How can we interested in a boring and long novel?

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As an English leaner,we have to read so many novels to know more about western culture. However,usually the novels are difficult to read. What can we do?

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[+3] - edgarblythe - 04/10/2014Keep a dictionary nearby.
[+3] - tsarstepan - 04/10/2014[quote="SweetHao1996"] What can we do? [/quote] Find books in English that match your interests and read them instead.

Keep a dictionary nearby.

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Read as much as you can. Fluency is a product of time at the task.

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@edgarblythe,

edgarblythe wrote:

Keep a dictionary nearby.

That's a good one. It automatically makes the book more interesting.

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I don't read long books. I also don't belch or fart, and i never, ever lie.

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@SweetHao1996,

SweetHao1996 wrote:

What can we do?

Find books in English that match your interests and read them instead.

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@Setanta,

♫I like big books and I cannot lie♪

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That Marilyn Monroe, she had big books . . .

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@SweetHao1996,

You have to tell your teachers that they haven't got a clue as to how to teach English.

But that won't happen.

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@SweetHao1996,

A friend of mine got his degree in English by watching film versions (e.g. "Tom Jones") for the plot, and learning a few quotes and critiques. He rarely read the set book.

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@fresco,

Was that Contrex perchance?

Smile

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@JTT,

Alas...friend now deceased. I doubt that it was divine retribution.

Come to think of it, he also used copies of "Classics Illustrated" - the comic book version of the classics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classics_Illustrated#British_series

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@JTT,

JTT wrote:

Was that Contrex perchance?

Good one JTT

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@SweetHao1996,

Here are some excellent books that are in written in English and are revealing about Western culture. Most of these are 150-200 pages long (don't quote me on that), and are written in an enjoyable style.

The Pearl , John Steinbeck
Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller
The WatchmenA. Moore, D. Gibbons, J. Higgins
The Awakening Kate Chopin
Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck (a personal favorite)
The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald

A bit of an American tendency there, but not to a fault Smile

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@edgarblythe,

That might make me feel more boringT_T

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@tsarstepan,

Usually my teachers tell us to read classic novels which donnot arouse my interests.

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@JTT,

Yes,but it's true*_*

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@fresco,

The book I am reading nowadays doesn't have a film version.

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@robert-blankenship,

Thank you so much, and I will find them in my school library.

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@SweetHao1996,

That might make me feel more (boring) BORED.

ING means the effect is from "me" to others. "Me" is boring others.
ED means something is having the effect on "me". I am more bored by the books.

I am interestING. -->the effect is away from me to others.

I am interestED. <----- the effect is from others/from other things to me.

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