核聚英语背诵 第21篇 常语Method of learning 公号:英语能量圈

21只有学习了学习方法才能进步：Method of learning
查理·芒格（Charlie Thomas Munger）巴菲特好搭档

【1】Alfred North Whitehead said it one time that “the rapid advance of civilization came only when man invented the method of invention”.
阿尔弗雷德·诺斯·怀特海曾经说过一句很正确的话，他说只有当人类“发明了发明的方法”之后，人类社会才能快速地发展。

【2】And of course he was referring to the huge growth of GDP per capita and all the other good things that we now take for granted which started a few hundred years ago and before that all was stasis.
他指的是人均GDP的巨大增长和其他许多我们今天已经习以为常的好东西。人类社会在几百年前才出现了大发展，在那之 前，每个世纪的发展几乎等于零。
【3】So if civilization can progress only when it invents the method of invention, you can progress only when you learn the method of learning.
人类社会只有发明了发明的方法之后才能发展，同样的道理，你们只有学习了学习的方法之后才能进步。

【4】I was very lucky. 我非常幸运。
【5】I came to law school having learned the method of learning and nothing has served me better in my long life than continuous learning.
我读法学院之前就已经学会了学习的方法。在我这漫长的一生中，没有什么比持续学习对我的帮助更大。
【6】And if you take Warren Buffett. If you watch him with a time clock, I would say half of all the time he spends is sitting on his ass and reading.
再拿沃伦·巴菲特来说，如果你们拿着计时器观察他，会发现他醒着的时候有一半时间是在看书。

【7】And a big chunk of the rest of the time is spent talking one on one, either on the telephone or personally, with highly gifted people whom he trusts and who trust him.
他把剩下的时间大部分用来跟一些非常有才干的人进行一对一的交谈，有时候是打电话，有时候是当面，那些都是他信任且 信任他的人。

【8】In other words, it looks quite academic, all this worldly success.
换句话说，沃伦在世俗生活中的巨大成功，是通过很学术的方法获得的

22改变思维模式，改变大脑：Change mindset change brain
Carol Dweck
Ted 演讲：
https://www.ted.com/talks/carol_dweck_the_power_of_believing_that_you_can_improve?language=en

【1】Just the words 'yet' or 'not yet,' we're finding, give kids greater confidence, give them a path into the future that creates greater persistence.
我们发现，注重 过程的思维模式，会赋予孩子们更多自信，指引他们不断向前，越发坚持不懈。
【2】And we can actually change students' mindsets.
事实上，我们能够改变学生的思维模式。
【3】In one study, we taught them that every time they push out of their comfort zone to learn something new and difficult, the neurons in their brain can form new, stronger connections, and over time they can get smarter.
在一项研究中，我们告诉学生们，每当他们迫使自己走出舒适区，学习新知识，迎接新挑战，大 脑中的神经元会形成新的更强的连接，他们会逐渐变得越来越聪明。
【4】Look what happened. 看看后面发生了什么吧。
【5】In this study, students who were not taught this growth mindset continued to show declining grades over this difficult school transition, but those who were taught this lesson showed a sharp rebound in their grades.
在这项研究中，没有接受成长型思维模式训练的学生，在这一困难的过渡阶段，成绩持续下滑， 但那些受过该训练的学生，成绩强势反弹，卓有起色。
【6】We have shown this now, this kind of improvement, with thousands and thousands of kids, especially struggling students.
如今，我们已证实这一结论，通过成 千上万个孩子的实例，尤其是那些在学业上挣扎的孩子。