四、阅读与回答问题。
The joy of reading together
Feel calm together
Reading with friends makes people feel calm. You don’t need to talk—just enjoy books quietly together. This lowers stress, relaxes your body, and helps you forget worries.
No special place is needed! Try some quiet places like a corner at home or a park bench.
Sit, read, and feel the peace!
Build stronger friendship
Reading with friends isn’t just fun. It can bring you closer! When you share stories, you might find funny moments or exciting facts to talk about. Sometimes, books also cover serious topics, like losing someone you love, dealing with illness, moving to a new place, or facing difficult problems. Discussing ideas helps you think deeply and find common experiences with your friends. Reading together is like a teamwork activity. It’s a simple way to learn about each other’s feelings and grow your friendship.
Stay focused easily
Some think reading with friends is distracting(令人分心的), but it’s not true! Studies show that doing quiet tasks together (like reading) helps you concentrate(集中注意力). For people who find it hard to focus, having a friend nearby makes it easier to stay calm and read longer.
Understand others
Reading fiction can make you better able to understand and share others’ feelings. Novels and memoirs(自传) let us experience many different lives through their characters. When someone is deep in a story, he will become more caring. What’s more, he can understand the friends who read together with him more easily.
Grab a book, invite a friend and start reading together. It’s fun, healthy, and it brings you closer!
1. Where does the text suggest trying to read with friends?
In some quiet places (like a corner at home or a park bench).
2. How can the discussion of ideas help you build stronger friendship?
Discussing ideas helps us think deeply and find common experiences with our friends.
3. Who might find it easier to read longer with a friend nearby?
People who find it hard to focus.
4. What will happen when a reader is deep in a story?
He will become more caring and understand the friends who read together with him more easily.
5. Would you like to read with friends? Why or why not? (请自拟一句话作答)
Yes, because it can help me stay calm. / Yes, because it can help me understand others better. (答案不唯一，符合情理即可)
