The note on HOW TO READ A BOOK:1 Reading The book is for someone who wants to become a reader of books. Especially for the readers whose mean purpose in reading is to gain and improve the understanding but not to get information. What does "readers" mean? By "readers", the authors mean that people who are still accustomed to gain a large share of information about and understanding of the word from reading. Admittedly, the information about and understanding of the word can be gotten not only from reading, but also from speaking and observation. But for intelligent and curious people, that is never enough. They think that they have to read much. But nowadays, the technology is very advance, and we can get much information about the word from the television,radio,moves and magazines. The radio and television have taken over many functions of the functions served by print,just as photography has taken over functions of painting and other graphic arts.So, is reading necessary? The answer is "yes", reading still plays an important role for the one who wants to improve his understanding. The advanced technology can help us get more knowledge about the word, but sometimes, to much knowledge may be to the detriment of understanding. In the modern time, the information and opinion we get from the media are packaged by some of the best minds in our day.The viewer of television, the listener to the radio and the reader to the magazines can get the information and opinion without difficulty and effort. But the viewers, listeners and readers can not make up their own mind at all. What they do is just inserting the packaging into their minds,just like inserting a cassette into a cassette player. They play back the cassette player when they need some opinion. Reading some good and classical books well can help us to make up our own minds.

I don't want to work today I don't want to work today! I was in the office since 14 o'clock this afternoon, and it's 21:24 now. During the 7 hours, I almost did nothing but just scanned some website. What happened to me? It's the first day for me to go to the office after the Spring vocation. Maybe I need one or two days to transit. But I hope the transiting is not too long, because I have to work hard, I have much work to do! I will try to running tonight, because I always think that running can make me stronger and full of energy.

Listen to music when you are working Listen to music, especially that without lyrics, sometime may be helpful for working. Music can help you relax and make you calm, that's important for concentrating. For some ordinary work, says, some work that do not need to much deep thinking or analysis, music can make you more efficiently. But it doesn't work for all the kind of work. If your work needs a deep thinking. for example, when you are solving some math or physics problem, you'd better shut down the headphone. Because the these kind of work needs a quiet environment.

Change my general life style on working and rest I always slept too late in the night, almost 1 o'clock when I went to bed! It's very terrible, and also harmful to my health. I am suffering from the bad results of sleeping too late now! I feel a little weak, and very teared. My face looks a little white and eyes red, which makes me ugly. People who saw me may thought that I was a patient, this is too embarrassed. Staying up late also makes me a bad brain! It's not easy for me to focus on my work, and my mind always fly away when I begin to work. Concentrating becomes more difficult. The most terrible thing is that it seems that I am suffering from the alopecia now! Every day I can find much hair on my bed, and my head looks more hairless than before. I feel I am dropping into the hell! I have to change my life style! So, I decide that I won't stay up late any more in order to make myself more healthy, active and smart! I will go to sleep before 10 o'clock today and get up 5 o'clock tomorrow morning!