How to Instill the Love of Reading Love, Reading, How, Instill

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“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” - Jorge Luis Borges

I’ve been a lifelong reader, so the pleasure of a good book is one of my favorite things in the world. I love to lose myself in the world of a novel, to become best friends with a character, to curl up(蜷缩) in the silence of the early morning or late night hours, wrapped in the deliciousness of a book.

I think many people approach（v.处理）reading the wrong way: they try to force themselves to read, and see reading as a difficult and tedious(adj.单调的) chore(n.琐事). Well, if that’s how you look at reading, no wonder you don’t have the habit!

Instead, see it as a wonderful thing. Reading is a joy. It is a time of peace, of adventure, of exploration, of just enjoying a good story. If you learn to love reading, as I do and as many others do, it’s not really a habit you have to develop — it’s something you look forward to doing each day.

Reading might be better than many activities if your main concern is educating yourself and improving your chances of succeeding in various careers. However, reading is more than a means to an end([俚]最佳的事物) … reading is an end in and of itself. It’s a joy, and that’s how you should approach it.

If you gain a side benefit of becoming better prepared for school and life, well … so much the better!

“在我的想象中，天堂就应该是一座图书馆！”-乔治.刘易斯.博格斯（Jorge Luis Borges）

      我自诩终身的阅读者，从一本好书中得到乐趣可谓人间的一大乐事。我喜欢将自己浸泡在小说的世界当中，与故事中的角色为友，在静谧的清晨或是夜晚蜷缩在书的世界里，尽享其中的美妙。
      我认为很多人对待阅读是错误的：他们强迫自己去阅读，把阅读当成一件困难并索然无味的工作。如果你这样看待阅读，难怪你会没有这个习惯！
      取而代之，我们应将阅读视为很棒的事。阅读是一种乐趣。 从阅读中可以得到一份安宁，冒险的经历，去探索新事物，或品味精彩的故事。如果你热爱阅读，就如我和许多其他人一样，你不会刻意把它当成一个要建立的习惯——而是一件每天都会期待去做的事情。
       如果你关注于教育自我以及提高你在行业中的成功机会，那么阅读就会比其他活动对你更有利。但是,阅读又不仅仅是达到目标的途径…阅读本身就是一件美好的事情，它是一种乐趣，这才是你该对待阅读的态度。
      如果你还能同时获得附带利益，为你进入学校和你的生活做出更好的准备，那么，就更好了。