Since I have already decided to go to graduate school, I have to start preparing for the relevant work. After looking at the admissions brochure and test subjects of previous years, I think it is better to start with my weak English. Although like Da Biao's squad leader, I also bought New Oriental's chaotic version of "English Vocabulary for Postgraduate Entrance Examination", but I only remember the first few pages by memorization, and it is easy to get sleepy after reading too much. So I don't think this traditional mode of revision is suitable for me, and the results of the 6th grade test can also prove it.

After a cursory look at other people's methods of learning English on the Internet, combined with my own linguistic knowledge, I think it is better to let myself learn English in context by reading English novels. In fact, all kinds of English corners and English corridors in schools from childhood to university were built for this purpose, but they were basically not used.

Choosing English books is not a simple job for me, I must both like and understand, and it is best to read the Chinese version myself. I struggled with this matter for several days, and then the head of the class took a copy of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" in English as a pastime during class. It's just that my hands are often sweaty, and I was worried that I would "stain" Da Biao's books, and I always felt that it would be more interesting to read from the first part, so I dismissed the idea of borrowing books from him. So, given the few living expenses I had, I gritted my teeth and bought a pirated set of the English Harry Potter series on the Internet.

Because there is still a period of time between the order and the signing, this gives me a reason not to study and enjoy every relatively relaxed moment before the preparation for the exam as much as possible. So I finished chasing all the new episodes of "One Piece" that I had accumulated for a few days, and then watched all kinds of new movies on video websites with Lao Zhao and Da Biao squad leader in order to get the new guns in anti-terrorism......

Human inertia is sometimes so terrible. When I finally got my book, I happily returned to my dorm room with the heavy package in my hand, and then I couldn't wait to unpack it. Seven copies of Harry Potter, from thin to thick, are estimated to take months to read. The cover of the book looks just like the original, and there are no Chinese characters to be found. I unpacked the first book and flipped through it, and the smell of pirated books came to my face. In addition to the book, the seller also pays great attention to small details, and the packaging contains a movie disc from the "Harry Potter" series, of course, it is definitely a pirated copy.

I was supposed to start the "sit-in" mode in the library as soon as I received the book, but those movie CDs made my procrastination come back again: I thought it might be more helpful for me to read the original book by watching the movie again before I actually read it. I thought I would just watch a movie and read a book, but unfortunately the movie is too exciting, and the plots of these 7 films are so closely connected, if I am not careful, two days have passed......

Eventually, my growing anxiety left me no longer able to convince myself. There was only one class in the morning that day, and after class, I walked into the study room of the library with "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" and sat down in a bright place. It may not be the end of the semester, most juniors have not officially started preparing for graduate school, and it is not a holiday or weekend, and there are so many places in the study hall that I can "dominate" the entire table by myself.

After "various rituals", I pulled out the book, opened it and began to look. Although the plot of the movie has long been familiar in my mind, after all, it is the deletion and change of the original book, and I am the first to know a lot of content during the reading process. I never knew that before Hogwarts, between Harry and his cousin Dali, there were so many stories besides going to the zoo and the seaside hut. Because there are many unfamiliar words in it, some of which can be inferred from the context, and some of which have to be checked by the dictionary of my mobile phone, my reading speed is very slow. But this method of learning is really much more interesting than simply memorizing words and brushing up on questions, and the tight plot makes me constantly want to know the rest of the content, so I don't get sleepy when I look at it like I did when I memorize words.

For movies and novels of the same name, some people like to read the original book first and then watch movies and TV series, for fear that after watching film and television works, they will restrain their infinite imagination. I'm the opposite. I think after watching the film and television works, I will have a general outline of the characters and environments in the works, especially books from other civilizations like "Harry Potter", if I have not seen the movie, I can't imagine what "Hogwarts" looks like and how "Quidditch" matches are played. It may also be for this reason that I was able to read English very seriously and without interruption for the first time.

Swimming freely in the "Wizarding World", before you know it, it is time to eat, and the other students around you start to get up to eat. And I was still attracted by the magic of magic, and I didn't feel hungry at all. Anyway, there were no classes in the afternoon, so I would go to eat when I was hungry, so I continued to read books in the library.

After all, pirated books are simply chasing profits and trying to reduce costs, so their quality is extremely poor, especially on paper and ink. After half a day, the pages I read were basically soaked with sweat from my hands, and many words would become blurred when I touched them. Invisibly, this also hindered my reading progress. Fortunately, the content of the book is really exciting, and I have a good understanding of the main story, so even though I struggled to read, my interest remained the same.

By about 4 o'clock, the sun was already setting in the west, and the library was getting dark. My eyes were a little tired, so I took off my glasses and relaxed. This relaxation, I was completely relaxed. My blurry eyes saw the phone on the table that I used to look up words, and I thought about going to Renren.com to see how everyone was doing. So I used the 2G network to log in to the web version of Renren.com, brushing everyone's latest status. By the time I woke up from the online world, my interest in reading had been half eroded, and it was almost dark. Since I was not motivated, I naturally didn't need to stay in the library, so I packed up my things and went back to my dorm.

When he entered the bedroom door, Lao Zhao was watching the Hokage in front of his computer, eating black pepper chicken steak rice with relish. The smell of food wafted towards me with the sudden convection of the air, and I swallowed. At this time, I realized that I seemed to have not eaten for almost a day, so I quickly went downstairs to cook instant noodles after packing up my things. Just reading a book can make people watch without eating, and I can't imagine that the ancients said that "there are thousands of bells in the book" actually meant this.

Eating instant noodles and looking at the book that was already a little crumpled, I thought about my "learning results" for a day, tried to recall the plot of the novel and those unfamiliar words, and then felt that this learning mode was still quite suitable for me, and I was very satisfied, and decided to continue the next days. Then I watched the movie in PPTV with peace of mind......

However, I didn't completely break my plan later. At least I watched the first and second parts word for word, and I also watched almost half of the third part. It's just that because I need to squeeze out time to deal with final exams and practice, I have to terminate my goal of reading seven books indefinitely. Now, these books have fallen into the dust, except for the first three, and the rest have not even been unpacked......