The Reader(《朗读者》) is a popular TV show in China. It invites people to read aloud on the stage. The show also tells moving stories behind those people. They can read many things, like poems, books and letters.
Many people are fans of the show. They begin to enjoy reading aloud at home. Now, the show gives people a place to read. It is a reading pavilion(朗读亭). It showed up in cities like Shanghai, Hangzhou and Xi’an. Let’s have a look!
The pavilion is not very big. Only one person can come into it each time. There is a microphone(麦克风) in it and it records people’s voices.
Everyone can read for three minutes in it. You can read anything you like. The show will pick some of the readers and invite them to read on TV.
Lots of people come to the pavilion to read. Yu Duohan is an 11-year-old girl from Shanghai. She read the story Take a Snail for a Walk(《牵一只蜗牛去散步》). “I love reading aloud,” she said. “It makes the story become more beautiful.”
The pavilion will also come to other cities across the country. You can read your favorite stories in the pavilion soon.
【小题1】What can’t people read in The Reader?| A．Poems. | B．Letters. | C．Ads. | D．Stories. |
| A．The Reader is a popular book. |
| B．The show will ask some of the readers to read on TV. |
| C．YuDuohan, a 12-year-old boy, likes reading aloud very much. |
| D．You and your friends can get into the pavilion together. |
| A．Because her mom wants her to read aloud. |
| B．Because reading is her homework every day. |
| C．Because reading aloud makes the story more beautiful. |
| D．Because she wants to join the TV show-The Reader. |
| A．There will be pavilions in each city. |
| B．People from more and more cities can read aloud in pavilions. |
| C．The Reader invites people to read in the pavilion. |
| D．People have to read aloud in their cities. |
| A．A small place for reading aloud | B．People who like to read aloud |
| C．Why we need to read aloud | D．Reading aloud is good |
