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5 Essential Steps to Cram for a Test Without Losing Your Mind
期末考試，你看我還有機會嗎？
Social media is electronic ADHD. It will sink a cram session like an elephant in a row boat. Furthermore, Kim Kardashian won’t tweet anything in the next 50 minutes to improve your geometry grade. Texting, Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, Pinterest, etc., are great, but take a break to cram for exams.
社交媒體會一直分散你的注意力。就像大象坐在劃艇上一定會沉下去，它一定會把復習搞砸。而且，金·卡戴珊在接下來的50分鐘內不會發布任何幫助你提高幾何成績的推特。短信、臉書、推特、Gmail、Pinterest都是很不錯的軟件，不過還是讓它們休息一下，專心備戰考試吧。
Cramming is about finding a good rhythm. We recommend a 50/10 split: 50 minutes studying, 10 minutes of anything else. On your break, exercise, or sing, or dance, or sit still. You pick. Then get back to work. Setting a timer will help you find a rhythm.
臨考前死記硬背的學習要找到一個舒適的節奏。我們建議50：10的時間分配：50分鐘學習，10分鐘做其他事。休息時，你可以鍛煉身體，唱歌，跳舞，或靜靜地坐著。隨便你想干什么。時間到了就回去學習。設置計時器能幫助你把握復習節奏。
Remember, you are cramming at this point. Any learning here has a limited shelf-life, so stick to the basics. You are learning just the main ideas and the key details. Those are the things that are most likely to be on the test, so focus your energy there. Look for headings, key people, dates, equations, vocab words, and explanations of major ideas. Filter the rest.
記住，你現在是在應付考試。現在學習的任何知識都只是臨時記憶，所以只關注基本知識。你現在只要學習知識要點和重要細節。這些是最有可能出現在考試中的內容，所以把精力集中于此。尋找標題、關鍵人物、日期、方程式、詞匯和主要觀點的解釋。過濾剩下的。
Talk to yourself. Every big idea you read, talk it out. Explain things to yourself. Make lots of hand motions. Pace if it helps. Emphasize words with a funny accent. The crazier you look, the better. No, crazy people don’t remember more. But the more senses and emotions involved the more you’ll remember.
你要自言自語。要把看到的重要知識點讀出聲。向自己做解釋。可以比手劃腳。如果有幫助的話，加快速度。用有趣的口音強調文字。看起來越瘋狂越好。瘋癲不會幫助記憶，但是你的感官和情緒可以。
Whether or not your teacher/prof. gave you a study guide, you need to make your own to cram for an exam. This is far and away the best method to study for an exam. After just making the guide yourself, 80% of your work will be done. You’re cramming, so it doesn’t have to be neat. Only you have to be able to read it. Writing it out, reading as you go, involving all your senses.
無論老師是否劃了復習重點，你都需要為考試制作復習指南。這無疑是備考的最好方法。完成復習指南之后，80%的工作就搞定了。你是為了應付考試，所以指南不必工整。只要能看懂就行。把它寫出來，邊讀邊寫，讓你的所有感官都參與其中。
