my more painful memories of school.