1. Write it Down

1.写下学习内容

You have been reading through the material, over and over again, for over 45 minutes, when finally you say “Oh! I think I got it!”.

你可能曾经一遍又一遍地阅读材料，超过45分钟，你终于说“我想我明白了!”

You ponder on whether you should write it down for yourself, and then you finally conclude: “It’s okay, there’s no way I can forget it now…!”. And with that, you flip the page and continue onto the next subject.

您犹豫是否将这些内容写下来，然后你最后得出结论:“没事的，我现在不会忘记的…!“。于是你翻过这一页继续到下一个话题。

The next morning you wake up and get ready to head out to class. The exam is handed to you and your eyes land on a single question —the one you were preparing for yesterday. You scratch your head and realize…nothing. Everything is gone. So you attempt an answer and hope for the best.

第二天早上你醒来，准备去上课。试卷交给你然后你的眼睛落在一个问题上——你昨天准备的问题上。你抓你的头发意识到……什么都没有。一切都消失了。你尝试自己写一个答案，怀抱最好的希望。

It happens to us all, and there’s one conclusion that can be made. If you want to learn faster, to memorize a concept without going through the material over and over again, you should write down notes of what you just learned, preferably by hand. When you do that, this gives your brain a chance to rehearse what you just learned and help it really sink in.

这种情况可能发生在我们所有人的身上，可以有一个结论。如果你想学得更快，不用一遍一遍阅读材料来记住一个概念，你最好是写下刚学习的内容手。当你做到这一点，这让你的大脑有一个机会来输出你学习的内容，并帮助你真正理解。

2.Read…A Lot

2.大量阅读

It is not strange that a person who reads on a regular basis will also be quicker to read through and understand difficult material than a person who doesn’t share that same habit. The reason for it is that the more you read, the easier it is for you to absorb written information.

和较少阅读的人相比，一个定期阅读的人会更快地阅读和理解较为困难的材料。原因是你读得越多，你就越容易吸收文字信息。

3.Learn in a Way That Works For You

3.选择合适自己的学习方式

There are several ways of learning, or to be more exact, several learning modalities. They go by visual, auditory, reading/writing, and tactile learning. Each of us is more comfortable with some over the others.

学习方法或学习模式有很多种。通过视觉、听觉、读/写和触觉学习。我们每个人都有相对合适的方法。

Visual learners will prefer visual presentations of the material, either in the form of graphs, pictures, or watching demonstrations.

视觉学习者会更喜欢可视化的演示材料，比如图表的形式、图片、或者观看展示。

Auditory learners will prefer lectures, audiobooks, podcasts, and even interviews.

听觉学习者会喜欢讲座、有声读物、播客甚至访谈形式。

Reading/Writing learners will prefer to read the information and write down notes for themselves.

读/写学习者倾向于自己读信息并且写笔记。

Tactile learners will learn best from practicing the material with their own hands.

触觉学习者最好的学习方式是亲自练习学习材料。

4. Find a Suitable Environment

4.找一个合适的环境

An environment creates atmosphere, and an atmosphere changes the world from one end to the other —including our learning experience. That’s not to say that there’s only one ideal environment that is considered the best for learning. We all respond to each environment differently, for the better or the worse.

环境创造氛围，氛围会有很大的影响——包括我们的学习经验。这并不是说，只有一种理想的学习环境是最好的。每种环境对我们的影响都是不同的，有些更好有些更坏。

5. Association of Ideas

5.联想

In order to learn, particularly something long and complicated, you are always advised to use every tool at your disposal. One of these tools is Mental Associations. All you have to do is to link new gathered information to information that you already have.

为了学习内容，特别是需要长时间学习的复杂的内容，你总被建议使用一些工具。这些工具之一，是心理联想。你所要做的是将新的信息和你已经知道的信息联系起来。

For example, if you consider red an “urgent”or “important”color, you can mark new information that you consider critical with it in your mind. Another example would be to use rhymes for memorizing or even creating a chronological story in your mind. The more you practice, the better you will be at it, making it easier for you to learn new information.

例如，如果你认为红色表示“紧急”或“重要”，你可以将你认为重要的信息用红色标记起来。另一个例子是使用押韵来记忆，甚至在头脑中创造一个故事。你练习的越多你就会越来越擅长，也更便于你学习新信息。

6.Make Practical Use of What You Learn

6.练习使用你学习的内容

Like everything in life, you do not truly know something until you put it to practical work. You can’t be a doctor just by going through the books, no matter how many times you do it. Want to master the German language? Go live in Germany for a year and communicate with locals using only your rusty German.

就像你生活中的其他事物一样，直到你将学习到的东西运用到实际工作中，你才能真正理解。只是通过书本学习并不能让你成为一名医生，不管你书读了多少次。你想掌握德语吗?那就用生涩的德语去德国居住并与当地人沟通吧。

In order to truly learn something, you will always need to go out there and utilize that new absorbed information.

因此为了真正学到一些东西，你需要吸收和运用新的信息。