可不是为了显逼格而虐心,这些作品之所以被称为经典,书中的遣词造句和观点都值得各位小伙伴用心品读呢!而且很多英语考试阅读文章都节选自这些经典作品呢! 来欣赏一下这篇出题率很高的经典文章: Companionship of Books 以书为伴(节选) Samuel Smiles A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps; for there is a companionship of books as well as of men; and one should always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of men. A good book may be among the best of friends. It is the same today that it always was, and it will never change. It is the most patient and cheerful of companions. It does not turn its back upon us in times of adversity or distress. It always receives us with the same kindness; amusing and instructing us in youth, and comforting and consoling us in age. Men often discover their affinity to each other by the mutual love they have for a book just as two persons sometimes discover a friend by the admiration which both entertain for a third. There is an old proverb, ‘Love me, love my dog.” But there is more wisdom in this:” Love me, love my book.” The book is a truer and higher bond of union. Men can think, feel, and sympathize with each other through their favorite author. They live in him together, and he in them. A good book is often the best urn of a life enshrining the best that life could think out; for the world of a man’s life is, for the most part, but the world of his thoughts. Thus the best books are treasuries of good words, the golden thoughts, which, remembered and cherished, become our constant companions and comforters. 另外,阅读非小说类作品和技术类书籍,比如有关思维培养、心理学、哲学、科学之类的作品,这些书很实用,各位小伙伴不仅能从中学到很多方面的知识,还能培养新的思考方式。