用Workflowy分解英語段落

英語有些表達式很複雜，但複雜的結構如果分解開來的話，又很簡單。
英語有些美文，想背下來，但是長句子連串在一起，斷句看着不清晰。

怎麼辦？

試試WorkFlowy - Organize your brain.，用過的最好用的思維清單工具。

舉個例子：摘自<Beyond Feelings>

Clear thinking is a very rare thing, but even just plain thinking is almost as rare. Most of us most of the time do not think at all. We believe and we feel, but we do not think.

用workflowy組織一下：

workflowy re-organized

附全段文字：

原文

The most interesting and astounding contradiction in life is to me the constant insistence by nearly all people upon “logic,” “logical reasoning,” “sound reasoning,” on the one hand, and on the other their inability to display it, and their unwillingness to accept it when displayed by others. Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do. Clear thinking is a very rare thing, but even just plain thinking is almost as rare. Most of us most of the time do not think at all. We believe and we feel, but we do not think. Mental indolence is one of the commonest of human traits.

workflowy重新分解過的樣子：

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• The most interesting and astounding contradiction in life is to me

  • on the one hand
    • the constant insistence of nearly all people upon
      • logic
      • logical reasoning
      • sound reasoning
  • and on the other
    • their inability to display it
    • and their unwillingness to accept it when displayed by others

• Most of our so-called reasoning consists in

  • finding arguments for
    • going on believing as we already do

• Clear thinking is a very rare thing, but even just

• plain thinking is almost as rare.

• Most of us
• most of the time
• do not think at all

• We believe

• and we feel

• but we do not think.

• Mental indolence is one of the commonest of human traits

再舉個例子：
昨天看到一篇美文，關於工作和生活的平衡

原文

People work for many reasons – to occupy their time, to find purpose in life and to contribute to society, among other things – but the need to earn money typically comes top of the list. Money puts food on the table, clothes in the wardrobe and a roof overhead. Yet these days, satisfying those needs in the most basic way does not take an especially large income, particularly for those with the option of depending on family members for assistance. The reason to work harder and earn more than the minimum needed to survive is, in part, the desire to have something more than the bare necessities – nice meals, rather than the cheapest calories available, a car, holidays abroad, a home full of books and art. Much of the work we do is intended to earn the money to afford a few luxuries to add to our comfort and enrich our lives.

Yet we face a trade-off. The harder we work, the less time we have to enjoy the luxuries our labour affords us. The more lavish the luxuries we seek, the more we must earn to acquire them, and the longer and harder we find ourselves working.

看起來是不是很累啊，一堆文字。

那試試用workflowy重新組織一下：複雜的句子結構一下子很清晰了，背起來或讀起來都順暢了很多是不是

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• People work for many reasons
  • to occupy their time
  • to find purpose of life
  • and to contribute to society
  • among other things
• but the need to earn money typically comes top of the list
• Money puts
  • food on the table
  • clothes in the wardrobe
  • and a roof overhead
• Yet these days, satisfying those needs in the most basic way
  • doesn't take an especially large income,
  • particularly for
    • those with the option of depending on family members for assistance
• The reason to
  • work harder and
  • earn more than the minimum needed to survive
• is, in part, the desire to have sth more than the bare necessities
  • nice meals
    • rather than
      • the cheapest calories available
  • a car
  • holidays abroad
  • a home full of books and art
• Much of the work we do is intended to
  • earn the money to
    • afford a few luxuries to
      • add to our comfort
      • and enrich our lives
• Yet we face a trade-off
  • The harder we work,
    • the less time we have to enjoy the luxuries our labour affords us
  • The more lavish the luxuries we seek,
    • the more we must earn to acquire them,
    • and the longer and harder we find ourselves working