41 Learning Methods That Benefit a Lifetime

Chapter 41 Reading Articles, Asking in Five Places
Some basic requirements of the hypothetical questioning method have been discussed above.Let's take Chinese learning as an example to talk about how to apply this method in learning.

First, address the key elements of what you have learned, and then ask questions.

The so-called key content refers to the questions that outline and guide the whole article (a single hair affects the whole body, it determines the direction of the article), or doubts and difficulties that are difficult for oneself to understand.In terms of specific articles, the key content is often the finishing touch that can reflect the central idea in the reading materials, or the "topic eye" in prose, or the "poetic eye" in poetry.If you can grasp the key issues in your studies, see the strange things in ordinary life, and discern the gems with your eyes, you can solve the problems through the "question-answer-question" mode and learn something.

Second, ask questions where the content contradicts.

There are many articles where the author intentionally or unintentionally left some seemingly "contradictory" places, but in fact, this is where the author focuses.Asking questions in these places can often guide yourself to understand the text more deeply.Take the famous work "Kong Yiji" by Mr. Lu Xun that we are familiar with as an example.At the end of the article, Mr. Lu Xun wrote: "About Kong Yiji is indeed dead." The two contradictory words "approximately" and "certainly" cannot but arouse strong doubts: Why did Mr. Lu Xun use two contradictory words side by side in one sentence, and what is his intention?Combining the entire article, we can quickly sort out the answers to the above questions: Kong Yiji was a pitiful person forgotten by society, and no one cared about his death at all.Therefore, Mr. Lu Xun used this sentence as the ending of Kong Yiji's life tragedy.The purpose of the two contradictory words used in parallel is to indicate that based on what happened to Kong Yiji, it can be concluded that he is dead without a doubt, but no one cares about his life and death, so it can only be assumed to express uncertainty.Isn't this exactly where Mr. Lu Xun's diction is refined and appropriate?

Third, ask questions at the point of foreshadowing doubts.

Many articles leave foreshadowing due to the need for layout, leaving room for future development.Reserving one hand is not unique to the article.Anyone who likes to play chess knows that there is a saying of "idle chess" in chess, that is, to take a move in the chess layout that seems to have nothing to do with the current situation.But this move often plays a considerable role after dozens of moves, and even affects the trend of the entire game and victory or defeat!This is the magical effect of "idle chess".Foreshadowing works similarly.

Take the ancient classical Chinese text "Zhizhi" as an example.The article was written to become famous and regain the cricket (that is, the cricket). The plot is bizarre and suspicious.At first, "cover it with the palm, as if there is nothing; when the hand is cut (commonly referred to as "talent"), it will leap suddenly and suddenly"; later, I will write about the cricket fight of the village boy, the rooster fight, and all the good breeds in the palace. Cricket fights are amazingly skilled and victorious in every battle.These descriptions all set a big foreshadowing for the famous son who committed suicide by throwing himself into a well, and his soul turned into a cricket (cricket), which was not explained until the end of the article.This method of foreshadowing doubts, laying suspense, and pointing out the ending greatly enhances the artistic effect of the work.

If you can ask questions in these places during the study, you can make yourself understand the profound content of the article and at the same time initially understand the superb writing techniques, killing two birds with one stone.

Fourth, ask questions where they stir up suspense.

The so-called suspense is a tense psychological activity related to the development of the story and the fate of the characters.Many learning practices have shown that arousing suspense and asking questions is a very effective way-it can create a good mental state during learning, fully arouse our curiosity, and make us appreciate the author's ingenuity and ingenious arrangements. The twists and turns of the plot are not only beneficial to our understanding of the text, but also conducive to cultivating our ability to learn deep in the simple, and conducive to cultivating our reading habits of positive thinking rather than passive acceptance.

In the novel "The Necklace" by the famous French writer de Maupassant, the heroine Mathilde and her husband spent 10 years trying to pay off the huge debts caused by accidentally losing their friend's diamond necklace, so that Mathilde Premature aging, gray temples.One Sunday after this, she went to the park.What will happen at this moment?This has undoubtedly become a big suspense, and it is also a big question mark that echoes in everyone's mind.At this time, we might as well guess all the possibilities first, and then read the end of the novel to draw a conclusion: Mathilde met her former girlfriend Jenny (the owner of the diamond necklace), and only then did she learn that she and her husband had given up everything so hard. The joy of life has been struggling for 10 years, but it is only for a string of fake diamond necklaces worth more than 500 francs!What a price she paid for her own vanity and her intoxicated luxury!This allows us to appreciate the profound irony of the ending.

Fifth, ask questions at the implication of the sentence.

Some sentences in many articles are rich in meaning, often embodying the author's specific writing intention; Profound and thought-provoking; there are also some sentences that seem not difficult to understand, but the link to the full text has the effect of "killing two birds with one stone" or even "killing three birds with one stone".Questioning questions in these sentences will undoubtedly deepen the understanding and grasp of the article.

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