1.Phrases
1.exert much effort in sth. 費(fèi)力做某事
eg. If, in reading, you exert as much effort in conceptualizing these meaningless words as you do important ones, you ?limit not only your reading speed but your comprehension as well.
如果在閱讀時(shí)費(fèi)太多時(shí)間死摳每一個(gè)字眼,你的閱讀的速度和對(duì)文章的理解都會(huì)受影響。
(1)exert one's utmost effort 盡某人最大的努力
eg. Exercise ?great restraint and exert one's utmost effort.
仁至義盡。
(2)conceptualize: If you conceptualize something, you form an idea of it in your mind 構(gòu)思
2.plug the gaps in one's knowledge 知識(shí)的查漏補(bǔ)缺
eg. Reread more carefully to plug the gaps in your knowledge.
重讀時(shí)應(yīng)該更加的仔細(xì),好記住那些你漏掉的知識(shí)點(diǎn)。
3.quiz oneself 自我檢測(cè)
Rather than automatically rereading, take a few seconds to quiz yourself on the material you have just read and then review those sections that are still unclear or confusing to you.
相比機(jī)械的重復(fù)閱讀,你更應(yīng)該花一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)時(shí)間檢測(cè)一下自己是否掌握了剛剛看完的內(nèi)容,然后復(fù)習(xí)那些還不明確或存有困惑的部分。
(1)automatically 自動(dòng)地,不自覺地,機(jī)械地
3.the information explosion信息大爆炸
Today proliferation of books and printed matter brought about by the information explosion creates a reading problem for everyone.
由于信息大爆炸導(dǎo)致的書籍和印刷品的數(shù)量大大增加,對(duì)每個(gè)人的閱讀都會(huì)造成一定障礙。(1)proliferation增長(zhǎng)
(2)printed matter印刷品=printed materials
4.stand out
If something stands out, it is very noticeable.顯眼v.
Italicized words and phrases so that crucial new terms and definitions will stand out.
5.set off襯托
Lists of points set off by numbers or paragraphs that begin with the phrases such as "The three most important factors . . . " etc.
point 要點(diǎn)
6.tip off 提示
These tip you off to the main points that the author wants you to learn.
7..absorb the idea 接受某個(gè)概念
She hopes that on at least one of these exposures you will absorb the idea.
2.words
1.process
When people process information, they put it through a system or into a computer in order to deal with it.處理(信息)
Spend your time learning ideas, not painfully processing words visually.
你應(yīng)該花更多時(shí)間去學(xué)習(xí)那些看不到的、抽象的想法,而非苦于映入眼簾字詞。
2.savour
If you savour an experience, you enjoy it as much as you can.盡情享受
We are not sure just how this attitude develops, but some authorities have suggested that it stems from the days when the Bible was the main book read, savored, and reread.
我們還不能確定這種想法是怎樣形成的,但一些專家認(rèn)為這能追溯到大多數(shù)人只能閱讀、細(xì)細(xì)品味然后重復(fù)閱讀《圣經(jīng)》的時(shí)代。
3.perusal ?
Perusal ?of something such as a letter, article, or document is the action of reading it. un.閱讀
You must, of course, make daily decisions as to what is worth spending your time on, what can be glanced at or put aside for future perusal, and what can be relegated to the wastebasket.
relegate to the wastebasket 丟進(jìn)垃圾桶
4.sweep
If someone's eyes sweep an area, they move across the area from side to side.目光掃視
Furthermore, if you have developed the habit of focusing your eyes too narrowly and looking at word parts, it will be harder for you to learn to sweep down a page of type rapidly.
a page of type 一頁書
5.boldface粗體,黑體
You may be accustomed to overlooking boldface headings and titles which are the obvious clues to the most important ideas.
6.redundancy 重復(fù)=repetition
7.myth
7.doggedly 固執(zhí)地
Many students automatically regress or reread doggedly with a self-punishing attitude.
regress回歸,倒退,退化
3.sentenses
To be sure, there are students for whom one exposure to an idea in a basic course is enough, but they either have read extensively or have an excellent background or a high degree of interest in the subject.
老實(shí)說,對(duì)于一些基礎(chǔ)課程的書,有些學(xué)生的確只看一遍就夠了,但是那些學(xué)生要么是博覽群書,要么家庭背景雄厚,要么是對(duì)這個(gè)科目有著極其濃厚的興趣以致看一遍就能掌握全部?jī)?nèi)容。
Sir Francis Bacon once said that some books are to be nibbled and tasted, some are to be swallowed whole, and a few need to be thoroughly chewed and digested no matter how trivial the content.
培根曾說,有些書可以慢慢、細(xì)細(xì)品味,有些書可以囫圇吞棗,但還有小部分書需要我們能吃透里面所有、甚至是瑣碎的內(nèi)容。
Sir Francis Bacon 培根
4.other knowledge
1.Book-of-the-Month Club
The Book of the Month Club (founded 1926) is a United States subscription-based e-commerce service that offers a selection of five new hardcover books each month to its members.
2.Pavlvovian-like rereading
不假思索的重讀(直:巴甫洛夫式的重讀)
However, this is not to imply that an unthinking Pavlovian-like rereading is necessary to understand and retain materials.
Pavlvovian 經(jīng)典條件反射,是一種關(guān)聯(lián)性學(xué)習(xí),巴甫洛夫?qū)⑦@種產(chǎn)生條件行為的學(xué)習(xí)形態(tài)描述為“動(dòng)物對(duì)特定制約刺激的反映”。
3.[idioms]
clutch up
to become very tense and anxious; to freeze with anxiety.
1.If you "clutch up" when trying to read fast or skim and worry about your comprehension, it will drop because your mind is occupied with your fears and you are not paying attention to the ideas that you are reading.
2.I have been known to clutch up before a race.
5.mind map
