——如何阅读一本书笔记7
Part 2 Analytical Reading
CH8 Coming to terms with an Author
你想洞察作者的意图吗？与作者沟通的前提是明白作者关键词的真正意思。
Words & Phrases (每日五词）
1. ambiguous
of language) open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning
（语言）可作多种解释的; 有歧义的：
the question is rather ambiguous
这问题很模棱两可
2. meet (someone)halfway
to do some of what someone asks you to do 迁就某人
He's put forward some good proposals for settling the strike, but the other side has not been willing to meet him halfway.
3. archaic
very old or old-fashioned
古老的; 老式的, 陈旧的, 过时的
4.be heading/headed/for something
if you are heading or headed for something, it is likely to happen to you soon
It appears that the rebels are heading for victory.
5. intricacy
错综复杂的细节;纷繁复杂之处；The intricacies of something are its complicated details.
Summary of chapter 8
Coming to terms with an Author
In this chapter, the author states why readers should come to terms with the author, the definition of terms, why the readers have to find key words and how to find key words.
Language is imperfect as a medium for conveying knowledge, therefore, in some way, it functions as an obstacle to communication.To come to terms with the author, you must spot the important words in a book and figure out how the author is using them.The rule5 here is to overcome this obstacle.
Rule 5. find the important words and through them come to terms with the author.
Not all the words an author uses are important. Only those words that he used in a special way are important for him. The most important words are those give you trouble.
You need to find the key words and find the meanings of those words from context.
感悟：
作者问：如何找到关键的意思？
答案是：从书中你理解的部分找答案。
知识的建立是用已知的知识建立新知识，理解力也是逐步建立的，用已知的理解力建立新的理解力。
如果想知道作者书中某个关键词的意思，查字典是解决不了问题的，你只能从书中的到答案。
当我们读原版书的时候，由于语言的关系，我们会碰到生词。生词和关键词是不同的，但是，解决方法是类似的。碰到生词的时候，不必着急马上查字典，因为通过阅读后面的篇章，你也许会猜出生词的意思。
本章译本翻译问题：
The reader who fails to ponder, or at least to mark, the words he does not understand is headed for disaster.
中文译本中的译文是：
这个句子的主干是：The reader is headed for disaster.是说这样的阅读者会走向失败。
而不是说这个字会带来麻烦。