How to Study the Nights Before a Test在考試前幾晚如何學習

Kelly Roell

在考試之前，你沒必要感到恐慌。雖然在考試頭幾天晚上你也做不了太多，但你仍然可能有所收獲。

☆Eat Some Brain Food. 吃點健腦食品。

Brain food is definitely not Cocoa Puffs. Get some eggs for dinner， drink some green tea， and follow it all with a few bites of dark chocolate. Boost your brains workability1 by giving it what it needs to function properly. Plus， by eating something before you begin studying， youll be less tempted2 to get hungry （and distracted） and quit studying early.

健腦食品絕對不是指的可可泡芙。你可以吃幾個雞蛋，喝點綠茶，接下來吃幾口的黑巧克力。吃點你大腦正常運轉所需要的東西來提高大腦的工作性能。另外，在開始學習之前，先吃點東西，你就不會因為禁不住覺得餓（并且分心）而早早放棄學習了。

☆Organize Your Study Materials. 整理學習資料。

Get all the materials that relate to the test youre taking—notes， handouts， quizzes， books—and lay them neatly out on your desk， floor， or bed， so you can see what you have to work with and find whatever you need at any time.

整理你要參加的考試相關的所有材料——筆記、講義、測驗卷、書——并把它們整齊地放在你的書桌、地板或床上，這樣你就可以看到你要學習的內容并且隨時能找到你需要的任何東西。

☆Follow Your Study Guide. 照著學習指南去做。

If your teacher gave you study guide， then start learning as much as possible on it. Refer to your notes， handouts， quizzes， book， etc. when youre unfamiliar with an item on the guide.

If you dont have a study guide， then refer to your notes， handouts， quizzes， and book to look for things that may be on the test. Your class notes are invaluable3. And dont forget to review quiz questions， and items handed to you in class.

如果你的老師給了你學習指南，那就開始盡可能地多學點。當你對指南上的某些內容不熟悉時，請參考你的筆記、講義、測驗試卷、書籍等。

如果你沒有學習指南，那就參考你的筆記、講義、測驗卷和書，看看可能在考試中出現的內容。你的課堂筆記是無價之寶。也別忘了復習你的測驗題和課堂上發給你的學習材料。

☆Ask a Study Partner to Quiz You. 找個學習搭檔來考考你自己。

Go get your mom， best friend， brother， or anyone and have him or her quiz you on the material. Have them fire questions at you and answer quickly. Make a list of anything you get stuck on or cant remember. Once youve been quizzed， take your list and study that material over until youve got it.

去找你的媽媽，最好的朋友，兄弟，或者任何人，讓他或她來考考你學習資料上的內容。讓他們向你提問，然后你迅速回答。把讓你卡殼或你記不住的東西列出來。問答結束后，按照你列出來的東西去學習，直到你掌握了它們。

☆Have a Rest Every 45 Minutes. 每學習45分鐘后休息一下。

Youre going to study in 45-minute increments4 followed by 5-minute breaks. If you try to study indefinitely5 for hours and hours， your brain will overload6 and youll have to work to regain7 your focus on studying. Its better to have smaller goals with mini-rewards （the breaks） so you can last as long as is necessary to learn the material.

要在學習45分鐘后休息5分鐘。如果你無休止地學習數小時，你的大腦會超負荷，你就得重新努力集中注意力了。最好是有小目標和小獎勵（休息），這樣你的學習就能持續下去。

☆Make a Quick Review Sheet. 制作快速復習表。

Write down all your important dates， and quick facts on one sheet of paper， so you can refer to it before the big test.

在紙上寫下你所有的重要日期和要點，這樣你就可以在大考之前查閱它。

☆Go to Sleep. 去睡覺。

Nothing will make you do worse on a test than pulling an all-nighter. Trust me on this. You may be tempted to stay up all night and cram8 in as much as is possible， but by all means， get some good sleep the nights before. When it comes to testing time， you wont be able to recall all the things you learned because your brain will be functioning in survival mode.

沒什么比開夜車更影響你的考試發揮了。相信我。你可能會忍不住整夜不睡，盡可能多地往腦袋里多塞點東西，但一定要在前幾晚好好睡會兒。到了考試的時候，如果你的大腦苦苦掙扎保持清醒，你就難以回憶起你所學到的所有東西。

☆Peek at Your Review Sheet Anytime and Anywhere. 隨時隨地瞅瞅你的復習資料。

When youre going to your study， when youre waiting for the teacher to start talking， on your way to lunch， etc， glance and review that sheet you put together of the most important information for the test.

But， put the review sheet away before the test. You dont want to risk getting a zero for cheating after all the time you put into studying！

在你去書房的時候，當你等著老師講話的時候，在你去吃午飯的路上……瞅瞅并回顧一下總結著最重要的考試內容的那張紙。

但是，在開考前記得把你的資料拿走。在你努力學習這么久之后，你可不想冒作弊的風險吧？

Notes：

1. workability n. 可使用性；可加工性

2. tempted adj. 有興趣的

3. invaluable adj. 無價的；非常貴重的

4. increment n. 增量；增加

5. indefinitely adv. 不確定地，無限期地

6. overload vt. 超載，超過負荷

7. regain vt. 恢復；重新獲得

8. cram vi.（為考試而）死記硬背