向大师学英文——边欣赏边思考边应用（12）

向大师学英文——边欣赏边思考边应用（12）

今天要读的是林语堂先生《生活的艺术》一书中有关“阅读的艺术”的第十二段。不知不觉从读第一段开始，到现在已经过去了近十二周的时间。回顾这些精度笔记的写作，我觉得有两点可以记录一下：第一，对我自己来说，每周写一篇要比每天写一篇更容易坚持。因为工作、生活有很多不可控因素，一天的时间相对于一周时间弹性太小，一旦一天的任务没完成，又会给自己带来负面的影响，所以以周为单位效果更好。第二，精读的段落我会一个词一个词在电脑上写一遍，除了练习打字速度外，更主要的是体会和欣赏，这样比单纯的阅读效果更好。

继续欣赏林语堂先生《生活的艺术》一书中有关“阅读的艺术”的第十二段。

先看译文：

这个问题解决之后，读书的时间和地点问题也同时得到了答案，即读书用不着特定的地点和时间。一个人觉得想读书时，随时随地可读。一个人倘懂得读书的美妙，那么不论在学校里边或学校外边都可以读，即使在学校里边也不致妨碍他的兴趣。曾国藩在家书中答复他的弟弟想到京师读书以求深造时说：苟能发奋自立，则家塾可读书；即旷野之地，热闹之场，亦可读书；负薪牧承皆可读书。苟不能发奋自立，则家塾不宜读书；即清净之乡，神仙之境皆不能读书。有些人在将要读书时常想起许多的借口。刚要开始读时，他会憎厌房里太冷，或椅子太硬，或亮光太烈，而说不能读，还有些作家每每憎厌蚊子太多或纸张太劣，或街上太闹，而说无从写作。宋代大儒欧阳修自承最佳的写作时候乃是“三上”：即枕上、马上和厕上。清代学者顾千里当夏天时，常“裸而读经”，即以此得名。反之，一个人如若不愿意读书，则一年四季之中也自有不能读书的理由：“春天不是读书天，夏日炎炎正好眠，秋去冬来真迅速，收拾书包过新年。"

再读英文原著：

With this question solved, the question of time and place for reading is also provided with an answer. There is no proper time and place for reading. When the mood for reading comes, one can read anywhere. If one knows the enjoyment of reading, he will read in school or out of school, and in spite of all schools. He can study even in the best schools. Tseng Kuofan, in one of his family letters concerning the expressed desire of one of his younger brothers to come to the capital and study at a better school, replied that: "If one has the desire to study, he can study at a country school, or even on a desert or in busy streets, and even as a woodcutter or a swineherd. But if one has no desire to study, then not only is the country school not proper for study, but even a quiet country home or a fairy island is not a proper place for study." There are people who adopt a self-important posture at the desk when they are about to do some reading, and then complain they are unable to read because the room is too cold, or the chair is too hard, or the light is too strong. And there writers who complain that they cannot write because there are too many mosquitos, or the writing paper is too shiny, or the noise from the street is too great. The great Sung scholar, Ouyang Hsiu, confessed to "three on's" for doing his best writing on the pillow, on horseback and on the toilet. Another famous Ch'ing scholar, Ku Ch'ienli, was known for his habit of "reading Confucian classics naked" in summer. On the other hand, there is a good reason for not doing any reading in any of the seasons of the year, if one does not like reading:

To study in spring is treason;

And summer is sleep's best season;

If winter hurries the fall,

Then stop till next spring season.

我的思考和应用：

"There is no proper time and place for reading. When the mood for reading comes, one can read anywhere. If one knows the enjoyment of reading, he will read in school or out of school, and in spite of all schools."  I agree with this. But if you  don't like reading. my advice is that why not go the the library or book shop today, pick up a book as long as there is something of the book that attracks you , or just open a book and read the content page and choose the chapter you have some interest.  The first book will lead you to the second ,the third...