2、24545mail:rbfx_takuroAbsolutelyDontStudyEnglish,ADSEADSE18.00usenetNews:/ITNews:/News:/News:/(usenet)ContentsCEIR1.........................................1Text1HowtoImproveYourStudyHabits.1Text2SailingRoundtheWorld
3、.2Text3ThePresent.3Text4TurningoffTV:aQuietHour.5Text5AMiserable,MerryChristmas.6Text6SamAdams,IndustrialEngineer.7Text7TheSampler.9Text8YouGoYourWay,IllGoMine.11Text9TheBrain.13Text10GoingHome.14CEIR2..................
4、.....................17Text1IsThereLifeonEarth.17Text2TheDinnerParty.18Text3LessonsfromJefferson.19Text4MyFirstJob.21Text5TheProfessorandtheYo-Yo.22Text6TheMakingofaSurgeon.24Text7TheresOnlyLuck.25Text8Honesty:IsItGoin
5、gOutofStyle.26Text9WhatIsIntelligence,Anyway.28Text10ProfitsofPraise.29CEIR3.......................................32Text1ABrushwiththeLaw.32Text2TheWomanWhoWouldNotTell.34Text3WhyITeach.36Text4LadyHermits
6、WhoAreDownButNotOut.38Text5TheDayMotherCried.40Text6ADaysWait.42Text7TheShelter.45Text8DaydreamaLittle.51Text9TheDeathofHitler.53RBFCollegeEnglishIntensiveReading-2-Text10TheFantasticSpurtinTechnology.55CEIR4............
7、...........................58Text1BigBuckstheEasyWay.58Text2DeerandtheEnergyCycle.61Text3WhyDoWeBelieveThattheEarthisRound.62Text4JimThorpe.64Text5ToLieorNottoLieTheDoctorsDilemma.67Text6HowtoMarkaBook.68Text7
8、TheLuncheon.71Text8TheNewCaves.75Text9JourneyWest.77Text10WhyPeopleWork.79CEIR5.......................................82Text1AKindofSermon.82Text2TheFifthFreedom.83Text3YourKeytoaBetterLife.85Text4Epilogue.88
9、Text5ScienceandtheScientificAttitude.90Text6IfItComesBack.93Text7LoveStory.96Text8RoamingtheCosmos.101Text9TheKeytoManagement.104Text10IHaveaDream.106CEIR6.....................................110Text1ResearchR
10、eportsForBusinessandTechnicalWriting.110Text2TheBeginningofaCareer.113Text3TheQuestforExtraterrestrialIntelligence.116Text4TheLibraryCard.119Text5HowCouldAnythingThatFeelsSoBadBeSoGood.123Text6TheMonster.126Text7ZeritskysLaw.129Text8TheRol
11、eofScienceFiction.132Text9LookfortheRustyLining.136Text10DebatingtheUnknowable.138RBFCEIR1-1-CEIR1WanttoknowhowtoimproveyourgradeswithouthavingtospendmoretimestudyingSoundstoogoodtobetrueWell,readon...HowtoImproveYourStudyHabi
12、tsPerhapsyouareanaveragestudentwithaverageintelligence.Youdowellenoughinschool,butyouprobablythinkyouwillneverbeatopstudent.Thisisnotnecessarilythecase,however.Youcanreceivebettergradesifyouwantto.Yes,evenstudentsofaverageintellig
13、encecanbetopstudentswithoutadditionalwork.Hereshow:1.Planyourtimecarefully.Makealistofyourweeklytasks.Thenmakeascheduleorchartofyourtime.Fillincommittedtimesuchaseating,sleeping,meetings,classes,etc.Thendecideongood,regulartime
14、sforstudying.Besuretosetasideenoughtimetocompleteyournormalreadingandworkassignments.Ofcourse,studyingshouldntoccupyallofthefreetimeontheschedule.Itsimportanttosetasidetimeforrelaxation,hobbies,andentertainmentaswell.Thisweeklysche
15、dulemaynotsolveallofyourproblems,butitwillmakeyoumoreawareofhowyouspendyourtime.Furthermore,itwillenableyoutoplanyouractivitiessothatyouhaveadequatetimeforbothworkandplay.2.Findagoodplacetostudy.Chooseoneplaceforyourstudyarea
