Reading a paper book may be a forgotten luxury for many people thanks to today's busy lifestyles 【小题1】 listening to a book while shopping or jogging is a growing trend. Now, audio books (有声书) can be easily downloaded from the Internet at the same, if not 【小题2】 (low), prices as the print editions.

Mary Beth Roche, publisher of Macmillan Audio, says many of their 【小题3】 (read) use audio books as a “multitasking tool", a way to consume books when their eyes are busy. For others, whose work may involve spending lots of time 【小题4】 (look) at the screen, audio books area way to relax. "It's sort of nice to sit back and have a story 【小题5】 (tell) to you," said Roche.

In the United States, audio books 【小题6】 (become) a serious business for a long time 【小题7】 (simple) because Americans on average spend so much time in their cars. "It is a good way for consumers to make the time in traffic quality time,” said Roche. “Even way back when it was the cassette and then the CD, the number one place【小题8】 people listened was in car. When audio books became available 【小题9】 the digital form, people started using 【小题10】 during other activities-- when they are shopping, jogging, performing household tasks and so on.”

Over the past 10 years, Qian Yutian, 76, 【小题1】(purchase) more than 30,000 books from waste recycling stations, donating more than 10,000 of them to children 【小题2】need. Sharing that he enjoys collecting historical materials, Qian 【小题3】 (frequent) goes to waste recycling stations.

“【小题4】number of books I can purchase each time is not certain. I usually donate about 70 books at a time every 7 to 10 days,” he said, adding that there is a standard for the books 【小题5】 (choose) by him: at least 80 percent of them should be new; there should be no drawings; the content of the books should be positive.

Talking about his 【小题6】 (child), Qian shared the reason why he donates books to children, “I came from the countryside. Books were 【小题7】precious to me when I was young that I even dreamt of reading.”

In Qian’s view, many books can be recycled 【小题8】 (avoid) waste. Through his 【小题9】 (practice) actions, he wants to allow more children to have access to books and form the good habit of being thrifty (节俭的). Qian said that he would always keep on 【小题10】 (go) to the waste recycling stations to buy and donate books.

Poetry is a combination of “sound” and “sense”. You can follow these tips below to reveal the 【小题1】 (hide) dimensions of a poem. First, follow your ears. As you begin reading a poem, it is better to ask “How does it sound?” When you read it aloud, you can say something about how the poem sounds, etc. They can lead you 【小题2】 a better understanding of the poem in the end. Then, approach the poem like an explorer in an unfamiliar landscape. As you explore the poem, you will begin to see 【小题3】(image) in your mind, 【小题4】 give you a greater understanding of the poem. Third, just have some   patient if you make painstaking effort to interpret the meaning of a poem. You cannot really 【小题5】 (understand) a poem that you have only read once because sometimes 【小题6】 (read) a poem can be a lifelong job. If you do not get it, set the poem aside and come back to it later. Poems easy to understand are often less interesting than those that 【小题7】 (constant) reveal deeper and previously unrecognized meanings. Finally, remember that it is unnecessary to fully understand a poem to appreciate it. You might need to abandon 【小题8】 (logic) thinking to discover its true inner 【小题9】(beautiful). Poetry’s combination of “sound” and “sense” makes you see the world in a new way and allows you 【小题10】(go) beyond normal reality for the everlasting beauty.