听写训练 Test 19 Feeding Your Mind

 Feeding Your Mind

 

When your mind is hungry, / it never lets you know, / it silently begins to heed¹ to your needs and never lets itself grow. / When mind looses its freedom to grow, creativity gets a full stop. / However, hunger of the mind can be actually satisfied through extensive² reading. / Reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from childhood. / You have innumerable³ books in this world which will answer all your “How to?” questions. / Once you read a book, you have the interesting part of the book stored in your mind as a seed. / Now this seed is unknowingly used by you in your future to develop new ideas. / The same seed if used many times，/ can help you link and relate a lot of things, / of which you would have never thought of in your wildest dreams! / This is nothing but creativity. / The more books you read, / your mind will open up like never before.

 

1 heed   

v.注意，留意；n.注意，留心

参考例句：

• You must take heed of what he has told.你要注意他所告诉的事。
• For the first time he had to pay heed to his appearance.这是他第一次非得注意自己的外表不可了。

2 extensive   

adj.广泛的，广阔的，广大的

参考例句：

• The story had an extensive popularity among American readers.这本小说在美国读者中赢得广泛的声望。
• The museum offers extensive facilities for study.这个博物馆提供了许多供研究的设备。

3 innumerable   

adj.无数的，不计其数的

参考例句：

• The innumerable stars in the sky are too far from us.天上无数的星星离我们太远了。
• Technological innovations have brought innumerable benefits.技术革新已经带来了无穷的好处。