四月份读书与总结的仓皇开始
happiness never decreases by sharing our light. it is a positive game, neither a zero game nor a negative game.
三月份遗留了很多任务没完成,比如昨晚简单写下三月总结,有几个方面的漏掉了,跑步和读书,但也就这样吧,有的暂且草草看看,有的就主力攻破。
今天是愚人节,老笑话总是弥久常新,日子一天天划过,想做事情越来越多,人却变化很大,慢慢地,也就一直这样了,持续焦虑的结果就是不会太在乎了。
四月份又加入了一个新计划:读英语原版书。
【四月读书招募】《穷查理宝典》《魔鬼经济学》
原创 2017-03-27
Eric Z 英语学习笔记
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzA4MDYyMTcxOA==&mid=2651255212&idx=1&sn=ba13d7798aef0c5bb6ca8cb3ff5d547a&chksm=84532855b324a1431873e0b4032efb6b32777ebe69c78c166a33a766a584c79956572622c099&mpshare=1&scene=23&srcid=0401arP6awJYEW6oFHJ8z063#rd
这两本书我也是听罗辑思维和李笑来老师大力推荐的, 也一直想读,但是苦于深陷自己的事情沼泽中,因为我从图书馆借很多书,手机里也存好多书,每周浏览很多书,中文英文都有,比较散乱,书评都想写很多,稿子都打好了,但是都没写,这次也算是一个契机吧,认真读两本,跟着大牛一起读,总比一个人瞎读强得多(后面你就看出来了)
但刚开始的那两天我也没在群里发言,初始时也由于不太了解,留下的印象也不太好。
但我确实是先该好好读下这类非科幻类书籍的,现今这世界资源太丰富了,几乎不知如何选择,虽然大环境很重要,现在就缩减范围,聚焦任务吧。
昨晚开始看这本中文年鉴,看得很认真,本想看完的,但是上课要记笔记,所以就先看了四分之一。
今天上午前两节课终于翻完了,因为看到一半时,觉得这么多的只言碎语——虽然都是很有道理的格言,看完了其实也没什么意思,所以后半部分就快速翻看了下。
书评:
全书结构为首末引言,每一章节都有年鉴急于,然后是精华版的格言,张红英对照,句句精辟,后面还有一些诗歌。
这个和书评——《哲学史上51个经典命题》的结构差不多,只是简明扼要介绍下。
不过我发现几点有意思的事情:
1.英语谚语一般偏重于用其他类型的事物来打比方,不是我我们民间谚语的那种,反正感觉很奇怪的样子。
比如总是用狐狸、狗马等,还有些非常普遍的是律师、医生和牧师,上帝和酒鬼也非常常见,这些几乎是西方书籍的标记。
骑马要贴紧,役人要宽松。
If you ride a Horse, sit close and tight; If you ride a Man, sit easy and light.
Don't think to hunt two hares with one dog.
一狗不能猎两兔。
(一心不能两用)
God works wonder now & then;
Behold! a Lawyer, an honest Man!
上帝时不时创造出奇迹,
看!我们有了老师人和律师。
2.这本书里很多谚语都是英文的,所以很押韵,但是翻译过来的中文版本也很押韵,虽然不是特别的优美,但是足见译者的深厚文学功底。
Full of courtesie, full of craft.
表面彬彬有礼,心中城府无底。
3.看来道理都是古往今来互通的,在不同的背景文化汇中,竟能产生相同意境的句子,真是奇妙。
老子,哦,不,孟子....
劳心者治人,劳力者治于人
By diligence and patience, the mouse bit in two the cable.
凭勤奋和耐心,老师能把电缆咬成两段。
中文的就很多啦
愚公能移山,精卫能填海。
水滴石穿,非一日之功;冰冻三尺,非一日之寒。
世上无难事,只怕有心人。
世上无难事,只要肯登攀。
.........
4.有些需要文化背景去理解,反正我觉得,道理怎么说都会是对的,都有可以论证的例子。
A fine genius in his own country, is like gold in the mine.
