中英对照美文欣赏

Melody Zhou

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3. The Pleasure of Reading

3. 读书的乐趣

All the wisdom of the ages, all the stories that have delighted mankind for centuries, are easily and cheaply available to all of us within the covers of books.

人类历来的聪明才智，世世代代所喜欢的故事，人人皆可从书本里获得，既方便又经济。

我喜欢读的其中的本书（one of the books I like to read）。

I am most interested in people, in meeting them and finding out about them. Some of the most remarkable people I’ve met existed only in a writer’s imagination, then on the pages of his book, and then, again in my imagination. I found in books new friends, new societies, new worlds.

我对人特感兴趣，喜欢与与人交往，了解人。我所认识的最了不起的人当中，有些起先只存在于作者的想像之中，继而出现在他的书中，最后又活跃在我们的想像之中。我从书中找到了新的朋友，新的社交圈子，新的世界。

Both my daughter and I like reading a lot...

Reading is a pleasure of the mind, which means that it is a little like singing: your eagerness and knowledge and quickness make you a good reader. Reading is fun, not because the writer is telling you something, but because it makes your mind work. Your own imagination works (运作) along with the author’s or even goes beyond his/hers. Your experience, compared with his/hers, brings you to the same or different conclusions, and your ideas develop as you understand his/hers.

阅读是心智的乐事，颇有点儿像唱歌：心情热切、知识丰富、思维敏捷才能造就一个好的读者。读书之所以有趣，不是由于作者告诉了你什么，而是由于读书促使你思考。你的想像与作者的想像一道展开，甚至超过作者的想像。你的经验与作者和经验相比较，使你得出与作者相同或不同的结论，而你在了解作者思想的同时也形成了自己的思想。

Our minds fly like birds when we're reading........

Reading good books is like enjoying melodies...

Sometimes, reading can bring love to you.

Reading is like singing ...

As the result of extensive reading, you will find yourself a better, wiser lover of life and work.

通过广泛的阅读，你便逐渐成为了一个更好的、更聪明的、热爱生活和工作的人。

Our mind develops while doing......

点评：本篇属于说明文，作者阐释了书籍的魅力和效用，抒发了对书籍的热爱之情。文中使用了一系列的长句（下划线的句子），使文章读起来颇有学术的韵味。文章见解也较为深刻。

People can't stop reading just like an eagle can't stop flying...

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