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Asd 3, how to read non-fiction books quickly (Oxford ruined my video)

how to read non-fiction books quickly (Oxford ruined my video)

How to read a non-fiction book?

One of the most effective reading technique is predictive reading. What is predictive reading?

Just by looking at the title of a book you can predict and narrow down the content of the book.

It helps you understand the book quickly. So let's a look at a random example. “Political Thinkers:

from Socrates to the Present”. Obviously it's a book about political thinkers from around the

world. Before I open the book I try to think of any political thinkers I know. The best

way is try to come up with one or two thinkers from each continent or regions of the world.

Socrates, Plato and Aristotle from Greece, Sun Tsu, Confucius and Mao from China, Gandhi from

India, Nietzsche and Marx from Germany, Lenin from Russia, Nelson Mandela from South Africa,

Avicenna from Iran, Jean-Jacque Rousseau from France, Machiavelli from Italy. And so on.

Now let's have a look at the table of continent. We should find most of those names we have

predicted. Yes we have the Greeks. Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. We have some Italians.

We have quite a lot of British actually, Thomas Hobbes, John Lock, David Hume, Stuart Mill,

Jeremy Bentham. Some French. Quite a few Germans. Let's move away from Europe a bit and find some

Chinese or Indians or Africans or South Americans. Perhaps a some from the middle east. Here we go.

You gotta be kidding me. Index? What the heck is index? It seems there is nobody from Asia,

Africa, South America or the Middle East. None? Zero? Zilch? Nothing? Stupid Oxford University.

This should be called “European Political Thinkers: mostly British”.

Maybe this reading technique, I mean predictive reading, doesn't work with books by Oxford

University Press. But with other books, maybe by Cambridge University, it should work. Or maybe,

political thinking only happens in Europe? Perhaps the rest of the world just do politics without

thinking about it? Is that why there is a lot of conflict outside Europe? I think I need to

read more non-fiction. Stupid Oxford University Press ruined my video. Really sorry about that.

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How to read a non-fiction book?

One of the most effective reading technique is  predictive reading. What is predictive reading? ||||||||vorhersagend||||| ||||||||прогнозуючий|||||

Just by looking at the title of a book you can  predict and narrow down the content of the book. |||||||||||||eingrenzen|||||| |||||||||||||звузити||||||

It helps you understand the book quickly. So let's  a look at a random example. “Political Thinkers: |||||||||||||||政治的な|政治思想家

from Socrates to the Present”. Obviously it's  a book about political thinkers from around the von Sokrates bis zur Gegenwart". Offensichtlich handelt es sich um ein Buch über politische Denker aus der ganzen

world. Before I open the book I try to think  of any political thinkers I know. The best Welt. Bevor ich das Buch aufschlage, versuche ich, an politische Denker zu denken, die ich kenne. Die besten

way is try to come up with one or two thinkers  from each continent or regions of the world. ||||思い付く|考え出す|と共に|||||||||||| Der beste Weg ist, einen oder zwei Denker aus jedem Kontinent oder jeder Region der Welt zu finden.

Socrates, Plato and Aristotle from Greece, Sun  Tsu, Confucius and Mao from China, Gandhi from

India, Nietzsche and Marx from Germany, Lenin  from Russia, Nelson Mandela from South Africa,

Avicenna from Iran, Jean-Jacque Rousseau from  France, Machiavelli from Italy. And so on.

Now let's have a look at the table of continent.  We should find most of those names we have Werfen wir nun einen Blick auf die Tabelle der Kontinente. Wir sollten die meisten der Namen finden, die wir haben

predicted. Yes we have the Greeks. Socrates,  Plato and Aristotle. We have some Italians.

We have quite a lot of British actually, Thomas  Hobbes, John Lock, David Hume, Stuart Mill,

Jeremy Bentham. Some French. Quite a few Germans.  Let's move away from Europe a bit and find some |||||||||shift||||||||

Chinese or Indians or Africans or South Americans.  Perhaps a some from the middle east. Here we go.

You gotta be kidding me. Index? What the heck  is index? It seems there is nobody from Asia, ||||||||zum Teufel||||||||| ||||||||一体全体||||||||| Das soll wohl ein Witz sein. Index? Was zum Teufel ist Index? Anscheinend gibt es niemanden aus Asien,

Africa, South America or the Middle East. None?  Zero? Zilch? Nothing? Stupid Oxford University. |||||||||ゼロ?何もない?||||

This should be called “European  Political Thinkers: mostly British”. Diese sollte "Europäische politische Denker: meist Briten" heißen.

Maybe this reading technique, I mean predictive  reading, doesn't work with books by Oxford Vielleicht funktioniert diese Lesetechnik, ich meine das vorausschauende Lesen, nicht bei Büchern von Oxford

University Press. But with other books, maybe by  Cambridge University, it should work. Or maybe,

political thinking only happens in Europe? Perhaps  the rest of the world just do politics without dass politisches Denken nur in Europa stattfindet? Vielleicht macht der Rest der Welt einfach Politik ohne

thinking about it? Is that why there is a lot  of conflict outside Europe? I think I need to |||||||||||disagreement||||||| darüber nachdenken? Gibt es deshalb so viele Konflikte außerhalb Europas? Ich glaube, ich muss

read more non-fiction. Stupid Oxford University  Press ruined my video. Really sorry about that. mehr Sachliteratur lesen. Die blöde Oxford University Press hat mein Video ruiniert. Das tut mir wirklich leid.