【一起闲话英语】喜欢自己学还是与他人一起学-Studying alone or in groups

 Katia / Mexico

speaker I prefer studying alone, because if I have to work on one particular issue, I stay as long as I need to, studying that part. So, I'd rather study by myself.

 

 

Sunny / Korea

speaker I think I prefer studying in groups, because I can find out many things that I haven't thought about, and then we can do some little chit-chats after studying.

 

 

Dani / England

speaker Alone, definitely. I kind of like to be in control of my own learning. I feel like with groups, it's too easy to get distracted¹.

 

Shiloh / United States 

speaker I definitely prefer studying alone. Like I said before about team sports, I am an individualist. I like working in teams theoretically, but a lot of times, it doesn't work. My problem is that a lot of the time, I don't study for tests until the night before, so it's difficult to get groups together and study for the test. And I find that although maybe you learn better when you're studying in groups, it takes a lot longer and you get a lot less done in the same period of time. So, when I'm by myself, I'm able to just power through the material and study hard and get it done.

 

Phoebe / China

speaker Do you like to study alone or in a group? My answer will be in a group. Definitely. Because when you study alone, you need to have high self-motivation. I'm kind of lack of that, so I need a group.

 

Gareth / England 

speaker I prefer studying alone, but I like to collaborate² with other people and to discuss ideas. I think collaboration³ can help you to develop your own ideas and see things from a different point of view.

1 distracted   

a.注意力分散的，思想不集中的

参考例句：

• When working, one should concentrate and not allow oneself to be distracted. 工作时要集中精力，不要分心。
• Noise outside distracted her mind from her studies. 门外的噪音使她心神不宁，无法集中注意力学习。

2 collaborate   

vi.协作，合作；协调

参考例句：

• The work gets done more quickly when we collaborate.我们一旦合作，工作做起来就更快了。
• I would ask you to collaborate with us in this work.我们愿意请你们在这项工作中和我们合作。

3 collaboration   

n.合作，协作；勾结

参考例句：

• The two companies are working in close collaboration each other.这两家公司密切合作。
• He was shot for collaboration with the enemy.他因通敌而被枪毙了。