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, it is necessary for us to spend time reading every day. World Book Day falls on April 23 every was set up by the UNESCO in 1995 to encourage people, especially teenagers, to discover the pleasure of reading. It is also the day to honor great writers, for example, William Shakespeare, born or dead on that day. Many countries celebrate World Book Day. Take UK as an example. On that day, millions of schoolchildren can buy books of special price, a much lower price than usual, in any bookstore. It has been done every year since 1998. World Book Day is also celebrated in China. Wen Jiabao, Premier of China, is an avid reader. He does lots of reading every day though he is very busy. He called on people to do more reading. Wen suggested that young people should spend more time reading. “Books can not change the world, but people can change the world by changing themselves through reading,” he said. Reading can benefit people in many ways. Reading helps us bee more knowledgeable and more intelligent. Reading helps us to follow the latest developments of science and technology. Reading gives us information about other cultures and places of the world. When we read, we may find many things that are unfamiliar to us. We would have to use our brain to think about them or do more reading to find out the answers. The more we read, the more we know. The more we know, the smarter we bee. Reading is also one of the most important ways to learn a foreign language like English. We all know that it is difficult to learn everything in the classroom, for example, the ways English people are speaking and writing today. Reading helps us. “Reading makes a full man”(Bacon, 1597). Books, magazines, newspapers and other kinds of reading materials can help us to know more about the outside world and perfect us. Therefore, it is necessary for us to spend time reading every day. To be a speaker: Retell the story to your friends. To be a collector: Collect some good expressions(詞句 ) from the passage . To be a writer: Please write a proposal(倡議書 ) to call on the other people to do more reading. Dear friends, Let?s enjoy reading, enjoy our life! After reading Home work: Today a , tomorrow a leader ! Regard reading as a piece of cake Encourage yourself to read with more strategies Act now! Do something after reading Enjoy your reading Read as much as you can! reader Book Day falls on April 23 every year. countries celebrate World Book Day. can benefit people in many ways. , it is necessary for us to spend time reading every day. It was set up to… It is also the day to … In the UK….. In China… …h(huán)elp us bee…h(huán)elp us to follow …give us…is also one of the most important ways to… Retell