【Doyouwanttoimprovethewayyoustudy?Doyoufeelnervousbeforeatest?Manystudentssaythatalackofconcentration(注意力)istheirbiggestproblem.Itseriouslyaffectstheirabilitytostudy,sodotheirtestresults.Ifso,use】
Doyouwanttoimprovethewayyoustudy?Doyoufeelnervousbeforeatest?Manystudentssaythatalackofconcentration(注意力)istheirbiggestproblem.Itseriouslyaffectstheirabilitytostudy,sodotheirtestresults.
Ifso,usethesetipstohelpyou.
StudyTechniques
l Youshouldalwaysstudyinthesameplace.Youshouldn’tsitinapositionthatyouuseforanotherpurpose.Forexample,whenyousitonasofatostudy,yourbrainwillthinkitistimetorelax.Don’twatchTVwhileyouarestudying.Expertswarnthatyourconcentrationmaybereducedby50percentifyouattempttostudyinthisway.Alwaystrytohaveawhitewallinfrontofyou,sothereisnothingtodistract(makelessconcentrated)you.Beforesittingdowntostudy,gathertogetheralltheequipmentyouneed.Apartfromyourtextbooks,pens,pencilsandknives,makesureyouhaveadictionary.Ifyourstudydeskortableisneededwhenyouarenotstudying,storeallyourequipmentinaboxbesideit.
l Youreyeswillbecometiredifyoutrytoreadatextwhichisonaflatsurface.Positionyourbookatanangleof30degrees.
l Berealisticanddon’ttrytocompletetoomuchinonestudyperiod.Finishonethingbeforebeginninganother.Ifyouneedabreak,getupandwalkaroundforafewminutes,buttrynottotelephoneafriendorhavesomethingtoeat.
Test-takingSkills
l Allyourhardworkwillbefornothingifyouaretoonervoustotakeyourtest.Gettingplentyof
restisveryimportant.Thismeansdonotstudyallnightbeforeyourtest!Itisabetterideatohavealong-termstudyplan.Trytomakeatimetableforyourstudywhichlastsforafewmonths.
l Exerciseisagreatwaytoreducepressure.Doingsomeformofexerciseeverydaywillalso
improveyourconcentration.Eathealthyfoodtoo.
l Whenyouarriveintheexaminationroom,findyourseatandsitdown.Breatheslowlyand
deeply.Checkthetimeontheclockduringthetest,butnottoooften.Aboveall,takenonoticeofeveryoneelseandgivethetestpaperyourundividedattention.
小题1:Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaccordingtothepassage?A.Youshouldstudyinadifferentplaceeveryday,soyoudon’tgetbored.B.Yourconcentrationwillimproveifyou