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导读
在这个不读书简直不是人的时代，到了年底，我们自然要焦虑地盘点自己这一年到底读了多少书，看看身边人又读了多少。其实，阅读不用这么焦虑慌张，悠然自得最重要。比如今天要讲的这篇文章的作者，就有很多把读书变悠然的小窍门。
不过开始读这篇博客小短文之前，大乐乐想先向大家介绍一下本文作者格雷琴•鲁宾（Gretchen Rubin）。她写过很多本书，其中包括一鸣惊人的纽约时报第一畅销书《幸福计划/我的快乐生活提案》（The Happiness Project），以及《宅妈的年度幸福提案》（Happier at Home）、《考察温斯顿•丘吉尔的四十种方法》（Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchill）、和《考察约翰•菲茨杰拉德•肯尼迪的四十种方法》（Forty Ways to Look at JFK）。她是发行量大约为600万的《好管家》（Good Housekeeping）杂志的专栏作家，每个月都会在专栏中谈论关于幸福的一切。她每天更新的博客在权威的Technorati搜索引擎上名列“前5000”（Top 5K）之列，每个月有将近50万的读者。
耶鲁大学法学院高材生的鲁宾，曾经担任最高法院大法官Sandra Day o’Connor的助理。经过多年忙碌的她，为了找寻快乐，决定要为自己写下第一份提案书－－快乐生活提案，并且花一年时间执行。这一年，她让自己睡得饱、早上起来开心地哼歌、打扫家里、阅读亚里士多德。我想鲁宾和其他作者不同的地方就是，她让我们觉得，阅读真的不是什么任务，而是一件发自内心的快乐的事情。
第一步：解决高频单词
sample ['sæmpl]
vt. 取样；抽样检查；尝试 / n. 样品；样本；例子 / adj. 作为例子的；试样的，样品的
tips [tɪps]
n.秘诀；技巧；小贴士
pride [praɪd]
以…自豪
astonished [ə'stɒnɪʃt]
adj. 吃惊的
efficient [ɪ'fɪʃ(ə)nt]
adj. 有效率的
skim [skɪm]
vt. 略读
nagging ['nægɪŋ]
唠叨的；挑剔的
inclination [ɪnklɪ'neɪʃ(ə)n]
n.倾向；爱好
pressured ['preʃəd]
紧迫的；感受压力的
set aside
留出
demanding [dɪ'mɑːndɪŋ]
adj.苛求的；吃力的
第二步：精读重点段落
（Tips: 双击文中单词可以查释义并加入你的生词本哦）
第二段
1. Quit reading.
I used to pride myself on finishing every book I started. No more. Life is short. There are too many wonderful books to read.
2. Read books you enjoy.
When I’m reading a book I love—for example, I’m now reading Charles Portis's True Grit — I’m astonished by how much time I find to read. Which is another reason to stop reading a book I don’t enjoy.
3. Watch recorded TV.
It’s much more efficient to watch recorded shows, because you skip the commercials and control when you watch. Then you have more time to read.
4. Skim.
Especially when reading newspapers and magazines, often I get as much from skimming as I do by a leisurely reading. I have to remind myself to skim, but when I do, I get through material much faster.
5. Get calm.
I have a sticky note posted in our bedroom that says, “Quiet mind.” It’s sometimes hard for me to settle down with a book; I keep wanting to jump up and take care of some nagging task. But that’s no way to read. Incidentally, one of the main reasons I exercise is to help me sit still for reading and writing — if I don’t exercise, I’m too jumpy.
6. Don’t fight my inclinations.
Sometimes I feel like I should be reading one book when I actually feel like reading something entirely different. Now I let myself read what I want, because otherwise I end up reading much less.
7. Always have something to read.
Never go anywhere empty-handed. I almost always read actual ye olde print books, but I travel with e-books, too, so I know I’ll never be caught without something to read. It’s a great comfort.
8. Maintain a big stack.
I find that I read much more when I have a pile waiting for me. Right now, I have to admit, my stack is so big that it’s a bit alarming, but I’ll get it down to a more reasonable size before too long.
9. Choose my own books.
Books make wonderful gifts – both to receive and to give – but I try not to let myself feel pressured to read a book just because someone has given it to me. I always give a gift book a try, but I no longer keep reading if I don’t want to.
10. Set aside time to read taxing books.
Every weekend, I spend time in "study" reading -- which covers books that I find fascinating, but that are demanding, and that I might put down and neglect to pick up again. The kind of book that I really do want to read, but somehow keep putting off for months, even years.
