A famous investor in Silicon Valley, an expert in artificial intelligence, speech recognition and Internet search, no one can imagine that he will have such a wide range of dabbling in the field of literature. If he specializes in science and technology, then his column Sixty Lectures on the History of Science and Technology can represent his achievements in this field. If he specializes in mathematics, courses such as "50 Lectures on General Mathematics" and "Wu Jun Lecture on General Mathematics" can also show that he has made great achievements in this field; If he specializes in literature, ten Yu Ben bestsellers, such as Top of the Tide, Beauty of Mathematics, Light of Civilization, Mystery of Silicon Valley and Knowledge, Pattern and Attitude, are enough to prove his literary achievements. If we analyze Wu Jun from the perspective of modern people, should we call him an all-round talent in the new era?
Just like in the preface, Wu Jun pointed out the essence of general education, that is, knowledge can be used in many places, not just to do specific things directly. For reading and writing, Wu Jun once offered the course "50 Lectures on Reading and Writing" when he got the APP in 2020. His main purpose is only one, that is, to let everyone look at the subject of Chinese correctly and learn the Chinese content with "understanding others and expressing themselves" as the core.
The ability to learn Chinese represents a person's understanding ability. In life, we often meet some people with poor understanding ability. Whether in study or in life, they are always one step behind others. In fact, this is the loss of eating bad people in China. The most terrible thing is that this understanding ability will accompany them all their lives.
What Wu Jun's lecture notes on reading and writing want to convey to us is how to read and write. This book is divided into two parts, namely, how to read and write and classic examples of reading and writing. As we can see, the first part explains the meaning of reading, the core of writing, daily practical writing and the art of listening and speaking. In this part, reading, as the significance of learning Chinese, enhancing understanding and realizing reading, endows us with the following nine elements: information, depth, thought, times, taste, examination, speed, level and appreciation. Each element represents a level of improving reading comprehension. Only by understanding and thoroughly understanding the relationship between these elements can we break through the bottleneck of reading and appreciate the charm of classical literature.
Writing is a way to show your understanding ability, and the core of writing is to express yourself. In this part, the author also divides writing into eight elements to penetrate into us one by one: written expression, opening, rhetoric, landscape writing, emotional writing, narration, skills and practice. People who often write will find that these elements are the necessary steps in our usual writing, and how to skillfully write these elements into the article requires us to read this part carefully.
We should not try to explain the daily practical articles in the book. The so-called daily practicality refers to some writing scenes that are inseparable from our lives, such as diaries, emails, resumes, comments, papers, reports, etc. How to write these common practical articles in daily life is very important, which will improve our quality of life and make us no longer fall into the embarrassing situation of easy writing and difficult writing.
To some extent, listening and speaking need preparation when reading and writing. How to receive information efficiently and with high quality, and speak effective information through some media to maximize the expression effect also requires us to fully understand the art of listening and speaking. Only by knowing the art of listening and speaking can the content be perfectly presented.
In the second part of this book, the author lists many classic examples of reading and writing. No matter what form, style, time, place, person and thing, we can get a glimpse of what famous writers want to express in their literary works from these classic examples.
As the author of Hub, a professor at Foreign Affairs University, said: After reading this book, you can proudly say: "My Chinese was taught by a math teacher."