I do not know whether Chinese in China can memorize so many English words in one hour

Or whether we should want them to... To even suggest it seems to me more like the thinking which produces a very small number of Olympic athletes and a very large number of bitter and frustrated factory workers, rather than something which will generally increase well-being and harmonic living in the world...

I had a classmate... could read the new word only one time and then memorize the new words.

Each of us is special in some way... :-) I was 23 before I discovered that not all musicians could 'see' the notes they were hearing, or 'hear' the notes they were looking at...

most of us could memorize the new words very fast.

We have to recognise the fundamental tragedy that just about all teachers became teachers because they experienced no problems in their learning: but that since maybe 90% of learners *do* experience problems with their learning, it's a reality that most teachers don't even begin to understand the experiences of their students...

This can be seen in more detail if you look at learning styles, where it becomes clear that most teachers think and learn in a verbal/auditive mode, while only a small proportion of learners do: most learners are dominantly visual or kinesthetic, which is completely foreign to most teachers; and probably all learners learn best with an approach which combines and integrates experiences - something which most teachers have never even experienced... Result - a vast investment in teaching, and an indefensibly low return in terms of real learning.