reading简单

Some will say the audiobook boom revives it, though I suppose you can then worry about the decline of reading.

有些人会说有声书的繁荣让它复兴了，不过我想那样一来你又会担心阅读的衰落了。

Reading will keep you better informed about the world but it can also improve our tech-shattered ability to concentrate.

阅读能让你更好地了解世界，同时也能改善我们被科技摧毁的专注力。

And just read a single poem. In his Oxford lectures, Seamus Heaney argued that a poem draws a picture of reality, a “glimpsed alternative” that sets up a contradiction with your own, in ways little and large. The negotiation, between you and it, is the heart of the matter. What does the poet see that you don’t? What does the difference mean? It could be one of the best conversations you ever have. Forget self-help books; reading is self-help in action.

再读一首诗就好。谢默斯·希尼在牛津的讲座中提出，一首诗描绘了一幅现实图景，即一种“瞥见的另一种可能”，它在大大小小的方面与你自己的现实形成矛盾。你与诗之间的协商才是问题的核心。诗人看到了什么你没看到的东西？这种差异意味着什么？这可能是你一生中最好的对话之一。忘掉那些自助类书籍吧；阅读本身就是付诸行动的自助。

It is undoubtedly true that all work and no play really does make Jack, or Jill, dull. The cure is right at hand. Reading is cheap, easy and, most important, it’s fun. Liberate your imagination this year.

毫无疑问，只工作不玩耍确实会让人变得乏味。解药就在手边。阅读便宜、简单，最重要的是，它很有趣。今年就解放你的想象力吧。

Reading has also been found to make us more helpful, to reduce bias, and even to increase longevity — something we will enjoy all the more if we have a good book in our hands. (And yes, all these benefits are more closely associated with physical books than digital ones.)

研究还发现，阅读能让我们更乐于助人、减少偏见，甚至延长寿命——如果手里有一本好书，我们会更加享受这份长寿。（没错，所有这些益处与纸质书的联系都比与电子书更为密切。）

In both [examples] — and others that we all experience — there’s another [process] at work that psychologists call mind reading.

在这两个例子中——以及我们都经历过的其他情形中——还有另一个心理过程在起作用，心理学家称之为“读心”。