We should admit that rote learning has a number of limitations. Think about this situation.(死記硬背有很多的局限性，這一點我們必須承認。)

This list represents activities that are rote and passive.(這個列表代表機械而死板的活動。)

The strategy of rapid learners is different. Instead of memorizing by rote, rapid learners store information by linking ideas together.(快速學習者的方法是不同的，他們利用連接來記憶信息，而不是去一味的重復，他們總在尋找事物之間的聯系。)

You talk a little bit about educational policies and rote memorization and those sorts of things. What are we doing wrong?(你在書中談到教育理念，死記硬背以及類似的東西，我們在哪些方面的做法是錯誤的？)

But the Difference Engine could only do rote calculations and was incapable of checking its results to alter course.(但是這種差分機只能做機械運算，而且不能檢查結果以修改過程。)

This activity is designed to help you understand what is personally novel and complex for you, versus what is rote and passive.(這個活動旨在幫助你了解對你個人來說什么是新奇而復雜的，與什么是機械而死板的相對比。)

They say, oh, this is rote learning.(他們說，哦，這是死記硬背啊。)

He is very sceptical about the value of rote learning.(他十分懷疑死記硬背學習的價值。)

A curriculum designed on traditional rote-learning methods.(基于傳統死記硬背學習方法制定的課程。)

Some children learn best by rote, in structured environments with high certainty and strict discipline.(在非常穩定和嚴格的紀律構成的環境里，有的孩子是靠死記硬背學習的。)