Languages of the World教案
2. a plot is a plan. what might learned men plot?
3. sloth is a personal characteristic. is it likely to be a positive or negative characteristic ?
4. a humor is a state of mind which is motivated by personal feeling , and not reason. does it have a positive or a negative meaning here?
5. crafty means skillful. does it have a positive or a negative meaning here?
6. read by deputy means that a book is read and interpreted by someone else. when might this be useful?
the key:
1) to “ decorate” your life with pleasant ideas.
2) their studies , their future actions.
3) negative( laziness)
4) negative
5) negative
6) if you don’t have time to read it yourself.
step 7 the translation of the whole text
讀書足以怡情，足以傅彩，足以長才。其怡情也，最見于獨處幽居之時；其傅彩也，最見于高談闊論之中；其長才也，最見于處世判事之際。練達之士雖能分別處理細事或一一判別枝節，然縱觀統籌，全局策劃，則舍好學深思者莫屬。讀書費時過多易惰，文采藻飾太盛則矯，全憑條文斷事乃學究故態。讀書補天然之不足，經驗又補讀書之不足，蓋天生才干猶如自然花草，讀書然后知如何修剪移接，而書中所示，如不以經驗范之，則又大而無當。有一技之長者鄙讀書，無知者羨讀書，唯明智之士用讀書，然書并不以用處告人，用書之智不在書中，而在書外，全憑觀察得之。讀書時不可存心詰難讀者，不可盡信書上所言，亦不可只為尋章摘句，而應推敲細思。書有可淺嘗者，有可吞食者，少數則須咀嚼消化。換言之，有只需讀其部分者，有只須大體涉獵者，少數則須全讀，讀時須全神貫注，孜孜不倦。書亦可請人代讀，取其所作摘要，但只限題材較次或價值不高者，否則書經提煉猶如水經蒸餾，淡而無味。讀書使人充實，討論使人機智，筆記使人準確。
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