高效自學外語6個的秘訣（2）

2. Expect problems and you won’t be disappointed.
第二布：降低期望值，這樣就不會對自己失望

Don't expect to understand things, much less remember them, the first time you study them. Trust that things will get clearer as your brain comes to grips with new information. It is like a jig-saw puzzle or a cross-word puzzle. As you start to put the pieces together, or string the words together, the full picture becomes clearer. The brain learns all the time, but on its own schedule. Learning does not take place according to a schedule laid down by a curriculum or teacher. Some things are easier to learn than others. Some things just take longer to click in. Keep at it, and you will gradually find that things that seem difficult at first, will become second nature with time.
當一開始學習的時候，別指望能一下就全部理解、更別說記住所有知識點了。要相信，隨著你了解越來越多的新知識、你的頭腦也會變得清晰起來。這就像是拼圖、或者填字游戲那樣：當你把圖形一個一個拼起來、或是把單詞一一填進去，整個大局就會清楚。大腦其實隨時都在學習，不過它也有自己的節(jié)奏。學習的過程是不會按照一個課程、或是老師給你規(guī)定的進行的。有的東西比其他好學，有的東西就是需要花更多時間。堅持下去，你慢慢就會發(fā)現(xiàn)那些一開始看上去很難的東西也會隨著時間變得簡單了。