如何高效率的自學(xué)外語？(2)

　　2. Expect problems and you won’t be disappointed.
　　第二布：降低期望值，這樣就不會對自己失望
　　Don't expect to understand things, much less remember them, the first time you study them. Trust that things will get clearer as your brain comes to grips with new information. It is like a jig-saw puzzle or a cross-word puzzle. As you start to put the pieces together, or string the words together, the full picture becomes clearer. The brain learns all the time, but on its own schedule. Learning does not take place according to a schedule laid down by a curriculum or teacher. Some things are easier to learn than others. Some things just take longer to click in. Keep at it, and you will gradually find that things that seem difficult at first, will become second nature with time.
　　當(dāng)一開始學(xué)習(xí)的時候，別指望能一下就全部理解、更別說記住所有知識點(diǎn)了。要相信，隨著你了解越來越多的新知識、你的頭腦也會變得清晰起來。這就像是拼圖、或者填字游戲那樣：當(dāng)你把圖形一個一個拼起來、或是把單詞一一填進(jìn)去，整個大局就會清楚。大腦其實(shí)隨時都在學(xué)習(xí)，不過它也有自己的節(jié)奏。學(xué)習(xí)的過程是不會按照一個課程、或是老師給你規(guī)定的進(jìn)行的。有的東西比其他好學(xué)，有的東西就是需要花更多時間。堅(jiān)持下去，你慢慢就會發(fā)現(xiàn)那些一開始看上去很難的東西也會隨著時間變得簡單了。
　　3. Cover the same ground from different angles.

　　第三步：從不同的角度學(xué)習(xí)同一個知識點(diǎn)。
　　Your brain is struggling to form patterns to cope with new input from your learning activities. Sometimes, no matter how long you focus on one subject, your brain is not going to pick it up. If you are stuck, move on. Then cover the same general information from a different source, a different book, or a podcast, or an online lecture or a video. Try to become a grazing learner, roaming the countryside, rather than a feedlot learner, just standing there in one spot, munching on the same bale of hay. The broader your base, the easier it is to learn. Just as the “rich get richer”, the more you know, the more you can learn.
　　在新知識的學(xué)習(xí)過程中，你的大腦會通過固有模式來接受新的知識點(diǎn)。有的時候，不管花多長時間對著一個科目，你就是記不住它。如果卡在這種時候，就略過它。跟著從其他的信息來源：比如不同的書籍、播客、線上課程或視頻來重新學(xué)習(xí)同一個知識點(diǎn)。試著把自己變成一個“放養(yǎng)”的學(xué)習(xí)者——在知識的草原上四處周游；而不是“圈養(yǎng)”的學(xué)習(xí)者——只站在一個點(diǎn)上學(xué)習(xí)，反復(fù)咀嚼一個知識點(diǎn)。看地越廣、就能學(xué)的輕松。就像是“有錢的更有錢”的道理那樣，你知道的越多、就能學(xué)的越多。