如何幫英文文章做摘要呢？

#梅姨英文摘要 #梅式教學系列文 又來囉！

許多學英文學到挫敗又吐血的粉絲自從發現這種用「#讀英文文章來做摘要」的學習方法後，紛紛表示以往單字背了就忘、文法句型寫過就忘以及讀過文章之後想描述卻講得支離破碎等情況已消失。

找到對自己有效率的方法後，你很快就可以得到成就感。得到成就感後，你就會很願意再持續做。
廢話不多說，直接開始吧！

1. #先選妃，找篇文章來讀。今天我選的是有關 #專心 的力量的文章，找到一篇叫 "The art of doing one thing at a time" (by Chris Bailey) 的文章。

2. #快速讀一遍。我選的這篇文章不只上面清楚寫明 #takeaway（讀完後可帶走的智慧）跟 #預估閱讀時間 四分鐘四秒（也太精確），超愛這種有效率的人了。我準備好文具跟心情，坐下來專心的把文章一口氣讀完。*人家說四分鐘，你也不能差太多。

3. #精讀。查字典跟 Google。#查字典六部曲 當然也會做好做滿。

4. #做摘要。注意：我的摘要的絕大部份，約90%的文字，全來自原文。我不想自找麻煩的去改寫。我只想快速學會用完美的英文來做摘要，而人家的英文已完美，更何況聽說不少人的碩士論文90%的內文也都是抄來的，我背些句子講給自己聽應該無妨吧。

5. #開口講。這個步驟最重要，也是應該花最多時間做的，只寫好英文摘要就離開書桌結束，完全是莫名其妙的行為，英文筆記又不是錢，存起來要幹嘛？你得放進腦袋啊！！我會馬上靠腦袋複習剛才做好的英文摘要，邊洗衣服邊講、邊走路邊講，憑空講，用嘴巴講。記不起來？全都忘光了？那就再看一次你的摘要。

建議大家先去 Google 該文章，自己先閱讀，真的實際操做後再看我做的 #英文文章摘要。真的懶得看的人，就直接背我的摘要吧！

Doing only one thing at a time is a surprisingly powerful way to become more productive.
Yes, when we try doing multiple things at the same time, the brain is more stimulated, and it releases more dopamine. But study after study has shown that multitasking invariably makes us less productive.

Every moment, our brain is flooded with information—sights, sounds, words, thoughts, to-dos, and more. It’s impossible for our brains to focus on two tasks. When we multitask, we do a mediocre job of everything.

Multitasking even affects our memory and makes us less able to remember what we work on.
On the other hand, single-tasking, working on one thing at a time, lets us make more connections, work more creatively, and find more meaning in the work. This way we don’t have to spread our time, attention, and energy—the three ingredients of productivity—across many things at once.

Single-tasking also helps us develop our executive functioning because every time we rein our attention back in, we work out our attention muscle.

So, next time you work, set a timer for 20 minutes, and use that time to do just one thing. Afterward, reflect on how much you accomplished. You’ll be amazed.

Productivity isn’t about how busy we are, or how fast we work—it’s about how much we accomplish.