Day 0:
Notes for 5 Reading Myths
Vocabulary:
1. plug the gap:
to provide something that is needed, because there is not enough 填补空缺
Plug the gaps in your knowledge: 填补知识空缺
e.g.: With so few trained doctors, paramedics were brought in to plug the gap.
2. unthinking Pavlovian-like: 不假思索
e.g.: The response is seemingly pavlovian.
3. doggedly:
Dogged behavior shows that you are very determined to continue doing something
e.g.: a dogged determination to succeed
4. nibble:
take tiny bites of sth 小口咬某物; 轻咬
show cautious interest in (an offer, etc) 对(好意﹑提议等)审慎地表示有意接受
5. explode/dispel a myth
(=show that it is not true)
e.g.: It was important to dispel the myth that Aids was a gay disease.
5 Reading Myths:
Myth 1: try to grasp every word (meaningless words)
Myth 2: just read once rapidly
Myth 3: sinful to skip
Myth 4: rapid reading=poor comprehension
Myth 5: eyes slow down my reading speed
逻辑导图:
Summary:
I'm a junior now, but I read little and slowly. I think it is because I really don't know how to read efficiently. For me, I spent a lot in reading, but what I learned is limited. Unfortunately, I hit three myths in five because I don't know how to select useful information and skim, and that's also why I take this course. I hope I can optimize my reading skills with help of June and Gambition.