Research now shows that regular quizzes, short essays, and other assignments over the course of a term better enhance learning and retention.

现在的研究表明，学期内的定期小测验、短文写作和其他作业，能更好地增强学习能力和记忆能力。

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A short term goal in learning English might be to learn enough to be able to book a hotel room.

所谓短期目标是一些短期内在英语上能取得的进步，比如在一个星期内学会用英语预定酒店。

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If you can make that first step, inspired by a short term goal, and if you study in an enjoyable way, you will be surprised how addictive and satisfying language learning can be.

如果你能在短期目标的激发下迈出那第一步，如果你用愉快的方法学习，你会惊讶的发现语言学习将是多么的令人醉心和满足。

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Like the legal intern delivering coffee and learning what it takes to be a good lawyer, their most significant impact in the role is not achieved in a short time, but rather in avoiding being too much of a distraction in the short-term and learning how to have a real impact in the long run.

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Targacept's pill is more refined, he says, because it binds with a subtype of neuronal nicotinic receptor situated mostly in parts of the brain that process sensory information and aid in learning and short-term memory.

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Short-term goals: These ought to be a series of frugal experiments that generate learning the start-up can use to adjust what it does on the way to its long-term goal.

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