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发信人: longdeweilai(未婚男人) 整理人: y2ghijacker(2001-06-08 17:36:06), 站内信件 |
| Reading Selectively or Extensively?
Like some children very picky about their food, some people are very picky about their books they choose to read. They just select the books they think suitable or useful for them. They say that in a knowledge-exploding world, it is impossible for a person to finish reading all those books. Such an ambition will lead to nothing but a waste of time, money and energy. Another reason for them so picky about their books is that they believe selected reading usually gives one more time to think and so makes one a better reader. Therefore they hold that people should read selectively. But there are other people who prefer reading extensively. “A man having read all kinds of books, ”in their mind, is a very high praise for a person. They also believe in the old Chinese saying: “Never regret you have read too few when you need to use what you have learnt from books.” They do not just pick out some books to read, but read whatever book at hand. For they think that the more one reads, the more freedom one can get in this fast changing world. In my opinion, people should read both selectively and extensively. On one hand, we should read selectively for special knowledge or for careful study. On the other hand, we should read extensively for leaning more about the world or for entertainment. That is perhaps why even in our English study, we have both intensive reading and extensive reading. So my idea of good reading is reading both selectively and extensively. ---- 我说说而已，不代表任何观点。  |
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