白领英语晨读-089 Why Read 我们为什么要读书？

Why read?

Why should I read the book before comes out in cinema. I have often pondered¹ the mysteries of reading, but you don't realize the advantages until you actually began reading. Books can transport you to different places, worlds, times, people anywhere you can imagine without living your own room. Reading gives us some places to go when we have to stay where we are. Picking up a book is like picking up a world that is waiting to be explored whether fiction or fact. They can take your way from them in goldfield and make you a part of their environment. They can scare the wits out of you, make you cry, make you laugh. The more pages you read, the harder it is to shut the book. Every book is a great adventure, within the pages less stories untaught, places never ventured and new people to meet. No book is alike, no story the same. Reading is not strange. It seems that many people do not want to read or do not think it is necessary. They believe that people who read are nerds, geeks or bookworms. This is not true. I read because it is something that passes the time peacefully and alleviates² ignorance³. Reading for fun is normal. It improves a person's imagination, vocabullary and knowledge without the person even knowing it. Reading forms this sustainable of traditional education.

1 pondered   

考虑( ponder的过去式和过去分词 )； 深思熟虑； 沉思； 琢磨

参考例句：

• She pondered over his words. 她反复琢磨他的话。
• She pondered his marriage proposal for weeks. 几个星期以来她认真地考虑着他的求婚。

2 alleviates   

减轻，缓解，缓和( alleviate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Heat often alleviates pain. 热常常能减缓疼痛。
• A cold compress often alleviates pain. 冷敷常会减轻疼痛。

3 ignorance   

n.无知，愚昧，不了解，（of，about）不知道

参考例句：

• The relation of disease to poverty and ignorance is easy to see.疾病与贫穷、无知之间的关系是显而易见的。
• Maybe it is all due to my own ignorance.也许是我少见多怪。