- pride vt. 以…自豪
- astonished adj. 吃惊的
- efficient adj.有效率的
- skim vt.略读
- nagging adj.唠叨的；挑剔的
- inclination n. 倾向；爱好
- pressured adj. 紧迫的；感受压力的
- set aside 留出
- demanding adj.苛求的；吃力的
第三步：攻克必学语法
继续讲定语从句吧。
Every weekend, I spend time in "study" reading -- which covers books that I find fascinating, but that are demanding, and that I might put down and neglect to pick up again.
中文翻译：
每个周末，我都会花时间来进行“研究式”阅读，读的都是我觉得有趣但是读起来有难度的书，这些书如果不用这种方法读，恐怕很快就会被束之高阁了。
这是一个看似简单，但是实际上十分狡猾的句子，充满了各种陷阱，大家先尝试还原一下大乐乐翻译的各个部分吧（当然，有些部分是意译的）。
spend time in sth 花时间做某事
which引导非限制性定语从句，先行词是“study“reading，所以非限制性定语从句中的谓语动词cover是第三人称单数。
that引导定语从句，先行词是books，注意哦，所以在but后面的那个that也是引导定语从句，先行词也是books，所以谓语动词是are，大家在翻译到这里的时候有没有奇怪为啥that明明是个单数代词，却用are作为谓语呢？仔细分析一下，才能看出其中的奥妙。
这是一个定语从句嵌套定语从句的复合句，先分析，再翻译，要加以注意哦。
加分任务：精读全文
在之前的三步后，你已经完全具备了精读全文的能力。再多花半个小时，让你的学习效果达到120%！
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（Tips: 双击文中单词可以查释义并加入你的生词本哦）
Tips for Getting More Reading Done
第一段
Reading is an essential part of my work. It forms an important part of my social life. And far more important, reading is my favorite thing to do, by a long shot. I’m not a well-rounded person. But reading takes time, and there aren’t many days when I can read as much as I’d like. Here are some habits that I've adopted to help me get more good reading done.
- essential adj. 基本的；必要的
- social life 社交生活
- by a long shot 全然；绝对
- well-rounded adj. 面面俱到的
第二段
1. Quit reading.
I used to pride myself on finishing every book I started. No more. Life is short. There are too many wonderful books to read.
2. Read books you enjoy.
When I’m reading a book I love—for example, I’m now reading Charles Portis's True Grit — I’m astonished by how much time I find to read. Which is another reason to stop reading a book I don’t enjoy.
3. Watch recorded TV.
It’s much more efficient to watch recorded shows, because you skip the commercials and control when you watch. Then you have more time to read.
4. Skim.
Especially when reading newspapers and magazines, often I get as much from skimming as I do by a leisurely reading. I have to remind myself to skim, but when I do, I get through material much faster.
5. Get calm.
I have a sticky note posted in our bedroom that says, “Quiet mind.” It’s sometimes hard for me to settle down with a book; I keep wanting to jump up and take care of some nagging task. But that’s no way to read. Incidentally, one of the main reasons I exercise is to help me sit still for reading and writing — if I don’t exercise, I’m too jumpy.
6. Don’t fight my inclinations.
Sometimes I feel like I should be reading one book when I actually feel like reading something entirely different. Now I let myself read what I want, because otherwise I end up reading much less.
7. Always have something to read.
Never go anywhere empty-handed. I almost always read actual ye olde print books, but I travel with e-books, too, so I know I’ll never be caught without something to read. It’s a great comfort.
8. Maintain a big stack.
I find that I read much more when I have a pile waiting for me. Right now, I have to admit, my stack is so big that it’s a bit alarming, but I’ll get it down to a more reasonable size before too long.
9. Choose my own books.
Books make wonderful gifts – both to receive and to give – but I try not to let myself feel pressured to read a book just because someone has given it to me. I always give a gift book a try, but I no longer keep reading if I don’t want to.
10. Set aside time to read taxing books.
Every weekend, I spend time in "study" reading -- which covers books that I find fascinating, but that are demanding, and that I might put down and neglect to pick up again. The kind of book that I really do want to read, but somehow keep putting off for months, even years.
- pride vt. 以…自豪
- astonished adj. 吃惊的
- efficient adj.有效率的
- skim vt.略读
- nagging adj.唠叨的；挑剔的
- inclination n. 倾向；爱好
- pressured adj. 紧迫的；感受压力的
- set aside 留出
- demanding adj.苛求的；吃力的
第三段：
And finally, three more tips from great writers and readers:
1. Randall Jarrell: “Read at whim! Read at whim!”
2. Henry David Thoreau: “Read the best books first, otherwise you’ll find you do not have time.”
3. Samuel Johnson: “What we read with inclination makes a much stronger impression. If we read without inclination, half the mind is employed in fixing the attention; so there is but one half to be employed on what we read.”
