英语四级美文听力第52-panionship of Books .pdfVIP

英语四级美文听力第 52 篇:Companionship of Books Pa age 52 Companionship of Book A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well a by the company he keeps; for there i a companionship of book a well a of men; and one should alway live in the best company, whether it be of books or of men. A good book may be among the best of friends. It is the same today that it always was, and it will never change. It is the most patient and cheerful of companions. It does not turn its back upon us in times of adversity or distre .It alway receive u with the same kindne , amusing and instructing us in youth, and comforting and consoling u in age. Book po e an e ence of immortality. They are by far the most lasting products of human effort. Temples and statues decay, but books survive.Time is of no account with great thoughts,which are as fresh today as when they first pa ed through their author’ minds, age ago. What wa them said and thought still speak to u a vividly a ever from the printed page. The only effect of time ha been to sift out the bad products; for nothing in literature can long survive but what is really good. Books introduce u into the best 第 1 页 共 2 页 society; they bring us into the presence of the greatest minds that have ever lived. We hear what they said and did; we see them as if they were really alive; we sympathize with them, enjoy with them, grieve with them; their experience becomes ours, and we feel as if we were in measure actors with them in the scenes which they describe. Thebook is a living voice. It is an intellect to which one still listens. Hence we ever remain under the influence of the great men of old. The greatest intellects of the world are as much alive no as they were ages ago. 第 2 页 共 2 页