天才在自己的国家里,就像金子藏在矿山里。
括号里给的注释是
(月亮总是外国的圆。)
但我怎么感觉,有点这样的意思:
小隐隐于野,大隐隐于市。
民间出高手。
5.有很多道理是鞭辟入里的,发人深省;但也有许多是具有自身局限吧。
计算时间的办法大有精进,但浪费时间的大有人在。
大人和小孩都有自己的玩具,区别只在价格不同。
仪式不等于文明,文明也不等于仪式。
书中谆谆教导:节约时间,勤俭朴素。这一点可能和我现在养成的价值观相悖:时间不应该只是用在奋斗上面,还有对美的欣赏;要学会使用好的,这样自己的努力才会变的有意义。
6.有很多值得仔细琢磨的妙语,也有值得再三商榷的思索的句子:
无兽不成林。
比无木不成林更胜一筹。
起来,懒鬼,别消磨时光;等你入了土,自然睡得足。
这不就是我高三时自以为的:
生前何必久睡,死后自会长眠。
这是我当时深以为然的句子,但是后来细想之下,其实不是的, 睡眠很重要,娱乐很重要,玩耍很重要。
《穷理查年鉴》这本书在天气预测中穿插生活经验,告诫人们只要努力奋斗就会过的好日子,憎恶借钱,崇尚攒钱,作者是富兰克林,拿命玩用风筝捕捉雷电的人,成就无数,是像达芬奇和牛顿一样全彩式的人物,高山仰止,景行行止。
4.1读书笔记
1.字词句段
almanac
/ˈôlməˌnak,ˈalməˌnak/
noun: almanac;plural noun: almanacs;
an annual calendar containing important dates and statistical information such as astronomical data and tide tables.
synonyms: yearbook, calendar, register, annual
a handbook, typically published annually, containing information of general interest or on a sport or pastime.
to hell with
to hell with somebody/something
also
the hell with somebody/something
(very informal)
do not care about someone or something
an impolite way of saying that someone or something is not important to you any more
eg:
She didn't seem to care about me, and I was ready to say to hell with her and walk out.
He's a man who expects to get things done, and to hell with what the rest of the world thinks.
To hell with saving money! I'm going shopping.
foreword
/ˈfôrˌwərd/
noun
a short introduction to a book, typically by a person other than the author.
rebuttal
/rəˈbədl/
noun
a refutation or contradiction.
synonyms: refutation, denial, countering, invalidation, negation, contradiction
"now that you've heard the accusations, have you a rebuttal?"
When two people debate, one of them makes an argument, and the other follows with a rebuttal, which, plainly put, is the "no, you're wrong and this is why" argument.
We often associate rebuttals with arguments made in the courtroom or public debates that occur around election time, but the word can really apply to any situation in which an argument is put forth and someone disagrees, and explains why. Sports fans, for instance, like to argue about the likely winner of an upcoming game and when you make a case for why your friend is wrong, you are offering a rebuttal of his argument.
im·pe·tus
/ˈimpədəs/
noun
the force or energy with which a body moves.
plural noun: impetuses
"hit the booster coil before the flywheel loses all its impetus"
synonyms: momentum, propulsion, impulsion, motive force, driving force, drive, thrust
the force that makes something happen or happen more quickly
"the crisis of the 1860s provided the original impetus for the settlements"
synonyms: motivation, stimulus, incitement, incentive, inducement, inspiration, encouragement, boost, fillip, springboard; informala shot in the arm
"the sales force were given fresh impetus"
com·pile
/kəmˈpīl/
verb
3rd person present: compiles;past tense: compiled;
past participle: compiled;
gerund or present participle: compiling
1.produce (something, especially a list, report, or book) by assembling information collected from other sources.
"the local authority must compile a list of taxpayers"
synonyms: assemble, put together, make up, collate, compose, organize, arrange
collect (information) in order to produce something.
"the figures were compiled from a survey of 2,000 schoolchildren"
accumulate (a specified score).
"the 49ers have compiled a league-leading 14–2 record"
2.COMPUTING
(of a computer) convert (a program) into a machine-code or lower-level form in which the program can be executed.
dis·pense
/dəˈspens/
verb
1.distribute or provide (a service or information) to a number of people.
"he dispensed a gentle pat on Claude's back"
synonyms: distribute, pass around, hand out, dole out, dish out, share out;
2.manage without; get rid of.
"let's dispense with the formalities, shall we?"
synonyms: waive, omit, drop, leave out, forgo
extol
/ikˈstōl/
verb
praise enthusiastically.