- at whim 任性地
- impression n.印象；效果
- fix vt. 解决
第四段：
Maybe you don’t love to read, so finding more time to read isn’t a challenge for you. The larger point is to make sure you’re finding time to do whatever it is that you find fun. Having fun is important to having a happy life, yet it’s all too easy for fun to get pushed aside by other priorities. I have to be careful to make time for reading, or, even though I love to read, I might neglect it. Also, having fun makes it easy to follow good habits; when we give more to ourselves, we can ask more of ourselves.
- priority n.优先；优先权
- make time for sth 抽空做某事
- neglect vt. 疏忽；忽略
sample ['sæmpl]
vt. 取样；抽样检查；尝试 / n. 样品；样本；例子 / adj. 作为例子的；试样的，样品的
tips [tɪps]
n.秘诀；技巧；小贴士
pride [praɪd]
以…自豪
astonished [ə'stɒnɪʃt]
adj. 吃惊的
efficient [ɪ'fɪʃ(ə)nt]
adj. 有效率的
skim [skɪm]
vt. 略读
nagging ['nægɪŋ]
唠叨的；挑剔的
inclination [ɪnklɪ'neɪʃ(ə)n]
n.倾向；爱好
pressured ['preʃəd]
紧迫的；感受压力的
set aside
留出
demanding [dɪ'mɑːndɪŋ]
adj.苛求的；吃力的
不要一时兴起，就要天天在一起
明天见！
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Tips for Getting More Reading Done
第一段
Reading is an essential part of my work. It forms an important part of my social life. And far more important, reading is my favorite thing to do, by a long shot. I’m not a well-rounded person.But reading takes time, and there aren’t many days when I can read as much as I’d like. Here are some habits that I've adopted to help me get more good reading done.
第二段
1. Quit reading.
I used to pride myself on finishing every book I started. No more. Life is short. There are too many wonderful books to read.
2. Read books you enjoy.
When I’m reading a book I love—for example, I’m now reading Charles Portis's True Grit — I’m astonished by how much time I find to read. Which is another reason to stop reading a book I don’t enjoy.
3. Watch recorded TV.
It’s much more efficient to watch recorded shows, because you skip the commercials and control when you watch. Then you have more time to read.
4. Skim.
Especially when reading newspapers and magazines, often I get as much from skimming as I do by a leisurely reading. I have to remind myself to skim, but when I do, I get through material much faster.
5. Get calm.
I have a sticky note posted in our bedroom that says, “Quiet mind.” It’s sometimes hard for me to settle down with a book; I keep wanting to jump up and take care of some nagging task. But that’s no way to read. Incidentally, one of the main reasons I exercise is to help me sit still for reading and writing — if I don’t exercise, I’m too jumpy.
6. Don’t fight my inclinations.
Sometimes I feel like I should be reading one book when I actually feel like reading something entirely different. Now I let myself read what I want, because otherwise I end up reading much less.
7. Always have something to read.
Never go anywhere empty-handed. I almost always read actual ye olde print books, but I travel with e-books, too, so I know I’ll never be caught without something to read. It’s a great comfort.
8. Maintain a big stack.
I find that I read much more when I have a pile waiting for me. Right now, I have to admit, my stack is so big that it’s a bit alarming, but I’ll get it down to a more reasonable size before too long.
9. Choose my own books.
Books make wonderful gifts – both to receive and to give – but I try not to let myself feel pressured to read a book just because someone has given it to me. I always give a gift book a try, but I no longer keep reading if I don’t want to.
10. Set aside time to read taxing books.
Every weekend, I spend time in "study" reading -- which covers books that I find fascinating, but that are demanding, and that I might put down and neglect to pick up again. The kind of book that I really do want to read, but somehow keep putting off for months, even years.
第三段：
And finally, three more tips from great writers and readers:
1. Randall Jarrell: “Read at whim! Read at whim!”
2. Henry David Thoreau: “Read the best books first, otherwise you’ll find you do not have time.”
3. Samuel Johnson: “What we read with inclination makes a much stronger impression. If we read without inclination, half the mind is employed in fixing the attention; so there is but one half to be employed on what we read.”
第四段：
Maybe you don’t love to read, so finding more time to read isn’t a challenge for you. The larger point is to make sure you’re finding time to do whatever it is that you find fun. Having fun is important to having a happy life, yet it’s all too easy for fun to get pushed aside by other priorities. I have to be careful to make time for reading, or, even though I love to read, I might neglect it. Also, having fun makes it easy to follow good habits; when we give more to ourselves, we can ask more of ourselves.