Reading
Nowadays few of us read books after we leave school.
This is rather disturbing, for one should know that books are no less necessary to one’s mental life than fresh air is to one’s physical life. From good reading we can derive companionship, experience and instruction. 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. Books can also offer us a wide range of experience. Few of us can travel far firom home or live long over 100, but all of us can live many lives through the pages of books. What's more, reading books can increase our intellectual ability, broaden our minds and make us wise.
With the coming of TV, books are no longer read as widely as they once were. However, nothing can replace the role that books play in our lives. (154 words)
Useful Words and Expressions:
leave school 离校，中学毕业
disturbing adj．使人不安的，烦扰的
mental adj．精神的，智力的
mental powers智力
mental illness精神病
mental Patient精神病患者
Don’t listen to him； he’s mental．别听他的，他是个疯子。
derive vt．得自，得到
derive a conclusion from facts从事实推出结论
companionship n．侣伴，交谊
contentment n．满意
intellectual 智力的
an intellectual book知性的书
an intellectual problem需要动脑子解决的问题
an intellectual person 知识分子
