It's the main reason why you consistently find yourself cramming for tests the night before.

这就是你总是在考试前上临时抱佛脚的主要原因。

For example, the night before the exam.

例如考试前临时抱佛脚。

Do you remember cramming for school exams, Georgina?

你还记得为了学校考试而临时抱佛脚吗，乔治娜？

Every student has been told, at some point, not to cram right before a test.

同样地，每个学生都被告知不要考试前临时抱佛脚。

Yeah, did you wait until the last minute?

好，你是会临时抱佛脚吗？

It is in contrast to cramming, which is a very popular revision strategy.

这与临时抱佛脚形成对比，临时抱佛脚是种非常流行的复习策略。

Tip number 12 is to avoid cramming because cramming is ridiculously inefficient.

第 12 个技巧是避免临时抱佛脚，因为临时抱佛脚的效率低得离谱。

And therefore you end up cramming for your exams.

因此，你最终会为考试临时抱佛脚。

Honey, you can't just slap something together at the last minute.

宝贝 万圣可不能临时抱佛脚啊。

Now, a nap might seem inconvenient when you're cramming for an exam.

现在，你不得不在考试前临时抱佛脚，小睡下似乎也不太方便。

I would say don't do all of your studying the night before the test.

我建议不要在考试前夜临时抱佛脚，学习要分散进行。

I need to cram for tomorrow's test.

我得为应付明的测验而临时抱佛脚了。

You've got a reading you didn't do, a test to finish cramming for, and class in the morning.

你还有篇阅读没做，还有场要临时抱佛脚的考试，还有早课要上。

Studying in small chunks instead of relying on cram sessions is one way to ensure you sleep enough.

分段学习而不是依赖临时抱佛脚是确保你有足够睡眠的种方法。

So cramming is sort of not ideal if we're talking about retaining stuff in a long-term memory.

所以临时抱佛脚并不是很理想，如果我们说的是在长期记忆中保留内容。

So if you cram for an exam, it means you study really hard, but for a short space of time.

那么，如果你为了考试而临时抱佛脚，这意味着你在很短的时间内非常努力地学习。

Yes. Dr Horvath's research found that students who cram for tests forget around 90% of what they studied within 72 hours.

是的。霍瓦特博士的研究发现，为了考试而临时抱佛脚的学生会在72小时内忘记其中约90%的内容。

Firstly, it's the idea that obviously, you know, spacing your repetition over a period of time is better than cramming.

首先，很明显，你知道，在段时间内重复行间距比临时抱佛脚要好。

So, if you watch News Review every week, then hopefully you won't have to cram as much for your next English exam.

因此，如果你每周都看《时事摘录》，那么希望你可以不必为下次英语考试临时抱佛脚了。

But basically the idea is that, cramming isn't effective, it obviously works in the short-term, we've all done cramming for exams.

但基本的观点是，临时抱佛脚是没有效果的，它显然在短期内有效，我们都会为考试临时抱佛脚。