WhenI'mfreeorintrouble,Ialwaystakeoutabookandreadquietly.Innotime,I'veputmyheartintoitsothatI'llforgetallthetroubles.It'sinthiswaythatI'veformedthehabitofreadinginanytime.
LittleboysasIwas,Iwasinterestinpicturebooksandstorybooks.Iwasstruckbythem.NosoonerhadIenteredthemiddleschoolthanIbegantoreadnovel,plays,andessaysandsoon.IfoundIcouldgetmuchfromthem.LittlebylittleItookgreatinterestinliteratureandlasttermIwonthefirstprizeinthecompositioncontestamongmiddle-schoolstudentsinZheJiang.
ReadingTheEmperor'sNewClothes，Ihadtoletoutaburstoflaughteroverhisfool.TheLittleMatchGirlcouldn'tkeepmefromcryingforhermisery.RobinsonCrusoetookmeintoastrangeworldfullofdanger.AndIwasalsodeeplyimpressedbyHelenKeller'spatienceandperseveranceBesidesthese,booksalsotellmeotherthing-howtobeamanandhowtotellthedifferencebetweenrightandwrong.Inaword,goodbookscanmakemeknowwhatIdidn'tbefore.SoIthinkofagoodbookasmybestfriend.
I'llneverforgetthisfamoussaying,Goodbooksarebestfriendswhoneverturntheirbacksuponus.
Inthismodernmaterialisticworld,themajorityofpeopleareinhotpursuitofmaterialgains,andmoneyisconsideredthemostvaluablethingofall,which,personallyspeaking,isquitesuperficial.AsfarasIamconcerned,readingismuchmorevaluablethananythingelse,foritcanbenefitusinmanyways.Theoldsaying,toopenabookisalwaysbeneficialvividlyshowshowvaluablereadingis.
Firstly,itgoesbeyonddoubtthatreadingisaveryimportantwaytogainknowledge.Readingisliketravelling,theprocessofwhichenablesyoutoexperiencethecolorfulworldandenlargeyoureyesscope.Byreadinghistorybooks,youcanunderstandhowaregimeprospersorcollapses,helpingyoudrawusefullessonsanddevelopmorewisdom.Byreadingbooksofscience,youcankeepyourselfinformedinthefieldofscientificendeavors,thusappreciatinghowsciencecreateswonders.Inaword,readingcanenrichyourknowledgeandgetwhateverinformationyouneed.
Inaddition,youcangetmentalencouragementfromreadingandimproveyourselfinallaspects.Forinstance,thestoriesofwell-knownpeopleinbookshelpturnanaimlesspersonintoanambitiousone,settingupashortorlong-termgoalforhimself.Ifthedailytroublesmakeyoufeeldesperate,thenyouwillbementallystrokedandencouragedbyreadinghowfamouspeoplesuchasBeethovenmademiraclesinthefaceofinsurmountabledifficulties.Booksareagreatsourceofmentalencouragement,givingyoumotivestomoveforward.
Finally,readinggoodbooksisoneofthegreatestpleasuresinlife.Itincreasesourjoywhenweareinhighspirits,andlessensoursorrowwhenwearediscouraged.Readingwillalwaysbringusenjoymentandsatisfaction.Goodbooksalsoserveasgentlecompanionsorfaithfulfriendsthatwillneverbetrayus.Whilereading,wedon'tfeellonely.Booksarereadytogiveuswhateverweneedsuchasknowledge,friendshipandencouragement.
Tosumup,readingisundoubtedlybeneficialtoyou.Toopenabookislikeopeningadoor,throughwhichyouwillenteramuseum,whereallman-madewondersanduniquewisdomsareavailableforyoutoappreciate;toopenabookislikeopeningawindow,throughwhichyoucanenjoyfreshair、blueskyandwonderfulnaturallandscapes,makingyoufeelrefreshed.