Example: These are tips on how to study well.

Setting up a 1)…………. helps you feel relaxed as you study.
Depending on your 2)…………… you can take breaksevery 15 minutes to 1 hour.
Bedrooms, reading nooks, libraries or 3)…………….. are appropriate places to study.
You should turn off all your 4)…………., because it’s difficult to concentrate with many distractions.
Studies show that 5)…………… stimulates the brain.
It’s beneficial to use 6)………………. to learn the information, because variety will help you commit the information to memory.
If you offer to 7)….……… someone about the subject matter, the teaching process will help you solidify your knowledge.
You can be more successful if you 8)……………… into pieces, because going through a whole book in one sitting will not help much.

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Tips for studying well

If you have an exam coming up but have so many distractions, can’t concentrate properly or just don’t know how to revise or study well, these few easy steps will definitely help you reach your goals.

Set up a reasonable study schedule. This will help you feel relaxed as you study, and never have to do too much at once. Take breaks every 15 minutes to 1 hour, depending on your attention span and amount of homework.

Find a quiet, comfortable place to study. Choose a place with a bit of space so you can organize your books and papers and spread out as much as you need to. Make sure you have everything you need – books, notes, paper, and pencils. Look for a place where you’re unlikely to have other people walk past and start talking to you. Try bedrooms, reading nooks, quiet places outdoors, or libraries. If you are hungry, bring a snack (or eat beforehand). It’s easier to study on a full stomach.

Get rid of all distractions and turn off any devices. It’s difficult to concentrate if you’re constantly interrupted by notifications or keeping one eye on the TV screen. Studies show that students who don’t have distractions get higher grades. Take a walk or get some exercise before you sit down to study. Studies also show that going for a walk stimulates the brain.

Use different studying techniques to learn the information. The variety will help you commit the information to memory. Create flashcards. Writing the flashcards will help you remember, and so will quizzing yourself. You can also offer to teach someone about the subject matter. For example, if your little sister loves science, offer to explain the concepts you need to study for your physics quiz. The teaching process will help you solidify your knowledge, identify gaps in what you know, and give your sister material to impress her friends with her advanced knowledge of science.

You can also color-code your notes, and draw pictures or diagrams to help you remember concepts. Studies show that if you write something down, say it out loud, and then read it in your head 5 times, you will remember it well. Consider choosing a reward to motivate yourself.

It’s important to break your work into reasonable pieces. Cramming or going through a whole book in one sitting is likely to bore you and not help much. Try highlighting your book on one session, rereading the highlights in another session, then rereading your notes, and so on. 

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Key: 1-(reasonable) study schedule 2-attention span/ability to concentrate 3-quiet places outdoors 4-devices 5-going for a walk/taking a walk/getting some exercise 6-different study techniques 7-teach 8-break your work/break your material

Canadian photographer Francois Brunelle’s black and white photos show his fascination with ‘doppelgangers’, people who have a look-alike. The essence of his project – started in 2000 – is to find people, totally unrelated to each other, sometimes from different corners of the world that share the same physical appearance and look more like twins than strangers, although, amazingly none of his portrait subjects are even related.

The pairs in these images are not twins – or even related. This stunning photo series shows complete strangers who look almost identical. The I’m Not a Look-Alike project is the brainchild of Francois Brunelle, who has spent 12 years tracking down people with eerily similar features.

Francois, 62, from Montréal has flown around the world in search of doppelgangers to shoot in black and white. And amazingly, it was British comedy character Mr. Bean that inspired the whole idea.

Francois explains: "I was inspired by two things: First I used to see look-alikes all over since a very long time. Second, my own likeness with TV character Mr. Bean. The project is about sharing the passion that I have for the likeliness in people. It allows me to concentrate on the face of my subjects and bring the spectator to a close encounter with them. Some of them are from the same city, others from different countries, different cultures. I am fascinated by the fact that a man born and raised in Hungary would bear a strong resemblance to a person born and raised in Canada. Or that couple, living together just look like brother and sister. This being said I am still looking for look-alikes, especially in the UK but in any country in fact, in order to finish the part of the project implying taking the actual photos. After that I have to find a museum willing to exhibit the 200 photos look-alikes taken by me since 2000."

fascination– vonzerő, varázs, elragadtatás
doppelganger– hasonmás
look-alike– hasonmás
essence– lényege valaminek
unrelated– nem rokon, nem függ össze
appearance– megjelenés
stranger– idegen
amazingly– lenyűgöző módon
portrait subject– portré alany
to be related– rokoni kapcsolatban lenni
stunning– lenyűgöző, pompás
photo series– fényképsorozat
to look identical – azonosan kinézni
brainchild– ötlet, agyszülemény
to track down– lenyomozni
eerily– hátborzongatóan
similar features– hasonló vonások
to inspire– inspirálni
to explain– kifejezni, elmagyarázni
likeness– hasonlóság
to allow somebody to  – valakinek megenged/lehetővé tesz valamit
spectator– néző
to encounter– találkozik, összeakad
to be fascinated – elragadtatva lenni
to bear a resemblance– hasonlóságot mutat
to be willing to– hajlandónak lenni valamire
to imply– maga után vonni, jelenteni
to exhibit– kiállítani