Reading

What is reading?

Reading is actually a very complex process that requires a great deal of active participation on

the part of the reader. It is an active thinking process involving the interaction between the reader

and the print. That is to say, the reader‟s schema (former or previous knowledge) about the topic to

be read and his language knowledge (vocabulary and grammar) directly affect his understanding

of the reading material and in turn, the new information about the topic contained in the reading

material will enlarge the reader‟s former schema.

Reading is a very important means of gaining knowledge about culture, custom, science

education and technology from others or other countries. It is a good way of learning the most

advanced hi-technology to serve the needs of the social development and the interests of our

Digital reading or traditional reading?

With the development of technology, electronic equipment is increasingly

popular, which smartphones, tablet become necessities. As a result, digital reading

appears and turns into a fashion. Most young people prefer digital reading. As for me,

I also prefer the traditional reading.

Compared to traditional reading, digital reading is more convenient, which it not

only you can read anywhere and anytime, but also you can choice what you like. If we

do not bring books or we are under conditions of darkness, we can still continue to

read the book what we have not finished. For more details, we can choose the font

size, background and color at random. It is as if you can follow the way you like to

design the book you read, which can increase our interest in reading. Most

the importance of reading

As a saying goes, “To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a

view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas, shared experience and the

fruits of many inquiries.” Reading is like to take a flight to a high altitude in pursuit of

information and knowledge. It will give us countless treasure as long as we stick to

reading widely and wisely.

Firstly, reading can exercise our mind and make us more knowlegable. Just like

physical exercise, reading helps the mind operate actively and maintains its vitality.

We are motivated to use our brain so that we can figure out many things which are

unfamiliar to us while reading. In this process, the grey cells of our brain are

exercised to think, which will make us smarter. Besides, we also become

knowledgable through the habit of reading in our life. There is perhaps no greater

Traditionalreadingoronlinereading

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WiththepopularityoftheInternet,thereseemstobeatrendthatthetraditional

readingisbeingreplacedbyonlinereadingamongpeople,especiallyamong

students.Therearebothadvantagesanddisadvantagesforus.Somepeoplepreferthe

traditionalreading.Ontheonehand,traditionalreadingismoreauthoritativethan

onlinereading.Ontheotherhand,wecanenjoythereadingprocessinsteadofreading

quicklywhenwehaveabookinhand.Besides,traditionalreadingisbetterforoureyes

thanonlinereading.Butdifferentpeoplehavedifferentopinions.Somepeoplethink

it'sconvenienttoreadontheInternet.Besides,it'smoreenvironmentalthantraditional

reading.Becausemakingbookwillcutdownmanytrees.Inmyopinions,Iprefer

traditionalreading.Ithinktraditionalreadingcanhelpmetorelaxinphysicallyand

mentally.What'smore,traditionalreadingcanmakemepeaceful.Inaword,traditional