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1、Unit6HOWTOMARKABOOKMortimerJ.Adler"Don’tevermarkinabook!”Thousandsofteachers,librariansandparentshavesoadvised.ButMortimerAdlerdisagrees.Hethinkssolongasyouownthebookandneednftpreserveitsphysicalappearance，markingitproperlywillgrantyoutheownershipofthebookinthetruesenseo

2、fthewordandmakeitapartofyourself.Youknowyouhavetoread"betweenthelines”togetthemostoutofanything.Iwanttopersuadeyou(odosomethingequallyimportantinthecourseofyourreading.Iwanttopersuadeyoutouwritebetweenthelines.nUnlessyoudo,youarenotlikelytodothemostefficientkindofreading

3、.Youshouldn’tmarkupabookwhichisn’tyours.Librarians(oryourfriends)wholendyoubooksexpectyoutokeepthemclean，andyoushould.IfyoudecidethatIamrightabouttheusefulnessofmarkingbooks,youwillhavetobuythem.Therearetwowaysinwhichonecanownabook.Thefirstisthepropertyrightyouestablishb

4、ypayingforit,justasyoupayforclothesandfurniture.Butthisactofpurchaseisonlythepreludetopossession.Fullownershipcomesonlywhenyouhavemadeitapartofyourself,andthebestwaytomakeyourselfapartofitisbywritinginit.Anillustrationmaymakethepointclear.Youbuyabeefsteakandtransferitfro

5、mthebutcher’siceboxtoyourown.Butyoudonotownthebeefsteakinthemostimportantsenseuntilyouconsumeitandgetitintoyourbloodstream.Iamarguingthatbooks，too,mustbeabsorbedinyourbloodstreamtodoyouanygood.Therearethreekindsofbookowners.Thefirsthasallthestandardsetsandbest-sellers--u

6、nread，untouched.(Thisindividualownswood-pulpandink，notbooks.)Thesecondhasagreatmanybooks~afewofthemreadthrough,mostofthemdippedinto,butallofthemascleanandshinyasthedaytheywerebought.(Thispersonwouldprobablyliketomakebookshisown，butisrestrainedbyafalserespectfortheirphysi

7、calappearance.)Thethirdhasafewbooksormany--everyoneofthemdog-earedanddilapidated，shakenandloosenedbycontinualuse,markedandscribbledinfromfronttoback.(Thismanownsbooks.)Isitfalserespect,youmayask,topreserveintactabeautifullyprintedbook，anelegantlyboundedition?Ofcoursenot.

8、I’dnomorescribblealloverafirsteditionof’’ParadiseLost’1thanI’dgivemybabyasetofcrayonsandanoriginalRembr