World Read Aloud Day is celebrated each year on the first Wednesday of February. It 【小题1】 (start) by the Lit World. Org website in 2010 and has now reached 65 countries. 【小题2】 (it) goal is to encourage people worldwide who cannot read to enjoy the benefits of a book. The website asks everyone to celebrate the day by taking a book, finding an audience, and reading it out aloud. It is about taking action to show the world that the right to read and write 【小题3】 (belong) to all people.

These days, more and more Chinese people enjoy sending and receiving messages on the phone, which can help them to get the latest news and communicate with friends. But I think I should read more books besides the texts. The more, 【小题1】 better. It can improve my language skills and also can help me to get good grades.

Before you start reading, ask 【小题2】(you) why you are reading this book. Most people read for two main 【小题3】(reason), pleasure or knowledge. Clearing about your reading purpose can not only help you choose the books you really need to read, but also remind you why reading the book is of great 【小题4】(important) to you, so you will decide 【小题5】(read) and finish the book faster.

No matter what you are reading, it is important to enjoy 【小题6】 you read. Your friends may tell you the books they are interested 【小题7】, but those books might not be the ones you enjoy. Whenever you realize that you aren’t enjoying the book you are reading, give it up.

It is true to read the books that 【小题8】(borrow) from libraries 【小题9】(fast) than those I buy. The reason is that I don’t need to return those books I buy. Having a reading goal 【小题10】(help) you work out how much reading you need to do in a week or even a day. Before you read each book, you should know what time you need to complete this book by.

The Best Book I’ve Ever Read

Frankly, I have read nearly all of the great works of literature, but no book has ever impressed me as deeply or directly 【小题1】 Joel Stein’s Man Made: A Stupid Quest for Masendinity.

Haven’t we all, on some level, been Jewish boys in New Jersey in 【小题2】 1970s with only female friends, an Easy-Bake oven and a strong preference for show tunes? Haven’t we all had a panic attack 【小题3】 learning we’re going to have a son, since that means we’re going to have to figure out how to throw footballs, watch other people throw footballs and decide 【小题4】 to be happy or sad about the results of football throwing? Haven’t we all then tried to correct our lack of maleness by becoming a man, fighting fires with firefighters, 【小题5】 (drive) a Lamborghini and doing three days of Army training camp? I know I have.

The only parts I didn’t fully enjoy were 【小题6】 in which the author suffered horribly. After just three hours of training camp, he fainted weakly into the arms of a soldier. The film rights to Man Made have already been sold to Fox, and I hope it gets 【小题7】 (turn) into a movie with George Clooney playing the Stein role, since they remind me so much of each other.

【小题8】 this is only Stein’s first book, I would already consider him as someone like David Sedaris, Dave Barry, James Thurber, Mark Twain and Abraham Lincoln. I 【小题9】 (recommend) Man Made not just to all my friends and family but also to strangers on Twitter over and over again. My one fear is 【小题10】 after this great achievement, Stein will lose his ability to be a cruel critic of our shallow times.