1、Of StudiesRecently,Ive read a practically useful book called “How to Read a Book“.When I go to the university,I find that there are many things different from high school.Especially,I have more free time to study on my own and professors give us lots of reading tasks.As the saying goes “books are th
2、e ladder of human progress.” So before reading a book,we have to solve important questions:how to read a book? How to improve our reading comprehension?By reading this book,I find the answer.Its written by Mortimer JAdler who is a famous American pholosopher,educator and professional editor.He is ko
3、wn for leading to edit “Encyclopedia Britannica “in 1974.This book introduces us some ways to read and understand books better.Firstly,it tells us the importance to be an active reader.Then the auther analyzes four levels of reading(including elementary reading,inspectional reading,analytical readin
4、g and syntopical reading),and how to achieve them.Whats more,therere some reading methods for different books(imaginative literature,history and social science and so on).Finally,the writer recommands a reading list about classical books and describes the meaning of reading.This book is a guide to r
5、eading great books.Although it was first published in 1940 and has a long history, it still very popular and has huge sales now.Maybe sometimes I feel it boring to read the book,but try to finish it,youll find its value. In the process of reading the book,it really benefits me a lot to use some techniques to understand a book better and increase reading efficiency and skills.Of course,its worth to read when I want to challenge myself to read great and acedemic books.By this way, I can get more konwledges and keep active minds
