The conditions under which I can do my best active reading

First, I need a quiet environment. This is the most important. I feel it really hard for me to read or study in noisy surroundings,particularly when I read a foreign article. I cannot concentrate my energies when some one is talking loudly around me.

Second, I can understand better if I clear up my mind before reading. I will miss some points if I am considering other things when I read. If I still cannot concentrate on my reading, I will read it out loud.

Third, I always like to underline some key words or take some notes in margins. This helps to remember what I am reading. 

Finally, rereading is helpful to get more information and understanding. At this moment, I also find underlining and notes are useful. And I will use dictionary at the second or third time reading to remove the gaps. Sometimes I do not understand somewhere at first, but after second reading I will get it.

Review for three public blog

1. http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/how-to-sleep-less-and-stay-healthy/

In this post, the author wrote about how to sleepless and stay healthy. He pointed that not only the sleeping time, but also the sleeping quality are very important. He gave some suggestions to sleep well. For instance, do not eat before sleep, do not keep light on during sleep; keep the air clean, and so on. This way, sleeping time can be reduced and we will save a lot of time to work.

2. http://freelanceswitch.com/freelancing-essentials/8-essential-strategies-to-saying-no/

The title is “Essential Strategies to Saying ‘No’”. I also believe that it is important to get the ability to refuse others and not make them angry. The author gave many ways to refuse other. For instance, try to not refuse their requests firmly and then find some reasons to explain your unavailability.

3. http://www.stevepavlina.com/articles/triple-your-personal-productivity.htm

The author suggested some ways to raise personal productivity.Firstly, make a detailed schedule.Secondly, analyze your results of carrying out your plan.Thirdly, calculate your efficiency ratio.Fourthly, force an increase in efficiency.Finally, gradually increase your working time.

                                                                        

After Reading Eiger Dreams

       In this story, the author describes three people’s adventure of climbing Eiger. They fight with the frozen temperature, winds with the speed of 170 kilometers per hour, and the steep mountain.

       Once I could not understand why some people were always game for adventure, such as mountaineering, channel across -swiming, wire -walking between two cliffs. I thought that they were taking their lives in their hands.  Later I learned an old saying” If you are not a fish, how can you know the joy of a fish?”. For those adventurers, adventure is the most joyful and meaningful. In the story, the author and his two companions get depressed when they have to go down and excited when they decide continue climbing.  

      My questions: There are several places that I do not understand. 1)Page 3 last paragraph:”One of the differences between us was that Marc wanted very badly to climb the Eiger, while I wanted very badly only to have climbed the Eiger.” 2)Page 13 second paragraph the first line about the phrase”wimped out” and “out of condition” .3) The same paragraph, why Marc was about to burst into tears? Is he too excited, or repentant?

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