1. What to read读什么？

学习英语达到的目的应该以能简单阅读和书写为主，而不是能一知半解地懂一点文学名著。

❤️write short letters and read easy news items but cannot read any passage in the classics

× read  here and there in some classics but cannot write short letters or read easy news items.

主要的阅读书目应该是最近的，简单的，原生的

Chief reading matter must have been written 

a. far less than 100years ago, a few weeks ago if possible

b. in simple English

c. by an Englishman or an American

Phrase to learn

acquire a good knowledge of the language 

lies chiefly in

a volume of essays/short pieces of narration or exposition 

literary masterpiece

general remarks

2. Reading Aloud

确实我们从十三岁十四岁就停止了大声朗读，而大声朗读对于学习语言是效果最好的。

Reading aloud helps you to cultivate good pronunciation and good intonation,they are essential to all language learners.

讲朗读的重要性，推荐诗的

Phrase to learn

the chances are大约...

their teens 十三岁到十九岁

a piece of matter-of-fact prose

first stanza （诗的第一节/段)

man of letters 文人

many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore许多讲述旧闻的书

3. Can you read Englishmen's English?

看母语是英语的人写的作品，而不是看中国人写的简单英语的简单新闻。并且要了解它的文化和历史以养成英语思维的习惯。。

Phrase to learn

Han syntax 制度系统

commit to memory计入心中

4. what kind of English？

英语分很多种，但是在你达到一个正常能在写作和口语上向英语母语者清楚明白表达自己的英语学习者之前，请不要轻易地研究这个问题。也不要认为只看关于中国的东西就是实用的，千万不要用英语看中国的新闻。

这篇文章的指代和用法非常高级，全篇没有大词，但是非常难断句。

Phrase to learn

call it foolish of one to认为...是愚蠢的事

go into the subject 

confining themselves to 自限于

in the habit of有...的习惯

things Chinese/foriegn 中国/外国的事物 

长难句：I call it foolish of one to attempt the subject before one has acquired the ability to speak, read,and write English as it is used by the average educated Englishman or American of today. One has yet much to learn before one can be properly called an advanced learners of English so long as one cannot read the news or cannot express oneself intelligibly to Englishmen other Americans in speaking and writing.

I have to mention this because it seems that many Chinese students have the mistaken idea that what is written about things Chinese is practical ,while what is written about things foreign is nothings practical. The fact is , however,that one cannot master English _that is,what I call practical English --by reading about things Chinese only. I would advise those who are in the habit of confining themselves to Chinese news when reading newspapers in English , to give up the habit.