Bought a lot of books: there are design classes, English, there are aspects of network operations. Suddenly feeling very tight schedule, there are too many things to do. Zhou blog update today, see if so blog which lists a number of books and found a book, "How to Read a Book", attracted me how to read, the book is also dedicated a whole, illustrates reading importance. This book does not look, citing the important contents of which, under absorption.

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The book emphasizes reading is an active activity. Read the general divided to three purposes: entertainment, access to information, enhance understanding. Only the last reading of an end in mind can help readers grow, continue to grow.

The book discusses how to enhance comprehension by reading the guide. It read divided to four basic levels of reading, reading view, analyze reading, reading theme. In the book he recommended a series of classics.

Four levels of reading gradual disposal, including the next level on a level reading method.

The first level of reading, called upon reading (elementary reading). They have pointed out that a skilled person as long as this level of reading, get rid of illiteracy of the state, at least has started a literacy. This level of proficiency in the process, a person can learn the basic art of reading, accept the basic reading training, access to initial reading skills. At this level of reading, the reader is to ask the question: "What to say this sentence?."

The second level of reading, called inspectional reading (inspectional reading). In a certain period of time, the focus of a book caught out - usually very short, and always (say on the definition) is too short, difficult to master all the focus of a book. It can also be called pre-reading or skimming. Typical problems at this level have to ask is: "What to talk about in this book?."

The third level of reading, called the analysis reading (analytical reading). Reading is a comprehensive analysis of reading, complete reading, or that the quality of reading - the best way of reading the reader can do. If the view is read in a limited time, the best and most complete reading, reading is then analyzed in an infinite time, the best and most complete reading. Read the analysis is to chew and digest a book. If the goal is simply to get the reader's information or entertainment, it did not need to use the analysis read. Read the analysis is particularly in pursuit of understanding.

The fourth, is the highest-level reading, reading theme called (syntopical reading). In doing theme reading, the reader will read a lot of books, rather than a book, and outlines of the correlation between these books, the books are all presented a talk about the subject. But just compare between the lines of books is not enough. Theme Reading involves much more than this. With the reading of the book, the reader should be able to theme a framework might never mentioned in the book which thematic analysis. Therefore, it is clear that the theme is most active reading A reading of effort and most flowers.

Besides introducing four levels of reading methods, the author also describes how to read different books, including a book of practical, imaginative literature, stories, plays and poetry, history books, science and mathematics, philosophy books, and social sciences.

In the last chapter of the book, the authors point out the relationship between reading and mental development. "Good reading, that is, take the initiative to read, not just useful for reading itself, not just help our work or career, to better help our minds to maintain the vitality and growth."