?Five ways you can read more

2018-07-27 11:39:32ByBullard

瘋狂英語·初中天地 2018年12期

By Bullard

崔海燕（譯）

◆語篇導(dǎo)讀

很多同學(xué)非常渴望多看點(diǎn)書來拓寬自己的知識面，但是拿起書本后卻發(fā)現(xiàn)，不知怎么回事，無論怎么看都看不進(jìn)去，而且就算逼著自己去看，也是看一點(diǎn)忘一點(diǎn)，基本就是在那認(rèn)字而已。那么，我們應(yīng)該如何提高自己的閱讀效率呢？

1.Define your purpose for reading

Before you start reading, ask yourself why you are reading this book. Most of people read for two main reasons—pleasure or knowledge.

Being specific and clear about your reading purpose not only helps you toeliminatebooks that you don't need to read,but also reminds you why reading the book is important to you as you are reading it. Thismotivatesyou to keep reading and completing the book faster.

2.Read only what you are attracted to

Whether you are reading fictions or nonfictions, it's important to enjoy what you read. Your friends may recommend books that they love, but those books might not be the ones you enjoy.

3.Give up books that you don't enjoy

You may have selected books that arealignedwith your purpose. You may have selected books that you are attracted to. But as you are reading them, there may still be some books that you won't enjoy reading.

Whenever you realize that you aren't enjoying the book you are reading, give it up. Remember reading shouldn't be a chore.

4.Set a reading goal

Having a reading goal helps you figure out how much reading you need to do in a week or even a day.

5.Give yourself a deadline to complete each book

Before you read each book, ask yourself when you need to complete this book by.

When you don't set a deadline to complete your book, there isn't a sense ofurgency. And when something isn't urgent, you tend toprocrastinate.

◆詞語積淀

eliminate /??l?m?ne?t/ v. 淘汰；排除

motivate /?m??t?ve?t/ v. 成為……的動(dòng)機(jī)；激勵(lì)；激發(fā)

align /??la?n/ v. 使結(jié)盟；使一致

figure out 弄懂；弄清楚；弄明白;計(jì)算（數(shù)量或成本）

urgency /?з?d??nsi/ n. 緊急性；迫切性；急切

procrastinate /pr???kr?st?ne?t/ v. 拖延；耽擱

◆典句賞析

1.Being specific and clear about your reading purpose not only helps you to eliminate books that you don't need to read, but also reminds you why reading the book is important to you as you are reading it.確定并清楚自己的閱讀目標(biāo)不僅能幫你排除不需要讀的書，也能在你閱讀的時(shí)候提醒你閱讀這本書的重要性。

not only...but also...是一個(gè)并列連詞，意為“不僅……而且……”。它是英語中比較常見的一個(gè)關(guān)聯(lián)詞組，用于連接兩個(gè)表示并列關(guān)系的句子成分，著重強(qiáng)調(diào)后者，其中的also有時(shí)可以省略。not only...but also...在連接主語時(shí)，利用“就近原則”來判斷謂語的單復(fù)數(shù)，即根據(jù)but also后所跟的主語的單復(fù)數(shù)來決定謂語的單復(fù)數(shù)。

【即時(shí)嘗試】鮮艷的顏色不但使人看了高興，也會(huì)使人更加活潑。

2.Whenever you realize that you aren't enjoying the book you are reading, give it up.不管什么時(shí)候你發(fā)現(xiàn)不喜歡讀的那本書，那就不讀了。

“that you aren't enjoying the book you are reading”是that引導(dǎo)的賓語從句，作動(dòng)詞realize的賓語。you are reading是the book的限制性定語從句，關(guān)系代詞that或者which被省略了。give up是“動(dòng)詞+副詞”構(gòu)成的固定詞組，意為“放棄”或“停止”。當(dāng)give up后接代詞作賓語時(shí)，該代詞放在這兩個(gè)單詞的中間。例如：

I'm afraid we can't give them up, poor dogs.恐怕我們不能放棄他們，可憐的狗狗們。

【即時(shí)嘗試】這是我到這里后看的第一場電影。

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