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Mr Green once worked in a big company. He was quite busy so that he couldn't do any reading. So he gave up his job and opened a bookshop in the centre of the town. It wasn't big but all the books were nice and most people liked to buy some there. When the shop was closed, he could read at home. He knew a lot and many learned people were glad to make friends with him.
It was Sunday and it was cold outside. Mr Green was very busy. At nine in the evening, all the buyers left but a woman was still there. She was dressed up and seemed to be waiting for somebody there. Standing by the shelves, she looked over the books one after another, and made them into a terrible mess. Mr Green came up to her and asked, "Excuse me, madam. What can I do for you?"
"Your books are not interesting at all," said the woman." I want a delicious one.
"That's easy," Mr Green smiled. He brought out a cookbook and said, "Here you are, madam."
You know you have to read "between the lines" to get the most out of anything. I want to tell you something important during your reading.
You shouldn't mark a book which isn't yours. . If you think it useful to mark books, you will have to buy them.
There are two ways in which one can own a book. The first is to get the right by paying for it, just as you pay for clothes and furniture. But full ownership comes only when you have made it part of yourself. .
There are three kinds of book owners. The first has all the best-sellers- unread and untouched. The second has a great many books. . The third has a few dog-eared (卷角的) books, which are marked from front to back.
Why is marking a book necessary? First, it keeps you awake. In the second place, reading is thinking. . The marked book is usually the thought-through book. Finally, writing helps you remember the thoughts you had, or the thoughts the writer expressed.
If reading is to learn anything more than passing time, it must be active. The book you read for pleasure can be read in a state of relaxation, and nothing is lost. But for a great book, rich in ideas, reading must be active. . You should come up with an understanding of what you have read.
A. You can't let your eyes move across the lines
B. But most of them are as clean as the day they were bought
C. And thinking can express itself in words, spoken or written
D. People who lend you books expect you to keep them clean
E. The best way to make yourself part of it is by writing in it
