At the request of the editorial board of College English I write thisshort piece with a view to encouraging advanced students of science andengineering to read some literature at sparetime. Here by advanced stu-dents I mean those who, with a solid English grammatical foundation,are able to read scientific and engineering periodicals and books withoutmuch difficulty. The best example we can have is K. Marx, the great At the request of the editorial board of College English I I write thisshort piece with a view to encouraging advanced students of science andengineering to read some literature at sparetime. Here by advanced stu-dents I mean those who, with a solid English grammatical foundation, are able to read scientific and engineering periodicals and books withoutmuch difficulty. The best example we can have is K. Marx, the great