阅读是学习外语，提高语言的综合能力非常重要的一个环节。想提高英语的写作能力么？那么就要从阅读开始。想提高口头表达能力和听力，阅读也是方法之一。

很多老师都会告诉你 “多读，多听，多写，多说”。问题是怎么读，怎么听，怎么写，怎么说。

我不知道别人是怎么阅读的，我觉得自己的阅读习惯很好。

我挑了一段New York Times上面的一段信文字。

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Sept. 14 - More than 100 people were killed in a string of bombings and ambushes in Iraq today in the worst large scale violence since May and June, and the Al Qaeda group in Iraq said that it was launching a nationwide campaign of suicide bombings in retaliation for an American-Iraqi military offensive against insurgents in the northern city of Tal Afar.

这段新闻经过我的双眼扫描后在我脑海里就变成这样。

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Sept. 14 - More than 100 people were killed in a string of bombings and ambushes in Iraq today in the worst large scale violence since May and June, and the Al Qaeda group in Iraq said that it was launching a nationwide campaign of suicide bombings in retaliation for an American-Iraqi military offensive against insurgents in the northern city of Tal Afar.

要学好英语就要有良好的总结归纳，举一反三的能力。这样读一段很短的文字也可以学到很多东西。

a string of bombings and ambushes - string这个词多么形象啊! 炮轰、伏击不停。

看到新的搭配和单词可以查字典，看看字典的定义和例句，进一步巩固刚刚学到的东西。

string (SERIES) /strIN/ noun [C]
a series of related things or events:
What do you think of the recent string of political scandals?
He had a string of top-twenty hits during the eighties.

挑选阅读材料的时候不要挑选太难的文章，因为这样很快会对学习失去兴趣。应该挑选一些单词不是太多的文章。如果一片文章有70%的单词不认识，那么这篇文章因该先放在一边，选一些只有一二十个生词的文章，这样学习起来抵触情绪没有那么强。 学习讲究循序渐进，贵在持之以恒。

如果是刚刚开始学习写作，最好不要跟着小说学。可以选者一些非小说类的书来看。报纸，杂志，管理书籍等都是很好的阅读材料。

也可以像我一样弄一个英文书架来督促自己多读书。