作者：杰夫·考博
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我自認(rèn)是個比較認(rèn)真的閱讀者。
I take little notes in the margins.
我會在書頁留白處寫下筆記。
Dog-ear important pages.
會給重要的頁面折角。
Maybe jot a few things down in a notebook as I go along.
也許還會在讀的過程中用筆記本記錄下一些東西。
And yet I am stunned whenever I happen to go back to a book for a second or even a third time how little I remember of the contents.
即便如此，在我偶然拿起一本書讀第二遍甚至第三遍時仍會驚嘆我對內(nèi)容的記憶甚少。1
I’m not talking about reading to study for a test, mind you. I can usually retain what I need to long enough for that sort of thing. And besides, the days of having to take anything other than self-imposed tests are long behind me.
對了，我不是在討論為了考試而學(xué)習(xí)的那種閱讀。那一類的東西，我通常能記得足夠久的。另外，我必須記憶（除開為了測試強(qiáng)記的東西）的日子還長著呢。
No, I am talking about the book that I put on my list because I thought it sounded really interesting. The book I devoured over the course of a week or so and then place dutifully on those shelves my wife and I were so thrilled to have built in our living room.
不對，我是在說因?yàn)楦信d趣而列在我閱讀清單里的書。我會把在一周左右的時間“消滅”掉的書整齊地排在書架上。那是妻子和我興高采烈地建在起居室里的書架。1
A year later, if I happen to pick up that same book, I am lucky if I can remember the first thing about it. For example, I had this experience recently with Steven Pinker’s How the Mind Works. Ironic. Apparently the mind doesn’t work all that well over the long haul.
一年之后，如果我偶然拿起同一本書，如果我還能記得關(guān)于它的第一件事兒，就算是幸運(yùn)的了。例如，我最近看到史蒂芬·平克的《大腦是如何運(yùn)作的》時就有過這樣的體驗(yàn)。真諷刺。顯然，大腦在長時間的活動過程中不是一直都能良好運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)的。1
So here’s what I plan to do: re-read regularly.
所以，這就是我的計劃：有規(guī)律的重讀。
Yes, I know there are all sorts of tips out there about retaining more of what you read. Josh Kauffman, for instance, highlights some valuable ones over on The Personal MBA blog as does Tim Ferris on his blog. Useful stuff in certain situations, but a great deal of my reading is purely for the pleasure of it, and while I most definitely want to learn from it, I don’t want to become obsessive and make it into a chore.
是的，我知道有各種各樣幫助你記得更多你閱讀過的內(nèi)容的竅門。就拿喬什·考夫曼來說，在個人的工商管理碩士博客上，像是蒂姆·菲利斯在他的博客上所做的一樣，給有價值的東西標(biāo)注高光。在某些特定的情況下這會很有用，但我的閱讀大多基于興趣，并且當(dāng)我明確地想要從中學(xué)點(diǎn)兒什么時，我是不會想強(qiáng)迫自己，然后把它變成煩人的東西的。
So, I’m going to re-read.
所以，我準(zhǔn)備重讀。
Specifically, as a reader suggested on a Pick the Brain post on lifelong learning I did a while back, I’m going to re-read an old book for every three or so new books I read. I’m also going to start noting down what I have read and when – inspired by a friend who always writes the place and date of the things he reads in the front of the book.
特別是，在一位讀者在“活到老，學(xué)到老”中發(fā)表的《拾起記憶》中建議的那樣，我重讀了。我準(zhǔn)備在讀過三本左右的新書后，再度閱讀一本舊書。我受到一位總在書的扉頁寫下閱讀的時間和地點(diǎn)的朋友的啟發(fā)下，我也即將開始記錄我所讀的內(nèi)容和時間。
I’m not sure how much that will help, but I am betting it will help quite a bit. What do you think? Is re-reading part of your learning habit? What helps you retain what you read?
我不知道這樣做是否會有多大幫助，但我賭它將會大有裨益。你覺得呢？重讀是你學(xué)習(xí)習(xí)慣中的一部分么？是什么幫你記下你所讀的內(nèi)容的呢？
Jeff
杰夫
P.S. – If you are interested in memory, you may also want to see my earlier series on 5 Key Paths to Improving Memory as well as my podcast with Fiona McPherson from About Memory.
后記：-如果你對記憶感興趣的話，你也許愿意了解我早先的“5個提高記憶的捷徑”系列和在“關(guān)于記憶”中與菲歐娜·麥克福森的廣播片段。
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（原文）發(fā)表于2010年02月09日
注：綠色文字為譯者注。
