It is shown in the drawing that a lovely young boy is sitting at a desk.Reading an interesting book on the desk,he is totally absorbed in what he is doing and concentrating on his reading.We are informed that,"Reading makes a full man."

Nowadays few of us read extensively after we leave school.This tendency is rather disturbing,for reading extensively is no less necessary to one's mental life than fresh air is to one's physical life.From reading extensively,we can derive companionship,experience and instruction.First and foremost,a good book is our faithful friend.It can increase our contentment when we are cheerful and happy,and lessen our pain when we are sad or lonely.Furthermore,reading extensively can also offer us a wide range of experiences.In reading, we may join tourists marveling at incredible power of Niagara Falls,mingle with the happy throngs strolling in the Paris boulevards and experience the bitterness or joy of people in different lands and in different times.Few of us can travel far from home or live long over one hundred,but all of us can live many lives through the pages of books.Last but not least,reading extensively can increase our intellectual ability,broaden our minds and make us wise.

Though with the advent of TV,mobile phones and the Internet,books are no longer read as extensively as they once were,nothing can replace the role that reading plays in our lives.

如图所示，一位可爱的小男孩正端坐在书桌前。他正在全神贯注地读着桌上一本有趣的书。我们得知：“读书使人充实。”

如今，我们当中很少有人离开学校后再大量地读书。这种趋势着实令人担忧，因为广泛阅读对我们的精神生活来说，犹如新鲜空气对身体一样不可或缺。从大量的阅读中，我们可以收获友谊，充实人生经历，得到教益。首先，一本好书就如同我们忠实的朋友。当我们开心快乐时，书能增加我们的快乐；当我们伤心孤独时，书能减轻我们的痛苦。此外，大量的阅读还能充实我们的人生经历。在阅读中，我们可以和游客一起，赞叹尼亚加拉瀑布那雷霆万钧之势，和喜洋洋的人群一起穿过巴黎的林荫大道，还可以体验不同时代、不同国土上人们的酸甜苦辣。我们当中很少有人能到离家很远的地方旅游，或能活过一百岁，但是通过读书我们能经历各种各样的生活。最后，广泛的阅读能提升我们的智力，开阔我们的眼界，使我们变得智慧。

尽管随着电视、手机和网络的出现，读书的人没有以前多了，但没有什么可以取代阅读在我们生活中的作用。