Going+to+the+game?

listen [|here]  Topic : Taking Notes and time to study and prepare for exams

But then it's usually a few weeks until there's an exam, and when he goes back to his notes from a few weeks earlier, the notes don't make any sense. That's why it takes so much time for him to review his notes. The notes from a few weeks ago, the ones that he thought were so good, just don't make sense after a few weeks, so it takes a lot of time to sort them out. || Right after he takes notes during a lecture, he goes over the notes and reorganizes them. it saves him so much time because it's much easier to prepare for exams this way || Two students are talking about going to a game. One of them can't go because he has to study for the exams. He is not prepared yet.
 * Student 2 || Student 1 ||
 * Takes notes during lectures || Takes notes during lectures ||
 * they all makes sense at the time.

Moreover, the other student has finished studying for the exam and has time to go to the game before the exam. Both students take notes during lectures. However the student going to the game, goes over the notes right after lectures and reorganizes them.

Student two who isn't going to the game, goes over the notes right before the exam. In addition, the notes from a few weeks ago, the ones that he thought were so good, just don't make sense after a few weeks, so it takes a lot of time to sort them out and prepare for exams.

In conclusion, proper taking notes and going over them on time, saves time.

605 speaking exercise 13 2. Listen to the passage. On a piece of paper, take notes on the main points of the listening passage. Hey, Alan, are you going to the game tonight? Oh, I can't, Anne, I have an exam on Friday, and I need to study for it. It's too bad you're going to miss the game. It's going to be a great one .... You should've studied earlier so that you could go to the game, you know. I wish I had, but I didn't, and now I've got to spend tonight and tomorrow reviewing my notes. It takes that much time for you to review your notes? I know it shouldn't take that much time, but it does. Why does it, do you think? Well, when I'm in class, I think I take really good notes, I mean, r think I understand what the professor'S talking about and I write down lots of stuff ... it all makes sense at the time. But then it's usually a few weeks until there's an exam, and when I go back to my notes from a few weeks earlier, the notes don't make any sense. That's why it takes so much time for me to review my notes. The notes from a few weeks ago, the ones that I thought were so good, just don't make sense after a few weeks, so it takes a lot of time to sort them out. You see what my problem is? I think I understand what your problem is, and, even better, I think I know what you could do to solve the problem. You do? What? I think the most important thing I do, right after I take notes during a lecture, is to go over the notes and reorganize them. Really? You do that? I do. I think that one of the most important things my high school adviser told me about university studies, and about lecture notes in particular, was to "never let them get cold." What she meant was that you shouldn't just take notes during class and forget about the notes for a while until the last minute before an exam. Instead, you should review the notes within a day or so, review them and organize them, if necessary. Is that what you do? Yes, and it saves me so much time because it's much easier to prepare for exams this way. I guess it can't hurt me to give it a try with the lectures that are coming up, but right now I need to go prepare for the exam on Friday. So you can't go to the game? I really do wish I could, but I can't.