It is shown in the drawing that a lovely young boy is sitting at a desk.Reading an interesting book on the desk,he is totally absorbed in what he is doing and concentrating on his reading.We are informed that,"Reading makes a full man."
Nowadays few of us read extensively after we leave school.This tendency is rather disturbing,for reading extensively is no less necessary to one's mental life than fresh air is to one's physical life.From reading extensively,we can derive companionship,experience and instruction.First and foremost,a good book is our faithful friend.It can increase our contentment when we are cheerful and happy,and lessen our pain when we are sad or lonely.Furthermore,reading extensively can also offer us a wide range of experiences.In reading, we may join tourists marveling at incredible power of Niagara Falls,mingle with the happy throngs strolling in the Paris boulevards and experience the bitterness or joy of people in different lands and in different times.Few of us can travel far from home or live long over one hundred,but all of us can live many lives through the pages of books.Last but not least,reading extensively can increase our intellectual ability,broaden our minds and make us wise.
Though with the advent of TV,mobile phones and the Internet,books are no longer read as extensively as they once were,nothing can replace the role that reading plays in our lives.
如圖所示，一位可愛(ài)的小男孩正端坐在書桌前。他正在全神貫注地讀著桌上一本有趣的書。我們得知：“讀書使人充實(shí)。”
如今，我們當(dāng)中很少有人離開(kāi)學(xué)校后再大量地讀書。這種趨勢(shì)著實(shí)令人擔(dān)憂，因?yàn)閺V泛閱讀對(duì)我們的精神生活來(lái)說(shuō)，猶如新鮮空氣對(duì)身體一樣不可或缺。從大量的閱讀中，我們可以收獲友誼，充實(shí)人生經(jīng)歷，得到教益。首先，一本好書就如同我們忠實(shí)的朋友。當(dāng)我們開(kāi)心快樂(lè)時(shí)，書能增加我們的快樂(lè)；當(dāng)我們傷心孤獨(dú)時(shí)，書能減輕我們的痛苦。此外，大量的閱讀還能充實(shí)我們的人生經(jīng)歷。在閱讀中，我們可以和游客一起，贊嘆尼亞加拉瀑布那雷霆萬(wàn)鈞之勢(shì)，和喜洋洋的人群一起穿過(guò)巴黎的林蔭大道，還可以體驗(yàn)不同時(shí)代、不同國(guó)土上人們的酸甜苦辣。我們當(dāng)中很少有人能到離家很遠(yuǎn)的地方旅游，或能活過(guò)一百歲，但是通過(guò)讀書我們能經(jīng)歷各種各樣的生活。最后，廣泛的閱讀能提升我們的智力，開(kāi)闊我們的眼界，使我們變得智慧。
盡管隨著電視、手機(jī)和網(wǎng)絡(luò)的出現(xiàn)，讀書的人沒(méi)有以前多了，但沒(méi)有什么可以取代閱讀在我們生活中的作用。
