When you read a story in English, do you read it for the storyforthe English? This is a questionis not so (fool) as it mayseem, for I find that many students of English pay far more attention to the story thanto the English. For instance, they care for how the mystery in the story (solve), but do not remember a single sentence in the story and cannot tell what preposition is used before a certain word in the speech of a certain character.
Of course, if you want to know the story only, you need not(bother)about the language. But a student of English is different a student ofstories or is called the general reader. As you may also have learned fromthe above, you ought to read not only very carefully but also aloudyou learn the passage by heart and can recite it as if it(be)your own. Onhand, this will teach you m any useful words and phrases; on the other hand.it will help you to avoid many errors and faults in expression.