ReadSelectivelyorExtensively?Thepassagegivesusgoodadvicethatsinceitisimpossibleforustoreadallkindsofbooks,wemustlearntopickandchoosethematerialsweread. (30w)Infact,peoplehavedifferentopinionsaboutreading.Someholdtheviewthatweshouldreadselectivelywhileothersthinkthatweshouldreadextensively.Thosewhoholdthefirstopinionthinkthatone’stimeandenergyarelimitedandonecanneverreadasmanybooksashewishes.However,thosewhoholdthesecondviewthinkthattoknowtheworldfromallperspectivesoneshouldabsorbadequateknowledgebyreadingextensively.Personally,I’minfavoroftheformeropinion.Admittedly,wecanabsorbknowledgebyreadingextensively,butitdoesn’tfollowthatweshouldreadwithoutdiscrimination.Sinceourtimeandenergyarelimited,weshoulddevotethemtoreadingrelevantandbeneficialbooks.It’sawasteoftimereadingirrelevantbooks.Furthermore,somebooksareharmful.Ifwedon’treadselectively,we’llbemisledbyharmfulbooks.
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