Grace+Fleming

Good class notes are essential to good study skills. What are good notes？ Many students fall into the trap of attempting to write down every word the teacher speaks. This is unnecessary， but even worse， its confusing. The key to good notes is identifying the most important things to write down.

做好課堂笔记是学习技巧中至关重要的一环。什么样的笔记才是好的笔记呢？许多学生陷入了这样一个误区：他们试图把老师讲的每一个字都记下来。其实没有这个必要，更糟的是，这会让人产生困惑。做好笔记的关键是确定最重要的东西并将其写下来。

If you read back over previous class notes， you will see that each days lecture will usually be about a specific chapter or topic. Your notes will make more sense to you if you identify a common thread and create a frame in your head before the lecture begins. When you understand the overall theme or message for the day， you will be able to identify important facts and understand why they matter. When you start with a frame in your head， you can see where each fact fits within the frame.

如果你阅读之前的课堂笔记，你会发现每堂课都涉及一个具体的章节或者主题。如果你在课前能确定讲课的主线或在脑海中构造一个知识框架时，笔记会对你更有意义。当你理解了当天课程总体的主题或内容，你就能够识别出重点内容并且能理解为什么他们很重要。当你在脑海中有了知识框架，你就能明白每个实例适用于框架哪个地方。

How to identify a theme for notes？ If the teacher has assigned a specific chapter or passage for the next class， you can be pretty certain that the next lecture will focus on that. Even if the information is a little different （and teachers often add important facts to the reading）， the theme or topic will often be the same.

如何确定笔记的主题呢？如果老师为下一节课指定了一个特定的章节或文章，那么你就能比较肯定下一堂课将以此为中心。即使讲课的内容有所不同（老师经常会添加一些重要的内容），主题往往是相同的。

Sometimes you can try a strategy to make your task much easier： Taking notes before your class and then reinforcing those notes as you listen to your teacher or professor. Science shows us that we learn from revisiting material. The more active you are in your study habits， the more time you put into preparing for class， the better you will be when the test day arrives.

有时候你可以尝试这样一个策略，使你的笔记做得更轻松：在课前记笔记，然后在听老师或教授（讲课）的时候充实你的笔记。科学告诉我们，我们通过温习材料来学习。你的学习习惯越主动，课前准备的时间越长，考试时你的表现就会越好。

Sometimes your lectures can be a re■stated version of， or reinforcement of， your textbook reading. If this is the case， your job is to read your assigned passages and create an outline containing the most important points that are covered. As you write， be sure to leave plenty of blank spaces between the lines of your outline. You will carry this outline to class and fill in supplemental information as you listen to your lecture. Its a good idea to prepare the outline for the lecture. You can go through and highlight new vocabulary words in a single color， like yellow or pink. Next， you may go back and highlight new concepts in a different color， like blue. You will find that the color coded highlights act as markers on a road map； they serve as flags to help you navigate quickly from topic to topic if your teacher tends to jump around.

有时候课堂内容是教科书内容的复述或者加强。如果是这样的话，你要做的就是读你老师指定的内容，并写出一个包含最重要的要点的大纲。写大纲的时候，一定要在大纲每行之间留出大量空白。……