阅读理解

Thisbriefbookisaimedathighschoolstudentsbutspeakstoanyonelearningatanystageoflife．

Itsformalseriousstylecloselymatchesitscontentaschool-masterlybookonschooling．TheauthorW．H．Armstrongstartswiththebasics：readingandwriting．

Inhisopinionreadingdoesn'tjustmeanrecognizingeachwordonthepage;itmeanstakingintheinformationdigestingitandincorporatingitintooneselfjustasonedigestsasandwichandmakesitapartofhimself．Thegoalistobringtheinformationbacktolifenotjusttotreatitasdeadfactsonpaperfromdeadtrees．Readingandwritingcannotbecompletelyseparatedfromeachother;infacttheaimofreadingistoexpresstheinformationyouhavegotfromthetext．I'veseenitagainandagain：：someonewhocan'texpressanideaafterreadingatextisjustasineffectiveassomeonewhohasn'treaditatall．

OnlyathirdofthebookremainsafterthatdiscussionwhichArmstrongdevotestospecifictipsforstudyinglanguagesmathscienceandhistory．Hegenerallyhandlesthesetopicsthoroughly(透彻地)andequallyexceptforsomeweaknessinthescienceandmathsectionsandabittoomuchpassion(激情)regardinghistory．Wellhewasahistoryteacher－ifconveyedonlyatenthofhispassiontohisstudentsthatwasahundredtimesmorethanmyhistoryteachersevergotacross．Tomydisappointmentinthispartofthebookheignoresthearts．Asamatteroffacttheydemandalltheconcentrationandstudythatmathandsciencedothoughthestudydiffersslightlyinkind．Althoughit'scommonlybelievedthattheartscanonlybenaturallyacquiredactuallylearningtheartsisnomorenaturalthanlearningFrenchormathematics．Myothercommentisthatthetextaged．Thefirsteditionapparentlydatestothe1960s－noneofthereferences(参考文献)seemnewerthanthelate1950s．Asaresultthediscussionmissestheentirecomputerage．

Thesearesmallpointsthoughanddon'taffectthemaindiscussion．Irecommendittoanystudentandanyteacherincludingtheself-taughtstudent．