課堂筆記散亂無章？試試這些小技巧！大綱

As you progress from high school to college and into graduate school, you'll find that your lectures can get much more complex. Sometimes it's not easy taking notes that make sense the next day. There are a few tricks for taking sensible lecture notes.
當你從高中到大學再到進入研究生學院，你會發現課程變得更復雜。有時記錄有意義的筆記是不容易的，好的筆記在第二天查看仍有價值。這裏有一些技巧對記錄有意義的課堂筆記有幫助。

Date your notes.
記錄筆記的日期

In a perfect world, lecture notes from a single class are kept in a single, dedicated notebook in the correct sequence. But this is the real world! There will be times when you go to biology class (for instance) and realize that you’ve brought the history notebook by accident. This is how you end up with the Battle of Bunker Hill wedged between mitosis and blish the habit of putting the date at the beginning of each day’s notes and marking the end of a day’s notes. Also—if you ever have to take history notes in your biology notebook—be sure to start on a clean sheet of paper, mark the date, and tear it out. Then place the loose sheet in the correct notebook pockets? Staple it in.
完美的情況是，每種課程的課堂筆記以正確的順序用一個專門的筆記本記錄。但現實的情況是，有時你去上生物課，意識到自己意外帶的是歷史筆記本。這就是你最後把邦克山戰役寫在有絲分裂和減數分裂之間。培養在每天的筆記開始記錄日期和最後做標記這樣的習慣。如果你不得不把歷史的筆記記錄在你的生物筆記本上時，確保在一張乾淨的紙上開始，標記日期並且把它撕下來。然後把活頁放在準確的筆記本放置袋裏。沒有放置袋？那就把它訂在筆記裏邊。

Ask for a lecture theme – get an idea of the big picture.
詢問講課的主題--瞭解知識框架

Professors and teachers usually lecture from an outline they’ve prepared ahead of time. They often try to complete one topic, theme, or cycle in an individual lecture—although there will be some overlap some days. Don’t be afraid to ask your teacher for the topic of the day or the theme of the day’s lecture.
教授和老師講課通常從一個他們已經提前準備的提綱開始。在一次個人演講中，他們試圖完成一個話題，主題或者週期，雖然在後面會有一些重複。不要害怕去問你的老師今天的話題或者今天講課的主題。

Sometimes, teachers will get on a roll and/or get ahead of themselves and move from one theme to another without letting you know. If you notice that the professor seems to be talking about something you’ve never heard of before, the teacher might be transitioning from one topic to another. If you suspect that’s happening, just ask: “Are we changing topics?”
有時，老師將接着上一卷或者不讓你知道轉到另一個話題。如果你注意到教授似乎在談論一些你之前從未聽過的東西，老師可能已經從一個話題轉移到另一個話題。如果你懷疑這件事是否發生時，只需問一問：“我們改變主題了嗎？”

If you listen carefully, you can usually pattern your own notes according to the teacher’s own outline. Especially if you listen for transition words.
如果你認真聽了，你通常可以根據老師的大綱安排自己的筆記。特別是如果你聽到了過渡詞彙。

Watch for digressions and mark them.
關注內容並標記它們。

Teachers don’t try to make things complicated; they usually try to lecture in an organized pattern, but this is not always easy. Sometimes a student will make a comment, ask a question, or relay a personal experience that pivots the lecture into an unplanned tangent. This will happen.
老師們不會嘗試讓事情複雜化；他們通常盡力以有組織的模式講課，但這並不容易。有時學生會發表評論，提問或者講述個人經歷，這些插曲都有可能使得課程的主題發生意外的偏離。

When this does happen, strange things can happen to your notes. For instance: A student asks a question and the teacher answers. The teacher digresses, and then jumps back onto the planned lecture.
當這種情況確實發生時，奇怪的記錄可能出現在你的筆記上。比如：學生問了一個問題，並且老師做出回答。老師跳離主題進行回答後又跳回到計劃的課程中。

But the students don’t always realize the dividing line between digressions and planned lecture, so they keep writing furiously, not indicating any break or interruption in the flow of the teacher’s thoughts. The next day, the lecture notes will make little sense. To avoid confusion, always indicate in your notes when a student asks a question or the class breaks into a discussion. Also indicate if and when your teacher says something like “let's get back to the topic.”
但是學生不總是能意識到講課內容和離題內容之間的分界線，所以他們保持飛快的寫字速度，沒有做出任何打斷或者中斷老師想法的行爲。第二天，前一天的筆記幾乎沒有實質的作用。爲避免這種混亂，當學生做出提問或進入課堂討論時，在筆記上進行標記。當老師說“讓我們回到主題時”，也同樣做出標記。

Draw pictures and make arrows.
畫圖和標記箭頭。

If you’re visual person, you should make as many doodles on your paper as you can. Useful doodles, that is. As soon as you realize that once topic relates to another, comes before another, is the opposite of another, or has any kind of connection to another—draw a picture that makes sense to you. Sometimes the information will not sink in until and unless you see it in an image.
如果你是一個視覺敏感的人，你應該儘可能多的畫一些塗鴉在你的筆記上。這是指有用的塗鴉。一旦你意識到一個主題和另一個有關，在另一個之前出現、與另一個相反或者與另一個有任何形式的關聯--給自己畫一幅圖表明這些意義。有時你不能完全理解知識除非你在一張圖上看到它。

Underline new vocabulary.
給新詞彙畫下劃線（強調新詞彙）。

Any time a teacher writes a word on the board, put a circle around it, underline it, or draw pointy arrows around it. If a strange word pops up in your notes, you can bet it will show up on a test.
任何時候一個老師在黑板上寫下一個單詞，並圈起來時，你可以加下劃線標記這個詞，或者在它周圍畫一個尖箭頭。如果一個陌生的詞彙出現在你的筆記中，你可以猜測它將出現在一次考試中。

Remember, you must know more than the definition of a new word. You must know how it fits into the big picture.
記住，除了定義之外，對於新詞你必須瞭解更多的知識。你必須知道它在知識框架中扮演怎樣的角色。

Look for code words in the lecture.
尋找講課中的常用語

There are certain code words to look out for in a lecture that can indicate that your teacher is giving you the relevance or the context of an event.
在一節講課中有一些常用語要注意，因爲這些語句表明你的老師一正在講知識的關聯或者某個事件的上下文。

Remember, the teacher wants you to understand why things happen and how things relate to the big picture.
記住，老師希望你理解事件爲什麼發生以及事件和整個大局之間的關係。

Code words can indicate relationships, significance, or order. Always indicate when your teacher says:
這些常用語可以表明關係，意義或者順序。當老師說這些話時便會指出：
There were three causes… 有三個原因...

The first reason… 第一個原因是...

In the months leading up to… 在之前的幾個月...

Some people saw this as … while others believed… 一些人們認爲...而其他人認爲...

There are four steps to the process 完成這個工作有四個步驟

The reaction to X was… 對X的反應是...

Compare your lecture notes to the book.
把你的課堂筆記和課本比較一下。

Sometimes it’s impossible to find a pattern in the teacher’s lecture. If you find that your notes are confusing and provide no hint of a pattern, go straight to your textbook.
有時，在老師的講課中發現一個模式是不容易的。如果你發現你的筆記是混亂的，不能形成任何的模式，直接到教科書裏查看。

Take a look at the topics the teacher covers and see how those compare to the chapter titles and subtitles of the textbook. Chances are, things will start to make better sense when you see how the author arranged them.
看看老師涵蓋的主題和教科書中的章節標題和副標題比較一下。有可能，當你看到作者如何編排它們時，你將會對知識有更好的理解。