Words & Phrases
A:inundated
1. be inundated (with/by sth) :to receive so much of something that you cannot easily deal with it all [SYN] swamp
2.(formal) to cover an area with a large amount of water[SYN] flood
----noun: inundation.
B:detriment
harm or damage
to the detriment of sth ( resulting in damage or harm to sth)
(文中例句):There is a sense in which we moderns are inundated with facts to the detriment of understanding.
C:ingenious
1.an ingenious plan, idea, or object works well and is the result of clever thinking and new ideas
2.someone who is ingenious is very good at inventing things or good at thinking of new ideas
D:rhetoric
1. language that is used to persuade or influence people, especially language that sounds impressive but is not actually sincere or useful
2.the art of speaking or writting to persuade or influence people.
(文中例句) The viewer of television , the listener to radio, the reader of magazines, is presented with a whole complex of elements-all the way from ingenious rhetoric to carefully selected materials...
E.put out
v.
1.to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
[SYN]:trouble|inconvenience|disoblige|discommode|incommode|bother
put out considerable effort
2.deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
[SYN]:smother
3.thrust or extend out
[SYN]:exsert|stretch out|extend|hold out|stretch forth
4.put out, as of a candle or a light
[SYN]:douse
5.be sexually active
6.cause to be out on a fielding play
[SYN]:retire
7.retire
8.prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
[SYN]:publish|bring out|issue|release
9.make unconscious by means of anesthetic drugs
[SYN]:anesthetize|anaesthetize|anesthetise|anaesthetise|put to sleep|put under
(文中例句)： The writer or speaker must put out some effort, but no work need be done by the reader or listener.
Make extracts
1.The Activity and Art of reading
Instead he inserts a packaged opinion into his mind, somewhat like inserting a cassette nto a cassette player. He then pushes a button and "plays back" the opinion whenever it seems approriate to do so. He has performed acceptably without having had to think.
Active reading
What does active reading entail?---the main point at this book and what I have been puzzled about.
one reads better than others in the same book----1.more actively reading; 2.perform each of the acts involved more skillfully
The Goals of reading:Reading for information and reading for understanding
Your success in reading is determined by the extent to which youreceive everything the writer intendd to communicate.
Without external help of any sort, you go to work on the book.
Reading: two senses
*The one at once thoroughly intelligible to us
*Something that at first he does not completely understand
conditions for reading for understanding:
*initial inequality in understanding
*the reader must be able to overcome the inequality in some degree
Reading as learning:The difference between Learning by Instruction and Learning by Discovery
Discovery--the process of learning sth by research, by investigation, or reflection, without being taught
Present and Absent Teachers
someone- present
book-absent
总结&Summary
新年的第一天的第一本书的第一章，慎重而耐心的仔细阅读。时间比预想的长，总结笔记也是磕磕巴巴的完成。阅读过程中的每一次调整，每一次为了更好的理解而停下的片刻，忘记了任务性的学习目标，都是一点点的进步。这本书的英文写作简单，思路清晰，看的时候能够获得共鸣，但是仔细想来现实中对照的例子，却是想不到。联想，举一反三的能力还需进步。第一章里涉及了几组词的定义和解释，不能完全理解，但是我把它们记下，留在后面的阅读中去解疑。
A good beginning is the action itself. The point "inert thing" is the most impressive notion I have accquired. Learning from others is less active, while learning by yourself is more active. The distinction lies on the degree. The inert thing exists itself whose nature and the world waits for someone's exploration. Maybe before the learning, one needs to have some basic understanding on the definition.