如何在大学里脱颖而出 How to Win at College
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纵观各大学校园,总是有这样一种人,他们引人注目,不但学习成绩优异,在各种竞赛中频频获奖,而且还身兼各种校、院、班级职务;更让人不可思议的是,他们竟然还有闲暇时光呼朋唤友、旅游探险!
他们是如何做到的呢?他们到底隐藏了怎样的成功秘笈让自己在大学里脱颖而出?为了拨开这些“神秘人物”的面纱,毕业于达特茅斯大学的著名学者卡尔·纽波特与哈佛、普林斯顿、耶鲁、达特茅斯等常春藤大学的多位顶尖学生进行访谈,了解他们生活、学习等方面的种种习惯,最后提炼成75条简洁实用的大学成功法则,并将其写进随后风靡校园的《How to Win at College》一书。
无论是在今天的中国还是西方,充分利用四年大学时光为日后的成功作准备,都是每个即将进入大学或者已经身处大学校园的学生的梦想。因此,我们也特别从此书挑选其中50条法则,希望带给同学们有益的启示。
To be honest, when I first started these interviews, I was a little 1)intimidated. I worried that I would discover that the key to winning at college was a genius–level I.Q., an ability to go for days without sleep, or maybe even a 2)photographic memory. But my fears were unfounded. I discovered from my research that anyone can become a 3)standout student! You don’t have to be a genius, you are allowed to get a healthy amount of sleep, and your memory doesn’t have to be anything special. All you really need is some expert guidance from those who have done it before.
说实话,刚开始那些(对顶尖学生进行的)采访的时候,我心里颇有些顾虑。我担心最后发现,在大学里脱颖而出的秘诀在于天才般的IQ,或是要具备几天几夜不眠不休的旺盛精力,或是如照相机般精确持久的记忆力。但事实证明我的顾虑是多余的。从调查中我发现,任何人都可以成为出类拔萃的学生。你不必是个聪明绝顶的天才,完全可以拥有健康充足的睡眠,记忆力也不必非要有过人之处。实际上,你真正需要的只是过来人的经验指导。
Don’t do all of your reading
Create a Sunday ritual
Drop classes every semester
Start long-term projects the day they are assigned
Make your bed
Build study systems
Befriend a professor
Become a club president
Read a newspaper every day
Do one thing better than anyone else you know
不必看完所有布置的阅读材料
形成一个周日(为下周作准备的)惯例
每个学期退修(糟糕的)课程
一旦接受长期任务,立刻开始动手
整理你的床铺
创建总体学习计划
与教授交朋友
担当协会领袖
每天读报
培养出一项比任何你所认识的人更出色的专长
Learn to give up
Never nap
Jump into research as soon as possible
Pay your dues
Study in fifty-minute 4)chunks
Schedule your free time
Dress nicely for class
Decorate your room
Start studying two weeks in advance
Write outside of class
学会放弃
不要打盹
尽快投身研究之中
做好份内之事
安排五十分钟的时间段学习
合理安排闲暇时间
穿戴整齐去上课
装点你的房间
提前两周开始复习
课外多练笔
Find an escape
Take hard courses early on
Do schoolwork every day
Attend guest lectures
Exercise five days a week
Tack on an extra major or 5)minor
Meet often with your adviser
Don’t undersleep, don’t oversleep
Relax before exams
Don’t binge drink
尝试“出逃”(到常规生活外的地方体验一番)
尽早选择难度更大的课程
每天做些作业
积极参加客座讲座
每周运动五天
多选一门主修或辅修专业
经常与导师会面
不要睡眠不足,也不要睡眠过足
考试前多多放松
不要酗酒
Ignore your classmates’ grades
Seek out 6)phenomenal achievers
Learn to listen
Never pull an all-nighter
Laugh every day
Keep a work-progress journal
Seek out fun
Inflate your ambition
Get involved with your major department
Care about your grades, ignore your 7)G.P.A.
不要攀比分数
寻找非凡的成功者
学会聆听
别熬通宵
每天笑一笑
坚持做学习进展记录
寻找乐趣
设定更高远的目标
多参与你们学院的活动
关心单科分数,忽略平均分数
Always go to class
Eat healthy
Volunteer quietly
Maximize your summers
Choose goals, explore routes
Find a secret study space
Study with the quiz-and-recall method
Relax before sleep
Start Fast, End Slow
“Don’t have no regrets”
按时上课
健康的饮食
默默无闻地做义工
最大限度地利用你的暑假
选择目标,另辟蹊径
寻找一个隐秘的学习场所
运用“提问+回忆”的方法学习
睡前放松一下
快速开始,缓慢结束
“不无遗憾”(不必追求完美)
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