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1、大学英语第六单元HowtoMarkaBook”Dont ever mark in a book! Thousands of teachers, librarians and parents have so advised. But Mortimer Adler disagrees。 He thinks so long as you own the book and neednt preserve its physical appearance, marking it properly will grant you the ownership of the book in the true se
2、nse of the word and make it a part of yourself。“不要在书上做记号！”无数教师、图书管理员和家长都曾这样建议。但是莫蒂默艾德勒并不同意。他认为只要你拥有这本书而且不需要保护它的外观,做记号将会让你真正意义上拥有这本书并且使它成为你的一部分.How to Mark a BookMortimer J. AdlerYou know you have to read ”between the lines to get the most out of anything. I want to persuade you to do something equal
3、ly important in the course of your reading. I want to persuade you to ”write between the lines.” Unless you do, you are not likely to do the most efficient kind of reading.怎样在书上做记号 莫蒂默J艾德勒 你知道读书要“深入字里行间”，以求最充分的理解.我劝你在读书过程中做一件同样重要的事情。我想劝你“在字里行间写字”。不这样做,你的读书就不可能是最有效的.You shouldnt mark up a book which
4、isnt yours. Librarians (or your friends） who lend you books expect you to keep them clean, and you should. If you decide that I am right about the usefulness of marking books， you will have to buy them.你不应该在不是你自己的书上做记号。借给你书的图书管理员 (或你的朋友） 希望你保持书的整洁，再说你也应该这样做。如果你认为我说的在书上做记号颇有益处这番话是对的话，你就得自己买书。There ar
5、e two ways in which one can own a book。 The first is the property right you establish by paying for it， just as you pay for clothes and furniture。 But this act of purchase is only the prelude to possession。 Full ownership comes only when you have made it a part of yourself， and the best way to make
6、yourself a part of it is by writing in it. An illustration may make the point clear. You buy a beefsteak and transfer it from the butchers icebox to your own. But you do not own the beefsteak in the most important sense until you consume it and get it into your bloodstream。 I am arguing that books，
7、too, must be absorbed in your bloodstream to do you any good.一个人拥有书的方法有两种,第一种是花钱取得财产所有权,就像你花钱买衣服和家具一样.但花钱买书只是占有它的前奏。只有在你将它化为你自己的一部分之后,你才完全占有了它。而把你自己变为书的一部分的最好方法就是在书中写字。打个比方也许可以把这一点说清楚。你买下一块牛排，把它从肉铺的冰箱里转移到你的冰箱中。但从最重要的意义上来说，你还没有占有它，除非你吃下它并将它吸收进你的血液之中。我的论点是，书的营养也只有在被吸收进你的血液中时，才能对你有所裨益。There are three k
8、inds of book owners。 The first has all the standard sets and best-sellers unread， untouched。 (This individual owns wood pulp and ink， not books.) The second has a great many books a few of them read through， most of them dipped into, but all of them as clean and shiny as the day they were bought. （T
9、his person would probably like to make books his own, but is restrained by a false respect for their physical appearance。) The third has a few books or many every one of them dog - eared and dilapidated， shaken and loosened by continual use, marked and scribbled in from front to back. (This man owns
10、 books。)书籍拥有者可以分为三种。第一种人藏有全部标准的成套书和畅销书既没有读过，也没有碰过.(这位占有的只是纸浆和油墨，而不是书。） 第二种人藏书很多有几本从头至尾读过,大部分浅尝辄止，但全都跟新买时一样整洁光亮。（此君很可能想使书真的为其所有,但因错误地过分关注书籍的外观而裹足不前.）第三种人藏书或多或少-因不断使用，每本书都弄成书角卷起，破旧不堪，装订破损，书页松散,全书从扉页至末页画满了记号，涂满了字句。（此人是书的真正拥有者。）Is it false respect， you may ask， to preserveintact a beautifully printed bo
11、ok， an elegantlyboundedition？ Of course not. Id no more scribble all over a first edition of Paradise Lost than Id give my baby a set ofcrayon and an originalRembrandt! I wouldnt mark up a painting or a statue. Its soul， so to speak， is inseparable from its body。 And the beauty of a rare edition or
12、of a richly manufactured volume is like that of a painting or a statue. If your respect for magnificent binding or printing gets in the way, buy yourself a cheap edition and pay your respects to the author。你或许会问，将一本印刷精美、装帧雅致的书保存完好，难道也是不恰当的吗？当然不是.我决不会在一本初版的失乐园上乱涂乱写，就像我不会把一幅伦勃朗的原作连同一盒蜡笔交给我的婴孩任意涂抹一样!我决
13、不会在一幅油画或一尊塑像上画记号。可以说，它们的灵魂与其躯体是不可分开的。一部珍本或一本装帧华美的书的美,同一幅油画或一尊塑像的美是一样的。如果你对华美的装帧或印刷的尊重妨碍你读书，那就买一种便宜的版本,将你的敬意献给作者.Why is marking up a book indispensable to reading? First, it keeps you awake. (And I dont mean merely conscious； I mean wide awake.） In the second place, reading, if it is active, is think
14、ing, and thinking tends to express itself in words， spoken or written。 The marked book is usually the thoughtthrough book。 Finally， writing helps you remember the thoughts you had， or the thoughts the author expressed。 Let me develop these three points.为什么在书上做记号对阅读是必不可少的呢?首先，它会使你保持清醒。（我不是仅仅指它让你神志清醒；
15、我的意思是它能使你全神贯注。）其次,如果阅读是一种能动的行为，那么它就是思考，而思考常常需借助口头的或书面的语言来表达。作了记号的书，通常是读者认真思考过的书。最后，写可以帮助你记住你阅读时的思想,或作者所表达的思想。让我进一步就这三点谈一谈。If reading is to accomplish anything more than passing time, it must be active. 如果阅读的目的不仅仅是消磨时间，那就应该是一种积极的思维活动。You cant let your eyes glide across the lines of a book and come up
16、 with an understanding of what you have read. Now an ordinary piece of light fiction， like， say, Gone with the Wind,” doesnt require the most active kind of reading. The books you read for pleasure can be read in a state of relaxation, and nothing is lost. But a great book， rich in ideas and beauty, a book that raises and tries to answer great fundamental questions， demands the most active reading of which you are c
