On Reading（上）
关于阅读
On the subject of reading ,Francis Bacon,who lived at about the same time as Shakespear,wrote these words:"Some books are to be tasted ,others to be swallowed ,and some few to be chewed and digested ."This good advice .Shows how it is possible to read different types of books in different ways,For example ,you might pick up a travel book and read a few pages before going to sleep .It is enough to dip into it and read bits here andthere ,in a word ,theis is "tasting ".
关于阅读这个话题，与莎士比亚生活在同一时期的弗兰克斯.培根曾写过这样的话：“一些书可以浅尝辄止，一些书你要吞下去，还有很少的书需要仔细品味并吸收其精华。”这条极好的建议表明了如何用不同的态度去对待不同的书。例如，你在睡前可以选择一本游记小读几页。稍微浏览一下就足够了，或者说，这是“浅尝辄止”。
Some stories are for "swallowing".Imagine that,you have found a good story, what is even more impotant ,the time to enjoy it .You might be on holiday ,or on a long train journey ,If it is a good book ,you might say ,"it's so good that Ican't put it down ,"But not all stories belong to this class.reviewers sometimes desctibe books as"hard-to -put-down"or "hard-to -pick -up-again ".
有些故事是需要“吞咽”下去的。设想一下，你找到一个挺不错的故事，更重要的是，你有时间去享受这个故事（注：实际上就是书）。你或许是在度假，或许是在漫长的铁路旅行中，如果这是本好书，你可能会说，“这本书太棒了，我简直不忍释卷。”但是并不是所有的故事都这么好。评论家有时会把书分别形容为“不忍释卷”和“再难拿起”两种类型。
Other books are for reading slowly and carefully,If it is abook on a subject that you are interested in, youwill want "chew and digest it "That does not mean reading it too slowly ,When you pick upa book for the first few pages that it is one that you can easily read and understand .
其他的书则需要慢读细品。如果一本书是关于你感兴趣的话题的，你就想去“细细品味并取其精华”了。这并不意味着要以非常慢的速度来读。当你拿起一本书翻了开始的几页之后，你就会发现这是一本你很容易阅读和理解的书。
Next ,if it is not a story ,get an idea of the orgnisation of the book .Read the back cover and the introduction .Look at the short texts and pictures below them .Turn to the front of the book and look at the contents,This way you can decide whether the book is likely to interest you ,and if so, then you can decide which parts of the book will be most useful and interesing .
接下来，如果这不是一个故事，那么要对这本书的结构有一个概念。读一下书的封底和简介。看看其下的短评和图片。再把书翻到前面看一下目录。通过这种方法，你可以得知你是不是会对这本书感兴趣，如果是这样的话，你还会知道书的哪个部分对你而言是最有用的或者最让你感兴趣的。
Here are some reading tips .First ,read a chapter quickly to get a general idea .Then if you wish ,you read it once again more slowly ,using a dictionary when necessary ,Second , do not stop every time you cometo a word or a pharse you do not understand.Qute often you will find the unknow word appears again ,this how we learn the meaning of our own language ,Imagine that you come across this sentense in abook "The house is beginning to get cold ,so Daisy pulled her red woolen cardigan out of her bag and put it on ." If you don't know the word "cardigant",you can guess the situation that it is made of wool and is put on to keep warm ,and is therefore likely to be an article of clothing .
下面是一些关于阅读的小窍门。首先，快速阅读一个章节以便得到一个总的印象。接着，如果你愿意的话，可以再慢速地读一遍，如果有必须的话，可以查字典。其次，如果遇到不认识的单词或者短语，不要每次都停下来。很多时候你会发现这个不认识的词又出现了，此时，我们如何把握这个单词含义呢。设想一下，你在书中遇到一个句子，“屋子开始变冷了，于是DAISY从她的包里取出毛衣并穿上它。”如果你不认识“毛衣”这个单词，你可以猜一下当时的情况，它是由羊毛制成的，是穿起来保暖的，因此应该是一件衣服。
