读书三义
Three Aims in Reading
读书的英语单词是read。具体释义如下：read 英 [ri:d] 美 [ri:d]vt.& vi.阅读，朗读;显示;研究;看得懂 vt.阅读;显示;读懂，理解 n.阅读;读书;读物;里德（人名）adj.被朗读的;博识的;博览的;有学问的 1。
个人现实之外
Beyond a Person's Own Reality
对于一个人来说，除了读书本身带来的阅读和思考体验，读书能够得到的包括人生哲学、语言能力、专门知识。
A book can give a person the experiences of reading and thinking. And what's more，a book can also give a person who reads it philosophy on life，abilities of language，and knowledge on specialized fields.
一个人的日常包含了工作、生活、休息。所有这三方面知识，都可以从自己的家人、朋友、同事那里获得。如果这个人放弃所有其他信息来源，去沙滩翻译成英语，包括书籍、广播电视、互联网等等；那么，这个人的人生哲学全部来自自己周围的人；他的人生经验也不会超出他走过的空间范围。如果这个人是个完全独立的社会人，他的观念来源大概只有百十个人，他的人生经验可能也只是十几个社会场景。
In modern society，radio，television and the internet fully satisfy people&39;s outlooks and life experience. These information products that serve the public would exert huge influence on people's thought and language in a time.
与上面的信息产品相比，书籍是更基本、更深刻的信息载体。对于人们的思想和语言影响更深入，因为阅读本身需要动用更多的认知资源，具有更大的主动性。
Compared with the information products above，books are more fundamental and profound medium of information. Books have deeper influence on people's thought and language because reading needs a person to mobilize more cognitive resources and thus to have larger spontaneity.
There are two aspects in the function of language: thinking and expression. In thinking，language forms are taken as symbols of concept for actualizing the abstract processing and representation of the thinking process. Here is one simple example. In arithmetic calculation，people use symbols of numbers rather than counting their own fingers. Expression also has two aspects. First，people record their thoughts with language for testing and reasoning. Second，people use language to communicate in a society，namely to pass information between two persons or among a group of people according to certain customs and rules.
读书可以作为写作和演讲的训练基础。通过书面语获得的语言能力更复杂，可以用于思考和表达复杂深刻的内容。这些都不是简单的日常语言活动能够获得的。比如，一个有丰富社会经验、很会说话讲故事的人，却不一定是很好的作家或者演讲家。
无论是从历史还是现实来说，专业知识并不是一个人人生必需的知识。人类知识的两大门类，人文社会科学和自然科学，同时还有艺术体育等等专业活动，都需要用专业书籍来记录和传播知识内容，培养专业人士。现有的人类知识，大部分都是这样的专业知识。而相应地，大部分书籍文献也都是这些专业知识。所以，对于个人来说，大多数的书是没必要读的。
看书的英语是read a book。重点词汇解释 read 英 [riːd] 美 [riːd]v. 识字，阅读，朗读，理解，读到，猜测，读唇语，写着，读起来（给人以某种印象），显示，看读数，听到，将。改为，攻读，（。
Examined from both history and reality，knowledge on a specialized field is dispensible for a person in life. The two categories of human knowledge，the humanities and social science and natural science，as well as arts，sports and other professional activities，all needs books on these areas to record and spread knowledge and train professionals. The majority of the human knowledge currently available is about these specialized fields. Correspondingly，most of the books and literature are about the knowledge on these fields. Therefore，for an individual，most of the books are not necessary to read.
Reading is something that consumes a person&39;s regular life. In the eyes of ancient Chinese Confucians，reading ten thousand volumes of books and travelling ten thousand miles were two goals equally vital.
知识或者语言作为能力和资源，必须要拥有者回归到社会活动中才有实际价值。所以，读书丰富自己的人生经验，提高自己的思考和表达能力，培养自己的专业能力，最终是让自己的日常活动有更高的效率、更好的效果、更大的价值。
As ability and resource，knowledge or language can have its practical values only when its possessor returns into social activities. So reading can enrich a person's life experience，improve his or her abilities in thinking and expression，and cultivate his or her professional abilities and skills. In the end，it helps him or her to achieve higher efficiency，better effects and greater values in daily activities.