16、.Itmaybeadeskorachairathomeorintheschoollibrary,butitshouldbecomfortable,anditshouldnothavedistractions.Whenyoubegintowork,youshouldbeabletoconcentrateonthesubject.3.Skimbeforeyouread.Thismeanslookingoverapassagequicklybefore
17、youbegintoreaditmorecarefully.Asyoupreviewthematerial,yougetsomeideaofthecontentandhowitisorganized.Laterwhenyoubegintoreadyouwillrecognizelessimportantmaterialandyoumayskipsomeoftheseportions.Skimminghelpsdoubleyourreadingsp
18、eedandimprovesyourcomprehensionaswell.4.Makegooduseofyourtimeinclass.Listeningtowhattheteachersaysinclassmeanslessworklater.Sitwhereyoucanseeandhearwell.Takenotestohelpyourememberwhattheteachersays.5.Studyregularly.Gooveryournote
19、sassoonasyoucanafterclass.Reviewimportantpointsmentionedinclassaswellaspointsyouremainconfusedabout.Readaboutthesepointsinyourtextbook.IfyouknowwhatRBFCollegeEnglishIntensiveReading-2-theteacherwilldiscussthenextday,skimandrea
20、dthatmaterialtoo.Thiswillhelpyouunderstandthenextclass.Ifyoureviewyournotesandtextbookregularly,thematerialwillbecomemoremeaningfulandyouwillrememberitlonger.Regularreviewleadstoimprovedperformanceontest.6.Developagoodattitudeabout
21、tests.Thepurposeofatestistoshowwhatyouhavelearnedaboutasubject.Theworldwontendifyoudontpassatest,sodontworryexcessivelyaboutasingletest.Testsprovidegrades,buttheyalsoletyouknowwhatyouneedtospendmoretimestudying,andtheyhelpmakeyou
22、rknowledgepermanent.Thereareothertechniquesthatmighthelpyouwithyourstudying.Onlyafewhavebeenmentionedhere.Youwillprobablydiscovermanyothersafteryouhavetriedthese.Talkwithyourclassmatesabouttheirstudytechniques.Sharewiththemsomeofthetec
23、hniquesyouhavefoundtobehelpful.Improvingyourstudyhabitswillimproveyourgrades.Atsixty-fiveFrancisChichestersetouttosailsingle-handedroundtheworld.Thisisthestoryofthatadventure.SailingRoundtheWorldBeforehesailedroundtheworldsingle
24、-handed,FrancisChichesterhadalreadysurprisedhisfriendsseveraltimes.Hehadtriedtoflyroundtheworldbutfailed.Thatwasin1931.Theyearspassed.Hegaveupflyingandbegansailing.Heenjoyeditgreatly.Chichesterwasalready58yearsoldwhenhewonthef
25、irstsolotransatlanticsailingrace.Hisolddreamofgoingroundtheworldcameback,butthistimehewouldsail.Hisfriendsanddoctorsdidnotthinkhecoulddoit,ashehadlungcancer.ButChichesterwasdeterminedtocarryouthisplan.InAugust,1963,atthe
26、ageofnearlysixty-five,anagewhenmanymenretire,hebeganthegreatestvoyageofhislife.Soon,hewasawayinthisnew16-metreboat,GipsyMoth.Chichesterfollowedtherouteofthegreatnineteenthcenturyclipperships.Buttheclippershadhadplentyofcrew.Chiche
27、sterdiditallbyhimself,evenafterthemainsteeringdevicehadbeendamagedbygales.Chichestercovered14,100milesbeforestoppinginSydney,Australia.Thiswasmorethantwicethedistanceanyonehadpreviouslysailedalone.HearrivedinAustraliaon12Dec
28、ember,just107daysoutfromEngland.HereceivedawarmwelcomefromtheAustraliansandfromhisfamilywhohadflowntheretomeethim.Onshore,Chichestercouldnotwalkwithouthelp.Everybodysaidthesamething:hehaddoneenough;hemustnotgoanyfurther.Buthedidnotlisten.RBFCEIR1-3-AfterrestinginSydneyforafewweeks,Chich