how-to-read-a-book(如何阅读一本书)英文介绍

1、Name: StudNo: A guide to reading great booksCONTENTS2. Thoughts learned from the book a. Why do we read books? b. Four levels of reading3. Review of the book1. Introduction to the book a. the publication b. the author c. the main contents of the bookIntroduction to the booka. The publication How to

2、Read a Book was first published in 1940 which immediately became a best seller in America. Then it was completely rewritten and updated in 1972. It has become the most successful guide to reading comprehension for general reader.Introduction to the bookb. The author Mortimer J. Adler: (1902 2001) wa

3、s an American philosopher, educator, and popular author. He was famous as a leading editor of Encyclopaedia Britannica(大英百科全书) in 1974. He found the Great Books of the Western World program and strove to bring great books to ordinary people. Great books are also hard books. Maybe thats why he wrote

4、such a guide book to help us improve our reading skill. Introduction to the bookc. Main contents of the book Importance to be an active reader Four levels of reading and how to achieve them Reading techniques for different kinds of book ( phylosophy, poetry, science and mathematic) A recommended rea

5、ding list and reading tests to measure your progress Thoughts learned from the book read for entertainmentl Three goals of reading: read for information read for understanding a. Why do we read?Thoughts learned from the booka. Why do we read books? The distinction between reading for information and

6、 reading for understanding:For example: Supposed that a person knows some of facts of history and understands them in a certain level. If a book is totally intelligible to him, he will just know more such facts and understand them in the same level. But if he is reading a history that seeks not only

7、 to give him some more facts but also to throw a new and perhaps more revealing light on all the facts he knows. Then he will understand the facts at a higher level than before.Thoughts learned from the booka. Why do we read books? Modern communication media & books: The author also emphasized t

8、hat modern media have occupied much time we once spent reading books. Perhaps we know more about the world than we used to. But it may be seriously questioned that whether modern media has much enhanced our understanding of the world. Some time the new media are even designed to make thinking seem u

9、nnecessary.Thoughts learned from the bookb. Four levels of reading Elementary ReadingInspectional Reading(检视阅读检视阅读)Analytical ReadingComparative ReadingThe levels are cumulative.Thoughts learned from the bookb. Four levels fo readingI.Elementary reading What does the sentence say? Readers who have a

10、ttained 9th grade literacy could be considered to have mastered the first level. We will continued to experience the problems of this level. For example, when we read a book written in a foreign language that we dont know very well, we have to recognize the words first before trying to understand th

11、em.Thoughts learned from the bookb. Four levels of reading. Inspectional reading What is the book about? Its aim is to get the most out of a book within a relatively short time. You will know what kind of the book is , what authors main point is and whether you want to read in further details. Many

12、people neglect the importance of looking at the title page and studying the preface and the table of contents. In fact these steps are very essential for reading. It will save you much time.Thoughts learned from the bookb. Four levels of reading. Analytical reading the most important part in the boo

13、k Francis Bacon once said that “some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested”. Reading a book analytically is chewing and digesting it. It is more complex and systematic activity than the first two levels. It is the best and most complete reading. If yo

14、ur goal in reading is information or entertainment, analytical reading is unnecessary.Thoughts learned from the bookb. Four levels of reading. Comparative reading most systematic type of reading The reader will read many books on some certain subject and compare with the texts, then construct an ana

15、lysis of the subject. The comparative reading is very important especially for us graduate and research students. Review of the book It is a practical and useful book. We will increase our reading skill and learn to be an active reader. It is also a challenging and boring book. It is said that 70% of the readers didnt finish reading and 90% of the reader didnt act in the way proposed in the book .C