"How to Read a Book" records (a)

"How to read a book."

Reading level

Read analysis

Build architecture book

1. Rule 1: You have to know what kind of book to read?
2. Rule 2: Use a single sentence, or at most a few words to describe the contents of the entire book
3. Rule 3: In accordance with the order and relationships, lists the most important part of the book. After the outline part of the book listed, and then the various parts of the outline also be listed (best point out that some of the major and minor)
4. Rule 4: Identify asked questions or want to solve the problem of the author.
5. Rule 5: seize the important word, and the word in a specific meaning used by the author in this agreement.
   • Word and meaning: readers and authors use the same word, and take the same meaning
   • Identify keywords: Because authors and readers have different space-time background, some ordinary word in reading can also cause problems. (Depending on the level of standard keywords reader may be, from the side, which also reflects the importance of the foundation, with some basic capabilities, to quickly complete or skip the interpretation of keywords. Direct to interpret the intent of the discussion, improve reading s efficiency.)
   • Devoted word (term) and special vocabulary: The authors stress or in the field have reached a consensus definition (Theorem). (As a reader should pay attention to the text, to find their own place to understand the difficulties, marked, and access to information be understood)
6. Rule 6: The book is the most important sentences ring out, find the gist of it.
7. Rule 7: Relevance of the relevant sentence, try to discuss the basic architecture of a book.
8. Rule 8: Find answers and unanswered questions of the author.
9. Rule 9: Before "agree", "disagree" or suspend the comments, will be able to say with certainty, "I understand."
10. Rule 10: When not agree with the author's point of view, to express their opinions rationally, do not unreasonable to argue or debate. If you know or suspect that they are wrong, no need to argue for argument.

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• Discusses the relationship between sentence and spirit of the (by applying the example of "The Prince" of)
• "They're interested in for suspended sentences, but not to feel troubled suspended sentence." When reading non-contemporary works.
• For these rules, the purpose of reading is to understand a book, rather than just satisfy curiosity

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• You do not have to understand you can not view the people (inspection requirements restated views and other means available) to spend time and energy.

The method of taking notes

View Reading - Structure Notes

• Raised some important questions, and write down the answers
• Need to answer:

1. What book?
2. What the whole book talking about?
3. The author is to present understanding of the subject by what kind of architecture?
4. (By the catalog page, and the title page)

Analysis of Reading - concept notes

• Extraction of the authors, and related concepts
• The book records the page number concepts, as well as other books within the same page clock theme

Theme Reading - dialectical notes

• For a discussion notes scenario, multiple authors to participate
• On a single theme to all relevant statements and questions and column order

Interesting analogy or example

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• As the business world and the world of books, not only to know how to reach a consensus, but also to understand the proposal.
• Proposal is a plan a quote or commitment.