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Reading: Forgotten Pleasure?

        How did people spend their free time some centuries ago? You won't believe that, but the most preferable leisure time activity for many families was reading books. In the evenings the whole family gathered in the sitting-room to read a book aloud at the fireplace. It was such a pleasure for children and adults. Alas, the tradition was undeservingly forgotten.

Moreover, we don't only read in the family, but can't even find time to read for ourselves. People use TV and Internet to get information for their special aims, to learn the news and even to study. But nothing can replace books. They provide us with useful information, help to widen our outlook and influence our world vision.

        People read books not only to learn something new. Reading helps people to develop their imagination, to form correct speaking and grammatical skills, to enrich our vocabulary.

        Reading books is very useful for children too. They learn to differentiate good from evil, to act the right way following the examples of characters.

        Books help us to experience other people's feelings in the past, to be transferred to fantastic future worlds, to learn about ancient traditions and historical facts. That's why we shouldn't let new technologies expel reading from our lives.

Read books, enrich your inner world and don't let the pleasure be utterly forgotten!