英语翻译原文如下:ThePleasureofReadingAllthewisdomoftheages,allthestoriesthatdelightedmankindforcentries,areeasilyandcheaplyavailabletoallofuswithinthecoversofbooksbutwemustknowhowtoavailourselvesofthistr
英语翻译
原文如下:
ThePleasureofReading
Allthewisdomoftheages,allthestoriesthatdelightedmankindfor
centries,areeasilyandcheaplyavailabletoallofuswithinthe
coversofbooksbutwemustknowhowtoavailourselvesofthistreasureand
howgetthemostvaluefromit.Theunfortunatepeopleintheworldare
thosewhohaveneverdiscoveredhowsatisfyingitistoreadgood
books.
Iammostinterestedinpeople,inthemandfindingoutaboutthem.Some
oftheremarkblepeopleI'vmetexitedinwriter'simagination,thenon
thepagesofhisbook,andthenagain,inmyimagination.Ihavefound
inbooksnewfriend,newsocietyandnewwords.
IfIaminterestedinpeople,othersareinterestednotsomuchinwho
asinhow.Whointhebooksinculdeseverybodyfromsciencfiction
supermantwohunredsyearinthefutureallthewaybacktothefistfigure
inhistory.WhocoversfromtheingeniousexplanationsofSherlock
Holmestothediscoveriesofscienceandthewaysofteachingmannersto
childers.
Readingispleasureofthemindwhichmeansthatitisalittlelikea
sport:youreagernessandknowledgeandquicknessmakeyouagood
reader.Readingisfun,notbecausethewritertellingyousomething,but
becauseitmakesyourmindwork.Yourownimaginationworksalongwiththe
author'sorevengoesbeyondhis.Yourexperience,comparedwithhis,
bringyoutothesameordifferentconclusionandyourideasdevelopas
youunderstandhis.
Everybookstandsbyitself,likeaone-familyhouse,butbooksin
libruarylikeahouseinacity.Althoughtheyareseperated,togetherthey
adduptosamething,theyareconnectedwithothersandwithother
cities.Thesameortherelatedones,turnsupindifferentplaces,the
humansthatrepeatedinliferepeatedthemselvesinliterature,but
differentsolutionaccordingtothedifferentwritingsanddifferent
times.Booksinfluenceeachothers;theylinkthepast,thepresentandthe
futures,andhavetheirowngenerations,likefamily.