小故事

Reading Good Books
阅读好书
Devote some of your leisure, I repeat, to cultivating a love of reading good books. Fortunate indeed are those who contrive to make themselves genuine book-lovers. For book-lovers have some noteworthy advantages over other people. They need never know lonely hours so long as they have books around them, and the better the books the more delightful the company. From good books, moreover, they draw much besides entertainment. They gain mental food such as few companions can supply. Even while resting from their labors they are, through the books they read, equipping themselves to perform those labors more efficiently. This albeit they may not be deliberately reading to improve their mind. All unconsciously the ideas they derive from the printed pages are stored up, to be worked over by the imagination for their future profit.
我再说一遍，把你的一部分空闲时光用来培养阅读好书的爱好吧。那些设法把自己培养成为真正爱好读书的人，确实是幸运的。因为爱读书的人比之别人有着明显的好处。只要手头有书，他们就从来不知寂寞。书越好，读来越是津津有味。他们从好书中不但得到乐趣，而且受到很多教益。他们从中获得的那种精神食粮，从其他地方是很难得到的。即使是在工作休息时，通过读书，他们的工作效率也能更加提高，尽管他们未必有意识地想到读书是为了提高才智。在全然不知不觉中，他们从书中吸取的知识积累起来，经过想想象力的加工，对将来大有用处。

重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. contrive to do sth.
成功做到；设法做到；
eg. The orchestra contrived to produce some of its best playing for years.
这支管弦乐队呈现了精彩的演奏，堪称其多年来的巅峰演奏。
eg. I will contrive to be there by ten o'clock.
我会设法在10点前赶到那儿。
2. so long as
只要；
eg. We can arrange everything so long as we have enough time.
只要有足够的时间，我们就能安排一切。
eg. I don't care about the price, so long as the car is in good condition.
我不计较价钱，只要车很好用就行了。
3. derive from
获得；取得；得到；
eg. Mr Ying is one of those happy people who derive pleasure from helping others.
英先生属于那种助人为乐的快活人。
eg. Most patients derive enjoyment from leafing through old picture albums.
大多数病人都很喜欢翻看旧相册。
4. store up
储备；囤积；
eg. Investors were storing up a lot of cash in anticipation of disaster.
投资者预料会出现灾难，正在储备大量现金。
eg. I got all the emotion out of me which had been stored up.
我把心中压抑的所有情感都发泄了出来。