你该知道的英语阅读习惯

总是带着一本书

Wherever you go, take a book with you. When I leave the house, I always make sure to have my drivers license, my keys and my book, at a minimum. The book stays with me in the car, and I take it into the office and to appointments and pretty much everywhere I go, unless I know I definitely won’t be reading (like at a movie). If there is a time when you have to wait (like at a doctor’s office or at the DMV), whip out your book and read. Great way to pass the time.

无论你去哪，带上一本书。当我离开家，我总是要确认我至少带了我的驾驶证，我的钥匙和我的书。我的书放在车里和欧文呆在一起，，并且我将她带进办公室，带去约会以及很多其他我要去的地方，除非我知道我一定不会阅读(像是看电影)。如果你需要等待一段时间(像是去看医生或是在车管局)，打开你的书并且阅读。这是一个消磨时间的好方法。

2. Make a list

列一个清单

Keep a list of all the great books you want to read. You can keep this in your journal, in a pocket notebook, on your personal home page, on your personal wiki, wherever. Be sure to add to it whenever you hear about a good book, online or in person. Keep a running list, and cross out the ones you read. Tech trick: create a Gmail account for your book list, and email the address every time you hear about a good book. Now your inbox will be your reading list. When you’ve read a book, file it under “Done”. If you want, you can even reply to the message (to the same address) with notes about the book, and those will be in the same conversation thread, so now your Gmail account is your reading log too.

列出所有你想读的好书。你可以在旅行的时候带上它，写在一个口袋笔记本里，在你的个人主页上，个人wiki百科上，任何地方都可以。一有了好书信息，就把它记在上面，不管是从网上得知，还是从别人那里了解到。保持列表的及时更新，并把读过的划掉。高科技手段：创建一个gmail帐户用作读书列表，每次听到好书信息，就发给它个邮件。现在你的收件箱就是你的读书列表啦!读完一本就把它移到“完成”文件夹。如果愿意，你甚至可以用读书笔记来回复该邮件(到相同的地址，即自己给自己回信)，这样就使本书的相关内容只出现在同一邮件主题中，因此，现在你的Gmail帐户也是你的读书日志了。

3. Find a quiet place

找一个安静的地方

Find a place in your home where you can sit in a comfortable chair (don’t lay down unless you’re going to sleep) and curl up with a good book without interruptions. There should be no television or computer near the chair to minimize distractions, and no music or noisy family members/roommates. If you don’t have a place like this, create one.

在你家找一个可以让你坐在一把舒服的椅子里的地方(不要躺下来除非你打算睡觉)拿本好书倚在椅子上，不受任何干扰。为避免分心，应该远离电视，电脑，音乐，喧闹的家人或室友。如果你没有这样的地方，创造一个。

4. Reduce television/Internet

少看电视和电脑

If you really want to read more, try cutting back on TV or Internet consumption. This may be difficult for many people. Still, every minute you reduce of Internet/TV, you could use for reading. This could create hours of book reading time.

如果你真的想阅读更多，试着减少浪费在电视和电脑上的时间。这对很多人来说可能很困难。当然，你减少的浪费在电视和电脑上的每一分钟，都可以用来阅读。这可以创造更多的阅读时间。

5. Blog it

做记录

One of the best ways to form a habit is to put it on your blog. If you don’t have one, create one. It’s free. Have your family go there and give you book suggestions and comment on the ones you’re reading. It keeps you accountable for your goals.

和读书列表类似，此记录不应该只写下你所读的书的书名和作者，如果可能的话还应该写下读书的起止日期。更好的作法是在其后写下你对此书的感想。几个月之后，再返回来看记录，回顾自己的阅读经历，是一种极大的满足。

6. Set a high goal

设定一个高目标

Tell yourself that you want to read 50 books this year (or some other number like that). Then set about trying to accomplish it. Just be sure you’re still enjoying the reading though — don’t make it a rushed chore.

告诉你自己你几年想读50本书(或者一些其他的数字)。然后试着完成它。只要确保你一直在享受阅读，不要让它成为一件苦差事。

7. Have a reading hour or reading day

设定一小时或一天的读书时间

If you turn off the TV or Internet in the evening, you could have a set hour (perhaps just after dinner) when you and maybe all the members of your family read each night. Or you could do a reading day, when you (and again, your other family members if you can get them to join you) read for practically the whole day. It’s super fun.

如果你在晚上关了电视和电脑，你和所有的家庭成员就能抽出一小时(可能是晚餐过后)的阅读时间。或者你也可以抽出一整天的时间来阅读，如果能召集所有家庭成员一起读的话不妨一起读。这是很有趣的。