阅读那是极好的：应该多读书的12个理由

The more books you read, the better your life will be. If you don’t believe me, please consider these twelve compelling reasons to read more books.
你读的书越多，你的生活就会越好。如果你不相信我的话，请考虑这十二个令人信服的理由多读书。

1. You will optimize your brain power
多读书会优化你的脑力

This shouldn’t come as a shock, but studies suggest reading makes you smart. Unlike watching television, which requires no thought process, reading is an active learning experience that will keep your mind sharp (even in old age).
这条理由应该在大家意料之中：研究表明阅读使人变聪明。读书不像看电视，看电视不需要有思维活动过程，阅读是一个积极的学习体验，会让你的思维保持敏捷（即使到了老年思维也能保持敏捷）。

2. You will increase your odds of success
多读书会增加你的成功几率

The more books you read, the more knowledge you will have, the more strategies and resources your brain will store, the more likely you will succeed.
你读的书越多，你的知识就会越多，你的大脑中会存储的策略和资源就越多，你就越有可能成功。

3. You will immerse yourself in a new world
你会沉浸在一个崭新的世界

Sometimes our daily life can start to feel dull, dry or depressing — I know it, you know it, we all know it. At times like this, I like to dive into a good fiction book for a much-needed escape into another world, where I can forget about whatever problems are stressing me out. Whether you want to travel to the land of the Hobbits, a galaxy far away or a tropical destination in a steamy romance novel is up to you. You’ll come back refreshed after your mini-vacation to a fresh and exciting place in the world of words.
有时候我们在日常生活中感到枯燥、乏味或忧郁，我懂的、你懂的、我们都懂的。遇到这样的时候，我喜欢一头扎进好看的小说书中，我急需逃到另一个世界中，在那里我可以忘记任何让我感到有压力的问题。不论你是想前往霍比特人的土地上体验一下，还是想畅游在一个很遥远的星系，或是去往爱情小说中的热带胜地，都取决于你自己。在书中世界的某个让你感到兴奋的新鲜地方度过一个迷你假期，等你回来后，你会让自己的身心焕然一新。

4. You will improve your vocabulary
多读书会增加词汇量

The more words you’re capable of using, the better you will become at expressing your thoughts and feelings. I couldn’t imagine how I would write articles like this if I didn’t actively aim to expand my vocabulary, because using the same few words to express myself would get awfully boring in a hurry (don’t you agree?).
你运用的单词越多，你就越能更好地表达你的想法和感受。如果我没有积极地想去扩充我的词汇量，真想不到我会写出这么好的文章，因为总用那几句话来表达自己，势必会了无新意非常枯燥乏味。（你也这么认为吧？）

5. You will have things to talk about at parties
在聚会时你有的聊

Reading more books will enable you to say the sentence, “Did you know ________?” more often, making it easier to start conversations with strangers (or, as I like to say, “People who aren’t my friends yet”).
多阅读书籍会让你说这句话，“你知道____ 吗？” 以这样的方式开始与陌生人对话比较容易（或者我会说，“那些还不是我朋友的人”）。