"he extolled the virtues of the Russian peoples"
synonyms: praise enthusiastically, go into raptures about/over, wax lyrical about, sing the praises of, praise to the skies, acclaim, exalt, eulogize, adulate, rhapsodize over, rave about, enthuse about/over, overpraise
Aquire worldly wisdom and adjust your behavior accordingly.
觉得这是最经典的一句话了,这世上的所有道理都已存在,只等待我们去运用,而后相应调整自己的行为。
A book with a couple of legs sticking out
这类词经常形容一个人的学识渊博,立地书橱
Al and Florcncc N{ungcr, encor-trirged rcading and save each of thcir children scvertrl books at Christmas, usually clevoured by that night.
通常情况下,我们被长辈教导最多的就是,你看你们现在条件多好,我们那时候多难,吃饭都没食物,找盒磁带都凭运气,还不能到放,有本词典就是惊天的财富了,我们有本书都会翻来覆去读个几十遍都快背下来了;
通常情况下, 我们教导后辈最多的一句话就是,你看你现在比我那个时候条件好多了,小小年纪就能玩和搜集看电视接触到电脑,我是上高中才第一次打键盘被别人嘲笑速度慢,大学才彻底接触,各类互联网信息纷至沓来,才有了那么多做不完读不完的信息;
通常情况下,我们就这样一代比一代人的条件好,上代人数落下一代人,好像他们永远没有我们那么时候努力,永远比我们那个时候条件好,运气好,其实都是一样的,时代在进步,思维却仍旧停留。
2.英文总结
I barely looked through today's reading material, almost still leaving a blank mood.
It seems devided into two parts:
The portrait of Charlie and his gorwth
As a partner of Warron, how he was talked
I have no more notion about what I have read.
In reading, I guess there are three levels:
First, read on the lines;
Second, read through lines;
Thiird, read between lines.
But, I may just can't read the lines...
3.中文感悟
读原版书,比读写文章新闻类困难得多。
刚开始生词比较多,还耐下性子查了,但是看着速度太慢,耽误其他事情的完成,就还是老办法,大概猜下词的基本可能用法, 不查了,后面反而生词变少了,但是还是老问题:看着一个个单词都基本认识,就是加在一块不清楚讲了什么,简单的能够理解,复杂的就懵逼了,而且也只能过下,还是读的少。
不见森林,如何树木。
4.延伸阅读
Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charlie Munger - Book Learning #3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfD6VxX553c
最近用喜马拉雅听完了the idiot,荐书:《The Idiot》里面有介绍,感觉听这类虚幻类故事书籍,没有很走心,无非就是一些对话类,没有什么启发意义,有时候不自觉就走神了,再回过头来仔细听一段,就是一点故事桥段,又因为其他事情分心了,如此反复。
现在暂时不听喜马拉雅了,在听Derek Sivers的采访录音集,在https://sivers.org/下载的,他有很多启发人思考的文章,我是在清晨朗读会里读到的这类文章,类似的也有很多。
当时刚买了个翻墙工具,就下载了个这个演讲集压缩包,然后开发商就被请喝茶了,一个月时间都不到,我可是买的一年的啊。
现在这些音频放在手机里好几个月了,终于可以腾出时间听完然后删除了,喜马拉雅里现在还剩6G缓存音频,先待这个听完吧。
来到学校里,从图书馆借的是这本书,很薄的一个小册子,又是俄译英版的,陀思妥耶夫斯基的一个小故事,读者也不是没意思,这是无聊, 讲主角怎么怎么样,有点看不进去,现在看一半了,但也慢慢看吧,虽然有点漫不经心。
后面不再去轻易借书了,没多少好书,只读经典吧,每次去图书馆总忍不住翻新书上架区那里。
当时也找到很多关于英语学习类的书籍,我倒是什么都看,博士文章和科技论文翻译写作也借了出来。
只是不两天就还了,眼高手低,明明自己没有时间没有实力啃读这类书籍,但估计是虚荣心在作怪,就想借出来,其实我自己的资源还有很多,应该踏踏实实做自己应该完成的任务吧。
当时看到这里,颇觉有意思,遂拿起手机拍下,但后面其实亦未再复习品味。