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It is often said that wide reading is the best alternative course of action but even here it is necessary to make some kind of selection.
人們常說，大量閱讀是可供選擇的最佳方案，但即使在這一方面，也需要進行某些選擇。
It is no use telling students to go to the library and pick up the first book they come across.
只告訴學生到圖書館去，拿起第一本見到的書就讀是沒有用的。
My own advice to them would be:
我對學生的建議是：
"read what you can understand without having to look up words in a dictionary (but not what you can understand at a glance);
“要讀不需要查詞典就能看懂的東西（但并非一看就懂的東西）；
read what interests you；
要讀使你感興趣的東西；
read what you have time for (magazines and newspapers rather than novels unless you can read the whole novel in a week or so);
要讀有時間讀的東西（報紙和雜志而不是長篇小說，除非你能在一個星期左右的時間里把整本小說讀完）；
read the English written today, not 200 years ago;
要讀當代寫的英文，而不是兩百年前寫的英文；
read as much as you can and try to remember the way it was written rather than individual words that puzzled you.
要盡量多讀并設法記住各種表達方式，而不是那些讓你費解的個別單詞。”
And instead of "read," I could just as well say "listen to. "
而除了說“讀”，我也可以說“聽”。
My advice to teachers would be similar in a way.
我對教師的建議也有幾分類似。
I would say "It's no good thinking that anything will do, or that all language is useful.
我要說：“認為什么教材都行或者任何語言都有用，這種想法是沒有好處的。
It's no good relying on students to express themselves without the right tools for expression.
不教給學生正確的表達方法而依靠學生自己表達他們的思想是沒有好處的。
It's still your duty to choose the best path to follow near the top of the mountain
在接近山頂時為學生們選擇最佳的攀登路線仍然是你的責任，
just as it was to propose a practicable short-cut away from the beaten track in the foothills.
正像在山麓丘陵處為他們建議一條離開眾人踏平的山路而又走得通的捷徑曾是你的責任一樣。
And if the path you choose is too overgrown to make further progress,
如果你所選擇的那條路因草木叢生而難以繼續延伸，
the whole party will have to go back and you will have to choose another route.
整隊人馬就只得原路折回，而你就得選擇另一條路。
You are still the paid guide and expert and there is a way to the top somewhere.
你仍然是花錢雇來的向導和專家，而在某個地方總有一條通往山頂的路。”
