2017年世界读书日：我们为什么要阅读？
<p>2017年4月23日是第19个世界读书日（全称世界图书与版权日<span word="World">World</span> <span word="Book">Book</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Copyright">Copyright</span> <span word="Day">Day</span>）。1995年，联合国教科文组织宣布4月23日为“世界读书日”，以鼓励人们阅读，以及纪念那些为促进人类社会和文化进步做出巨大贡献的人。你平时是个爱读书的人吗？我们为什么要阅读？</p><p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="doesn">doesn</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="matter">matter</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="books">books</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="delivered">delivered</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="print">print</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="smartphone">smartphone</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="main">main</span> <span word="thing">thing</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="lost">lost</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="reading">reading</span> <span word="them">them</span>. <span word="Reading">Reading</span> <span word="books">books</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="vital">vital</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="development">development</span>.</p><p>看纸质书还是电子书并不重要，重要的是沉迷于阅读中的那种感觉。读书对人类的发展非常重要。</p><p><span word="Why">Why</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="bother">bother</span> <span word="reading">reading</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="book">book</span>? <span word="All">All</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="occasionally">occasionally</span>. <span word="Many">Many</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> 12 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="adults">adults</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Britain">Britain</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="reading">reading</span> <span word="difficulties">difficulties</span> <span word="repeat">repeat</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="themselves">themselves</span> <span word="daily">daily</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> 500 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="Johannes">Johannes</span> <span word="Gutenberg">Gutenberg</span> <span word="democratised">democratised</span> <span word="reading">reading</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="accelerating">accelerating</span> <span word="technology">technology</span>, <span word="increasing">increasing</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="poverty">poverty</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="diminishing">diminishing</span> <span word="attention">attention</span> <span word="spans">spans</span>, <span word="should">should</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="invest">invest</span> <span word="precious">precious</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="sinking">sinking</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="book">book</span>?</p><p>我们为什么要费神去读书呢？所有的孩子都曾经问过这个问题。英国有1200万成年人存在阅读困难的问题，他们每天也会这样问自己。从约翰内斯·古腾堡普及阅读至今已有500年了（小编注：1440年到1445年之间，德国人约翰内斯·古滕堡制造了世界上第一台铅活字印刷机），在这样一个技术不断加速发展的世界，人们感觉时间越来越少，能集中注意力的时间也越来越短，为什么还要把宝贵的时间投入到一本好书上呢？</p>
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