双语有声阅读：书,我忠实的朋友

My Devoted¹ Friend--Books

 

书,我忠实的朋友

If someone asks me who my devoted friend is,

如果有人问我谁是我最忠实的朋友，

I will tell him the book is my devoted friend.

我会告诉他书才是我最忠实的朋友。

When I was five,my father bought many picture books for me.

我5岁那年，父亲为我买了好些连环画。

I liked them as soon as I began to read them.I read every book carefully.

我一读就喜欢上它们了我仔细地看每一本书。

From then on, I was interested in everything and made friends with books.

从那以后，我对任何事情都饶有兴趣，也和书交上了朋友。

I have learned a lot from books.

我从书中学到了好些东西。

They tell me what is good and what is bad.

它们教我如何辨别是非。

They also teach me how to get along with others.

如何与人相处。

I think a book is a good teacher.

我觉得书是我的好老师。

When I couldn't catch up with others in my class,I was so disappointed.

当我在学习上掉队时，我十分灰心。

It was books that gave me confidence again.

是书让我又一次充满信心。

They are indeed my devoted friends.

书确实是我最忠实的朋友。

I should thank them.

我应该感谢它。

In a word, books can make the stupid wise the coward² brave and the bright wiser.

总之，书可以让愚人变得聪明，懦夫变得勇敢，聪明的人变得更明智。

1 devoted   

adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的

参考例句：

• He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。

2 coward   

n.懦夫，胆小鬼

参考例句：

• The newspapers had unjustly labelled him as a coward.那家报纸不公正地称他为懦夫。
• I was basically a dreadful coward.从根本上说，我非常胆小怕事。