And it seems that my friend is not the only one.Approximately two thirds of people have lied about reading a book which they haven’t.In the World Book Day’s “Report on Guilty Secrets”,Dreams From My Father is at number 9.The report lists ten books,and various authors,which people have lied about reading,and as Im not one to lie too often (I’d hate to be caught out),Ill admit here and now that I haven’t read the entire top ten.But I am pleased to say that,unlike 42 percent of people,I have read the book at number one,George Orwells 1984.I think it’s really brilliant.
The World Book Day report also has some other interesting information in it.It says that many people lie about having read Jane Austen,Charles Dickens,Fyodor Dostoevsky (I havent read him,but havent lied about it either) and Herman Melville.
Asked why they lied,the most common reason was to “impress” someone they were speaking to.This could be tricky if the conversation became more in-depth!
But when asked which authors they actually enjoy,people named J.K.Rowling,John Grisham,Sophie Kinsella (ah,the big sellers,in other words).Forty-two percent of people asked admitted they turned to the back of the book to read the end before finishing the story (Ill come clean: I do this and am astonished that 58 percent said they had never done so).
【语篇导读】 本文是一篇议论文。在读书方面,作者发现有许多人总是在别人面前说谎,说自己曾经读过哪方面的书,这样做是为了给别人留下深刻印象,显示自己有学问。但是,如果继续针对书的内容与其进行探讨,随着话题的不断深入,往往说
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