The discovery that our brains are physically changed by the experience of reading is something many of us will understand instinctively(本能地),as we think back to the way an extraordinary book had a transformative effect on the way we viewed the world.This transformation only takes place when we lose ourselves in a book,abandoning the emotional and mental chatter of the real world.That’s why studies have found this kind of deep reading makes us more sensitive to the inner lives of others.
Rationally,we know that reading is the foundation stone of all education,and therefore an essential basis of the knowledge economy.So reading is—or should be—an aspect of public policy.But perhaps even more significant is its emotional role as the starting point for individual voyages of personal development and pleasure.Books can open up emotional,imaginative and historical landscapes that equal and extend the corridors(走廊) of the web.They can help create and strengthen our sense of self.If reading were to decline significantly,it would change the very nature of our species.If we,in the future,are no longer wired for selfreflection and creative thought,we will die out.
However,technology throws up as many solutions as it does challenges:for every door it closes,another opens.So the ability,offered by devices like ereaders,smart phones and tablets,to carry an entire library in your hand is an amazing opportunity.Publishers need to use every new piece of technology to embed(使融入) longform reading within our culture.We should concentrate on the message,not worry about the medium.We must also get better at using the ability of the Internet to inform readers,and potential readers,about all the extraordinary new books that are published every year,and to renew their acquaintance with the best of rich literary tradition.
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