培养你的阅读习惯(Cultivate Your Reading Habit)

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wemaysaywith,certaintythatthemoreonereads,thebetteroneunderstands;andthatthebetteroneunderstands,themoreoneisinclinedtoread.inotherwords,fromreadingesunderstanding,andfromunderstandingesmorereading.thereadinghabitisactuallycultivatedbyreadingitself.

nowletusdiscussthequestionofwhattoread.therearebooksonvarioussubjects―history,literature,philosophy,science,finearts,etc.whenyouaretochoosefromamongavastnumberofsubjectsthebestbookstoread,youwillfeelquiteatsea.ithereforesuggestthat,beforeyouproceedtoreadanybook,youtrytofindoutwhatothershavedonebeforeyou,thatisreadtheresultsofotherpeople'slabourfirst.usuallynewspapersormagazinesarealwaysyourconvenientguidetotheworldofbestwritings.

anotherproblemishowtoread.here,iwouldoffertwosuggestions:concentrationandreflection.youcannotwellunderstandwhatissaidinbooksunlessyouconcentrateyourmindonwhatyouread.andthenyoumustthinkoverwhatyouhaveread.thisisreflectionwhichhelpstosummarizeyourreading.toagreatextent,concentrationandreflectionareinterdependent.

areadinghabitthusformedwillprovevaluabletoyou.wheneveryouhavesparetime,youwillresortnottoplacesofpleasure,buttothebookshelves,youwillnotfeellonesomewhenyouarealone,becauseyoucanseeallkindsofcharactersmovingandactingonthepages,andyoucanhearallkindsofgoodcounsel.inthelongrun,yourimaginativepowerwillbeincreased,yourestheticsensibilityheightened,yourvocabularyenlarged,andfinallyyourabilityofwritingtremendouslyimproved.