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quote： The talented is endurably patient. Behave like a champion, and then you will be there.
               There's no reward for long time studying, and there's no reward for extra pain.

Verbal session

沙发--RC--principles of reading comprehension(very important!)
板凳--RC--a reading error
地板--RC--how to unpack the beginning(very important!)
5#  -- RC--the components of the reading comprehension
6#  -- RC--headlist for short passages
7#  -- RC--skeletal sketch for long passages
8#  -- RC--the 7 strategies for reading comprehension
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10#-- SC--MANHATTAN chapter1, 2 and chapter 2's excercise-----GRAMMAR & MEANING
11#-- SC--MANHATTAN chapter3, chapter3's excercise--------------AGREEMENT
13#-- SC--MANHATTAN chapter4, chapter4's excercise--------------PARALLELISM
14#-- SC--MANHATTAN chapter5, chapter5's excercise--------------PRONOUNS
15#-- SC--MANHATTAN chapter6, chapter6's excercise--------------MODIFIERS
16#-- SC--MANHATTAN chapter7, chapter7's excercise--------------Tense, Mood, Voice
17#-- SC--MANHATTAN chapter8, chapter8's excercise--------------Comparisons

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seven principles of active and efficient reading:

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http://www.kaogmat.com/question/7f7ttk.html  （第三题）

explanation:

We have to look for a reason to rule out the possibility that there is a cluster of dim stars at the center of the galaxy. B implies that the existence of such a cluster would be incompatible with the phenomena that have been observed. Thus to accept the possibility would be to deny the validity of these observations. B is correct

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Very important mental technique--unpacking long sentences!

technique prescription:
Notice that we have to read from the head of the sentence to the end of it, so it is
useful to think from the first word to the last one. Not complicate grammar analysis,
just  try to grasp a reason, a concrete noun, then use a simple sentence to discribe
one by one. Use" there be" & "these", "it" to link each sentences, finally we get a big
picture of the beginning.

example:(This is a passage's initial two sentences~)

In many so-called "pro-drop" or "pronoun-drop" languages, verbs
inflect for number and person. In other words, by adding a prefix or suf­
fix or by changing in some other way, the verb itself indicates whether the
subject is singular or plural, as well as whether the subject is first person (/
or we), second person (you), or third person (he, she, it, or they).


9.  The first two sentences could be unpacked in the following way:


There are languages called “pronoun-drop” languages.
In many of these languages, verbs “inflect” for number and person.
That is, you change the verb itself somehow.
This change shows who is doing the action (I, you, or someone else).
The verb tells us whether that subject is singular or plural.
The verb also tells us whether that subject is first, second, or third person



take aways:
1. unpacking is following the sequence of the sentences.
2. the key is to grasp a concrete noun and the link between sentences.
3. unpacking is used with concretizing.
4. when the meanings are parallel, just list the simple sentences side by side.

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the simple story

the foreshadowing(may not present)
* it could be a phenomenon, a question, an old idea, a problem
1.the point
* it could be reason, answer, new idea,  resolution
* every passage contains a point, it is the most important message in the passage and is the crux of the simple story.

2.the background(may be brief)
*it is an information you need to understand the point.

3.the support(substantial portion of the passage, may be interwined with the background)
*it is evidence, assertions, and opinions for the point.

the implication(may not present, when it is, this is very important.)
*it is the result from the point.


the drill:

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firgure1 presents the general model of short passages; the second one is an example of the first type;Note that to create the headline list as quickly as possible, consider the notations in figure 3.


ps: the passage attached belongs to the 3rd type-- the point in the middle  Actually, there is no simple story in the passage, only 2 points, so you need to summarize the centrual meaning.

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A robust note-taking process for unfriendly long passage:

key elements:
1. Your skeletal sketch requires a defined skull

2. The limbs of your Skeletal Sketch are short headlines or one-sentence summaries of each of the
remaining paragraphs.

3. Once you have finished the passage, identify the Point.

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Look at the picture as follows~

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10#   manhattan SC    chapter1, 2  chapter2's exercise~~