专题28 读书与梦想-2024届高考英语时文阅读外刊精选精练

高中英语时文阅读外刊精选精练 专题28 读书与梦想 【原文·外刊阅读】 From reading to dreaming （文章来源：Global Times） Speaking of one's reading life, most people would probably think of their first book, or how many books they have read. For me though, I don't have an answer to either, as all the books I've read are lost in my river-like memories. While I have lost these two "essential" questions of reading, I fortunately haven't lost everything in my long memory, so let me take you into my reading life. According to my parents, my reading life started when I was 1 year old. You probably think I'm making things up, because nobody can read anything when they are 1 year old, and I have to admit that you are right. I could only listen to small picture books on my small bed beside my mom. She was a great storyteller and always spoke while adding a lot of facial expressions. Even if I couldn't read, I could understand the meaning of her facial expressions. Sometimes I wonder why she didn't choose a job as an actress. Anyway, that was the first period of my reading life: listening. The second part of my reading life is called "bridge book." A bridge book is a kind of book that connects picture books and textbooks. At that time, my Chinese and English vocabulary wasn't very large, so I had to turn to bridge books as they were the easiest for me. I was like a frog in a well. I didn't know there was a bigger world of books waiting for me to explore. The next period was between when I was 5 and a half to 7 years old. In this period of my life, I started to see the world in a different and wider way. I started to walk out of that deep well and learned there were flocks and flocks of books waiting for me. I, of course, "ditched" bridge books and went into the arms of textbooks and started to read them. In the world of textbooks, I felt a door was opened in front of me, and the light was pouring through the door, so I stepped into the light and started to read tons and tons of books. The books weren't all the sam