Advantages of Reading

張貼日期：Nov 20, 2010 8:10:18 AM

Advantages of Reading

Syou Chiou

      Are you a person who can’t live without books? If you are, I have to say you are really a lucky person. People read a lot of books in their whole life. And why do they do this? I think reading is the best habit because it has a lot of advantages for us. Reading can while away time, increase knowledge, and stimulate thinking.

      When I don’t know what to do on the weekend, I may choose some books which I am interested in. And then I spend all the afternoon enjoying the worlds which those authors build up, and what they want to express in the words. And a good book always turns me on. It lets me forget the time and it attracts all my attention to the context. Thus, reading is a good way to while away time for me.

      Different types of books can give me different information and knowledge. For example, the latest magazines always have the latest information which tells me about what is happening in the world now. Autobiographies let me know those authors’ stories and what they want to teach me. Thus I can learn their experiences by reading their life stories. And if I read books about other disciplines, I can learn the professional knowledge about them. I like reading because it increases my knowledge.

      After I finish any books, I always think about the meanings that authors want to tell me. Sometimes some of them really confuse me because I can’t agree with their points of view. So I will search information in other books to argue against those viewpoints. Doing that really makes me feel tired but excited. And I can gain more knowledge from books by rethinking. So reading is also a good method to stimulate my thinking.

      We can understand the reason why people love reading. Reading is really a good habit for us because we can feel relaxed when we read what we are interested in and learn many things from books. We are able to gain precious knowledge from every book that we read. So if you are a person who loves reading, I think you have become the happiest person in the world.