长难句：
That same year, a Journal of Educational Psychology paper found no relationship between the study subjects’ learning-style preference (visual or auditory) and their performance on reading- or listening-comprehension tests. Instead, the visual learners performed best on all kinds of tests. Therefore, the authors concluded, teachers should stop trying to gear some lessons toward “auditory learners.” “Educators may actually be doing a disservice to auditory learners by continually accommodating their auditory learning style,” they wrote, “rather than focusing on strengthening their visual word skills.”

思考题：
which way is a better way to learn according to the text?
visual or auditory

词汇突破：
1.preference 偏好
2.visual 视觉的
3.auditory 听觉的
4.performance 表现；成绩
5.disservice 伤害；帮倒忙
6.accommodate 迁就；使…适应;照顾，提供食宿

第一句：
That same year, a Journal of Educational Psychology paper found no relationship between the study subjects’ learning-style preference (visual or auditory) and their performance on reading- or listening-comprehension tests.

主干识别：
a Journal of Educational Psychology paper found no relationship between A and B. 一篇论文发现A和B没有关系/不相关
A=the study subjects’ learning-style preference (visual or auditory)
B= their performance on reading- or listening-comprehension tests

参考译文：

同年，教育心理学期刊的一篇论文发现实验对象的学习风格偏向（视觉或听觉）与他们的阅读或听力理解测试成绩并不相关。

第二句：
Instead, the visual learners performed best on all kinds of tests.

记住：
Instead =however (转折)
Instead of = not （否定）

参考译文：

相反，视觉学习者在所有的测试中都是表现最好的。

第三句：
Therefore, the authors concluded, teachers should stop trying to gear some lessons toward “auditory learners.”

注意：
gear 齿轮；挂档 引申为：使 适合，准备好
这里加上介词toward 可译为：使课程偏向适合听觉学习者，因为太长太绕，精简成 使课程偏向听觉学习者 英语里toward是介词必须配合一个实义动词，但汉语里的偏向，本身就可以独当一面，没必要画蛇添足。
（而且大家可以看到逗号的使用也是很随意的，尤其是新闻英语中更是如此，不必纠结，读懂就好。）

参考译文：

因此作者们总结道，老师们应该停止使课程偏向‘听觉学习者’的尝试。

第四句：
“Educators may actually be doing a disservice to auditory learners by continually accommodating their auditory learning style,” they wrote, “rather than focusing on strengthening their visual word skills.”

主干识别：
they wrote 主谓做插入语；

宾语从句主干：
Educators may actually be doing a disservice to auditory learners

状语：
1）by accommodating... (通过）迁就/照顾…
2）rather than strengthening...而不是加强…

参考译文：

他们写道，“教育者持续迁就听觉学习者的学习风格，而不是加强他们的视觉文字技能，实际会对他们造成伤害。”

思考题：
which way is a better way to learn according to the text?
visual or auditory
VISUAL

这篇文章这样写道：
为什么有些人善于一目十行，快速记忆所有考点，而有些人则更喜欢听课听讲，面对老师的阅读作业却一身身地出冷汗，怵得要命？很久以来，似乎有一种共识，即每个人的学习风格不同，有视觉型的，也有听觉型的，所以教育需要改革，兼顾这些差异。然而研究者发现，的确每个人处理知识的方式或有不同，但并不是决定性的。自视属于听觉型的学习者即使用适合听觉的教育方法，成绩也不会提升多少。反而是自视为视觉型的学习者，考试水平总是略高一筹。难道说他们天生智商高一点？大错特错，关键在于专注力。听是被动的，看是主动的，如果有人听任何书都能像看书一样付出那么大的专注力，也许测试时就不会那么明显的差异。但不可能，人的本性好逸恶劳，听书时走神的成本太低，简直无法拒绝。即使你没听进去，也一样可以欺骗自己完成了作业。但要是看书，你一走神，就翻不了一页书。