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It’s time to talk about an age-old topic taking notes.
是时候谈一个古老的话题了，记笔记。
All of us take notes but few of us know how to do it properly.
我们都记笔记，但很少有人知道如何正确地做笔记。
Until my last year of university I didn’t know how to take notes properly.
直到大四那年，我才知道如何正确地记笔记。
Can you imagine that 15 years of taking notes and I still wasn’t any good?
你能想象记笔记已经15年了，却依然做不好吗？
How many times have you walked out of a lecture and realized that you have no idea what you’ve just heard.
有多少次你走出教室，发现自己根本不知道都听了什么？
Do you ever think to yourself there must be a better way to take notes if you do you’re in for a treat.
你有没有想过记笔记一定有更好的方法，如果你想过这件事，那就来对了。
In this video I attempt to provide you with a solution for taking the best notes possible.
这段视频中，我将介绍一种最好的笔记方案。
Students usually suffer from at least one of three note-taking problems.
学生记笔记时，这三种问题中，至少会有一种。
They are taking those passively.
他们只是被动地记录。
They’re distracted in lectures or they have not mentally primed for the lecture.
他们在课堂开小差，或者压根儿还没做好上课的准备。
I’ll explore each of these topics in more detail.
我将更详细地探讨这些主题。
So what do I mean by taking notes passively?
我说的被动笔记指的是什么呢？
The main form of passive note-taking is writing down every single word the teacher says without giving it any thought.
被动记笔记就是将老师说的每一个字都不假思索的记下来。
The next time you’re in a lecture just take a look around the room,
下次上课的时候，环顾一下教室，
you’ll see that 95 percent of students are mindlessly writing down every word the professor says.
你会看到95%的学生都是无意识地将教授说的每个字都记下来。
When I was in university I would sometimes feel guilty if I was not constantly taking notes.
我上大学的时候，如果我没有一直记笔记，就会感到内疚。
Everyone was doing it so must be the right thing to do. Right?
每个人都这么做，所以这一定是对的。
解析在这里哦！
1. solution，名词，表示“解决办法”，比如：I think we can hammer out a solution. （我想我们能够制定出一个解决方案。）
2. passively，副词，表示“被动地”，比如：He sat there passively, content to wait for his father to make the opening move.（他被动地坐在那里，心满意足地等着他父亲走第一步棋。）
3. mindlessly，副词，表示“不用心地”，比如：They aren’t just mindlessly doing stuff.（他们不是没头没脑得只知道一味做事。）
4. prime，动词，表示“使准备好”，比如：a team primed for a game（已准备好参加比赛的运动队）。
