And now let me give six pieces of specific advice upon your reading:
First,read with full sympathy,casting out prejudices and giving yo urselves up wholly to the will of the writer.You must feel him,know hi m."When I am reading a book," said Dean Swift,"whether wise or sill y,it seems to be alive and talking to me." There was a man who had the art of reading.
Second,do not worry too much about allusions you do not understand,or pay too much attention to notes and the commentary of scholars.This writing is for you:do not let some pedant step between you and your fri end,the writer.
Third,read aloud as much as possible.Your roommate,your wife,you r sweetheart,your best friend will probably be glad to listen to you.Y ou will be surprised to find how much more pleasure you get from reading by sharing it.Moreover,reading aloud is a valuable aid to interpretati on.Hardress O'Grady,an English teacher of speech,in a little book ca lled,after pointing out how much attention writers give to the sound o f their words and phrases,urges the reader to do his part as thoroughly.First by taking in with his eyes the written word,next by saying alou d the sounds that compose the words and the rhythms of the sentences,he will,in reverse order,put himself on the same place as the author:he will be imitating those mechanical actions which were the concrete trans lation of the author's innermost being.
Fourth,re-read the parts you like best.You will discover new meani ngs,new beauties,each time you go over a great book,and it will becom e more and more your own.
Fifth,if the volume you are reading is your own,do not hesitate to mark in the margin the passages that appeal to you.My reason for giving this counsel may be briefly stated thus:You are collaborating with the writer when you read his book.Your experiences,ideas,and feelings joi n with his in producing the total effect of the book.Now if you mark th e book,you are leaving an actual physical record of that collaboration;you have stamped the book as your own in a visible way.I hope you will own many of the books you read,and that you will stamp them with eviden ce of your ownership of them.
Sixth,and last,think back.Consider what you have read in the ligh t of the whole.Discuss it with your reading partner,or with whomever y ou can get to listen.As to notes on your reading,do not make them if t hey seem onerous to you.Some people,however,find making a few notes e nlightening and helpful.The fly leaves of the book are a good place.Th ere is nothing sacred about the physical book:it is for use.
現在，讓我就讀書提出六條相關的建議：
第一，要充滿同情心地閱讀，拋棄偏見，將自己融入作者的思維之中。你要體會作者，理解作者。“我讀書的時候，無論這本書的內容充實或乏味，我都感覺它好像是在跟我真實地交談。”迪安·斯威福特說。他是具有閱讀藝術的人。
第二，對不理解的典故不要過於擔心，也不要對學者的評注過於關注。書是為你而著，不要讓一個學究式的人物阻礙你和朋友（作者）的交流。
第三，盡可能大聲地朗讀。你的舍友、妻子、愛人、知己也許很高興傾聽你。與友共享佳作，會使你在閱讀中獲得更多的樂趣，這是你始料不及的。而且，大聲朗讀可以幫助你更好地理解文章。哈德萊斯·葛蘭德是一位英語口語老師，他在《大聲朗讀》一書中提到，作者非常注意單詞和短語的發音，也希望讀者也能在這方麵多用心。首先，瀏覽全文。然後，大聲讀出單詞的每一個音節和句子的韻律，這樣做可以將自己和作者顛倒過來，把自己當成作者，進行機械地模仿，這正好就是作者內心深處的表現。
第四，重讀你最欣賞的篇章。每次重讀一本好書，你都會發現新的意境和美感，並獲得更多的知識。
第五，如果閱讀的是自己的書，就要毫不猶豫地在吸引你的段落旁做上記號。我給出的這樣建議的理由很明確：當你閱讀時就是你在與作者合作。你的經曆，思維和情緒都與作者相互影響，加深對書的總體見解。如果你在頁邊做了記錄，就留下了合作的印記。你已經用一種顯而易見的方式擁有了這本書。我希望你讀過的所有書籍都成為你的財富，並用這樣的方式證明書是你的財富。
第六，回想，這也是最後一點建議。整體思考你所讀過的書。跟你的夥伴，或是任何一個你能找到的聽者一起討論。至於讀書筆記，如果你覺得它很繁重，就幹脆放棄。有許多人都認為做筆記可以活躍思維，大有裨益。書的襯頁是做筆記的好地方。書籍本身並無神聖可言，隻是用來使用的。
1.Second,do not____too much about allusions you do not____,or pay too much attention to____and the commentary of scholar s.This____is for you:do not let some pedant step____you and your friend,the writer.
2.First by taking in with his____the written word,next by____aloud the sounds that compose the words and the rhythms of the____,he will,in reverse____,put himself on the same place____the author:he will be imitating____mechanical actions which w ere the concrete translation of the author's inner most____.
1.要充滿同情心地閱讀，拋棄偏見，將自己融入作者的思維之中。
2.書是為你而著，不要讓一個學究式的人物阻礙你和朋友（作者）的交流。
3.我希望你讀過的所有書籍都成為你的財富，並用這樣的方式證明書是你的財富。