Read the book "How to Read a Book"
Reading Content Part 1
The author of the book "How to Read a Book" is co-authored by two authors by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren. These two masters are well-known educators and scholars in the education field. In addition to this book, they also co-authored the "Encyclopedia Britannica" and are famous for it.
Like Encyclopedia Britannica, How to Read a Book became an immediate bestseller upon its publication in 1940 and topped the U.S. bestseller list for more than a year. In the following decades, this book has been a best-selling book on major websites and has been hailed as "an everlasting classic about reading", influencing generations of people.
Reading Topics
Learning to write reading notes is an important way to learn to read. "How to Read a Book" introduces the method of structuring notes in reading notes and practices them.
This is a reference book about reading, teaching you what kind of reading is good reading. What is reading? Reading is an art and a mental activity. It is a process of relying on the operation of the mind, in addition to pondering some words in the reading, without any external help, to improve oneself by one's own efforts.
This book is written for those who want to regard the main purpose of reading as improving their understanding. In an age of advanced information, it is easy to know, and information is becoming more and more homogeneous, but it is difficult to know. Equal to knowledge, knowledge needs to be understood and internalized. Too much information and too little information are the same. They are both obstacles to understanding. If you want to improve understanding, you must read actively.
The theme of this book is the art of reading good books.
The first chapter of this book introduces the levels of reading. Reading is divided into four levels: basic reading, inspection reading, analytical reading and thematic reading. Among them, basic reading and inspection reading belong to reading for understanding information and are low-level reading.
However, the level of reading is gradual. The first level of reading is contained in the second level of reading, the second level is contained in the third level, and the third level is contained in the fourth level. In fact, the fourth level is the highest reading level, including all reading levels and exceeding all levels. However, the levels of reading are progressive. The previous level must include the next level. Only with the reading ability of the next level can the reading of the previous level be completed.
(1) Basic reading. All it takes is literacy, which can be completed at the elementary school level. The requirement at this time is: Just know "What is this sentence saying?"
(2) Review and read. To capture the key points of a book in a short period of time, this stage requires you to know: "What is this book about?" This includes two methods: a. Systematic skimming and rough reading. b. Superficial reading.
(3) Analytical reading. This is a kind of comprehensive, complete and high-quality reading. To chew and digest a book, it is required to read for understanding.
(4) Theme reading. This is the most complex and systematic reading.
Personally, I think my reading wanders between basic reading and analytical reading, but I do very little about the inspectional reading sandwiched in between. This should be a problem of concept, I think Reading should be read word by word, so I read very slowly. When I see others reading 100 or 200 books a year, I feel very admired, but at the same time, I am more surprised. How can I read What about so many books? By reading this book, I learned about reading methods and learned that reading should not be for the sake of reading. The goal of reading should be to improve understanding.
Reading can be divided into active and passive. The book says: the more active the reading, the better the effect. We have two goals in reading. One is to read to obtain information; the other is to read for understanding. A large number of readers are ignorant readers, who refer to people who read too much but cannot understand. Only those who truly learn are active learners. Active reading includes thinking, feeling (observation and memory), and imagination. .
(1) Guided learning. Understanding is more than just remembering, it requires knowing. If you don’t understand, you need to ask someone to guide you. The instructor is at a higher level than the reader and can help the reader understand difficult content.
(2) Self-discovery learning. It is self-reading, learning with an absent teacher. Only when we know how to read can we truly understand.
(3) Basic rules for active reading. Only readers who constantly ask questions to themselves and answer these questions are active readers. The book introduces four basic questions that readers should ask: a. What is this book about? b. What did the author say in detail? How did you say that? c. Does what this book says make sense? d. What does this book have to do with you?
(4) Take notes on reading.
(1) The goal of reading is to read better, always better. Pascal of France said: If you read too fast or too slow, you will gain nothing.
(2) The book tells us: The focus of reading is to read at different speeds, to know when to use what speed is appropriate, and when reading a book, it should not be so slow that it is not worth it. ; It shouldn’t be so fast that it jeopardizes satisfaction and understanding.
The method of reading depends on the type of book. Professional books, tool books, and literary and artistic books all require different methods. Reading should be like a pyramid: a solid foundation and a sharp top.
(3) Speed ??reading training: Combine your thumb, index finger, and middle finger together, and use this "pointer" to move along the lines of words faster than your eyes can feel. a little. Force your eyes to follow the movements of your hands.
1. The French scholar Pascal said three hundred years ago: "If you read too fast or too slow, you will gain nothing." Our goal is to read better and always read better. Okay, but sometimes you have to read slower and sometimes you have to read faster.
2. The same book is given to different people to read, and the fact that one person reads better than another depends first on the fact that this person is more active in reading, and secondly, on his enthusiasm in reading. Each activity involves more skills. These two things are closely related.
3. There is only one way to really read. You just have to read this book without any outside help.
4. "Learning" means understanding more things, not remembering more information - information that is at the same level as what you already know.
5. If "thinking" refers to using our minds to increase knowledge or understanding, and if self-discovery learning and guided learning are the only ways to increase knowledge, then thinking must It is something that will appear in both types of learning.
Original Quotes
1. Too much information, like too little information, is an obstacle to understanding.
2. Reading is a complex activity, just like writing.
3. To be inspired, in addition to knowing what the author said, you must also understand what he means and why he said it.
4. The rule of reading is: the more effort, the better the effect.
5. There is not only one reading speed. The focus is on how to read different speeds and know what speed to use when reading a certain kind of reading material.
6. Reading, if it is active, is a kind of thinking, and thinking tends to be expressed in language-whether it is spoken or written.
Today’s reading insights and gains
1. Be a reader who has requirements for yourself. During the reading process, actively ask yourself questions and think about the answers. Only then can we gain more through reading. more, and become a better person because of it.
2. If a person says he knows what he is thinking but cannot say it, it usually means that he does not actually know what he is thinking. Writing down your thoughts can help you remember the author's thoughts.