wheni'mfreeorintrouble,ialwaystakeoutabookandreadquietly.innotime,i'veputmyheartintoitsothati'llforgetallthetroubles.it'sinthiswaythati'veformedthehabitofreadinginanytime.
littleboysasiwas,iwasinterestinpicturebooksandstorybooks.iwasstruckbythem.nosoonerhadienteredthemiddleschoolthanibegantoreadnovel,plays,essaysandsoon.ifoundicouldgetmuchfromthem.littlebylittleitookgreatinterestinliteratureandlasttermiwonthefirstprizeinthecompositioncontestamongmiddle-schoolstudentsinzhejiang.
reading“theemperor'snewclothes”,ihadtoletoutaburstoflaughteroverhisfool.“thelittlematchgirl”couldn'tkeepmefromcryingforhermisery.“robinsoncrusoe”tookmeintoastrangeworldfullofdanger.andiwasalsodeeplyimpressedbyhelenkeller'spatienceandperseverance…besidesthese,booksalsotellmeotherthing-howtobeamanandhowtotellthedifferencebetweenrightandwrong.inaword,goodbookscanmakemeknowwhatididn'tbefore.soithinkofagoodbookasmybestfriend.
i'llneverforgetthisfamoussaying,“goodbooksarebestfriendswhoneverturntheirbacksuponus.”
haveyoueverlearnedenglishbywatchingenglishdvdmoviesisthataneffectiveenglishlearningmethodforyouwhy
watchingenglishdvdmoviesisaveryeffectivemethodoflearningenglish.ilearntenglishatcollegeathome.asanaturalresultofinsufficientenglishspeakingenvironment,myspeakingandlisteningabilitieswerenotdevelopedsatisfactorily,althoughmyreadingandwritingabilitieswerequiteallright.iremembermyexperienceduringasummervacationwhenimadeplanstowatch10originalenglishmovies(imeanthosenotdubbed.)includingtheclassiccasablanca,rebecca,ataleoftwocities,andlittlewomen.
ipersistentlycarriedoutmyplanandeachofthefilmsiwatchedadozentimesuntilicouldrecitemostofthedialogues.attheendofthatsummervacation,ifoundibecamenearlyasfluentasanativeenglishspeaker.
thewaysofreading(读书之法)
wemayobtainknowledgebyreading.themorebooksweread,themoreweaccumulatetheknowledge.isitrightidon’tthinkso.it’snotwidereadingbutusefulreadingthatleadstoexcellence.andonlygoodbookscanbenefitus.
sochoosingbooksisveryimportantforreading.manystudentsspendalotoftimereadinglegendsandswordsmannovels.it’sawasteoftime.somestudentsevenreadsomebadbooksanditisharmfulforthem.
sobeascarefulofthebooksweread,asofthecompanywekeep,forourhabitandcharacterwillbeasmuchinfluencedbytheformerasbythelatter.