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Another thing you can use...another way to remember these things and take notes is using acronyms.
你們能用的另一個東西，能用來記住這些信息和做筆記的另一個方法是使用首字母縮略詞。
Acronyms are basically the initials of something, each letter stands for something.
首字母縮略詞基本上就是某些詞的首字母，每個字母都代表著一個單詞。
B.A.-- Bachelor of Arts, B.Sc, I forgot to write down--Bachelor of Science, B.Ed-- Bachelor of Education, and so on.
B.A.是Bachelor of Arts，B.Sc，我忘記把它寫下來了，它是Bachelor of Science，B.Ed是Bachelor of Education的縮略形式，像這樣的縮略詞還有很多。
Master of Arts, PhD. -- doctorate or post-graduate.
Master of Arts, PhD.指的是博士或者研究生學位。
IBM -- International Business Machine, big company name,
IBM指的是International Business Machine，一家大公司的名字,
CIA -- Central Intelligent Agency in the States, IRS -- Internal Revenue Services, part of the tax company of the government.
CIA是美國的Central Intelligent Agency的首字母縮略形式 , IRS是Internal Revenue Services，政府稅務公司的一部分。
a.m. -- morning, p.m. -- afternoon or evening.
a.m.是上午，p.m.指的是下午或者晚上。
But notice here, "p.m." with dots and "PM" without the dots or the dot is after.
但是這里請注意有兩個點的"p.m."和沒有點或者后面有一點的"PM"或"PM."。
"p.m." -- afternoon, evening, "PM" -- "prime minister".
"p.m."是下午或者晚上，"PM"是 "prime minister"。
Okay? So all these little things have a huge impact.
所有這些小小的單詞都有巨大的效果。
But once you master how to do this, and believe me, it takes a lot of practice.
不過一旦你們對此游刃有余，相信我，這需要很多練習。
Once you know how to do this, then you can go into the TOEFL test, your listening section becomes much easier, speaking section, writing section,
一旦你們知道該怎么做了，你們就可以去參加托福考試了，你們的聽力部分會變得容易很多，口語部分、寫作部分，
everything is much easier because you have the information in front of you when it's time to answer the questions. Okay?
所有的都會簡單得多，因為要回答問題的時候你們面前有所需的信息。
Now, we're just going to do one more thing, I'm going to show you an example, I'm going to take a complicated sentence, sort of.
現在，我們還要再做一件事，我會給你們展示一個例子，我會選擇一個有點復雜的句子。
I'm going to reduce it to code, and you'll see more or less how it's done, it's not easy, but let's look at it.
然后把它縮減成符號，這樣你們多多少少就能看到應該怎么做了，這不是件簡單的事，不過我們看看吧。
Okay. So now we're going to look at an example.
那現在我們要來看一個例子。
Now, first of all, keep in mind you're seeing this; you're not hearing it -- two very different things.
首先要記住，在這里你們是用眼睛看的，而不是聽的，這是兩件非常不同的事情。
But I just wanted to give you an idea of what I want you to practice doing, and you can of course do that on your own.
但是我只是想讓你們知道我想讓你們練習的是什么，你們當然也可以自己獨自去做。
Lots of places to do it, I'll give you a couple examples.
在很多地方都能這么做，我會給你們幾個例子的。
I'm going to redo the sentence, and then I'm going to show you how this area means the same thing. Okay?
我要重寫一下這個句子，然后告訴你們這一區的單詞是如何指的同一件事的。
You're not necessarily going to have to write this much detail, you're not going to have to write down a whole sentence, but just to show you how it works.
你們不用寫這么多細節，不用把整個句子寫下來，我只是讓你們看看應該怎么操作。
"With the advent of the information age, as well as widespread access to this information via technological advances in communication, came a new threat for civil protection agencies to tackle."
這個句子是這樣的："With the advent of the information age, as well as widespread access to thcame a new threat for civil protection agencies to tackle."
