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With the visual media technology overtaking the print media you have observed a decline in the people's interest in reading books. You are disturbed by this excessive dependence of the young on television and computer games as the source of entertainment. Write a speech in 150 to 200 words for your school magazine on “the pleasures of reading”. The pleasures of readingReading affords pleasure like no other activity. It is deeply fulfilling and satisfying. a)_____________, the reader is in direct communication with the writer however distant we may be in time or space. The reader is fully focused and enjoys the content as well as the beauty and power of the language.b)__________________ according to one's taste. Knowledge, imagination and the readers own appreciation on the written word are some of the rewards of reading. c)______________________ into unknown cultures through books. for example reading of Tolstoy or Chekhov gives us an insight into the life of the Russians as a reading of Dickens gives us of the British, particularly of London dwellers. Reading makes us more sensitive to human greatness as well as human sufferings. A reader of Premchand’s short stories d)__________________. The classics of literature are eternal in their appeal. Unfortunately, e)__________________ of Sharad Chandra’s Devdas three to four times but the original printed one is not even attempted once.Choose the most appropriate optionA. i) Though reading. ii) When reading. iii) As soon as you read.. iv) While reading.B.i) How can you read. ii) As you read iii) Reading offers an infinite variety. iv) What to read.C.i) Only one can venture. ii) Reaching. iii) As one reads. iv) If one is adventurous one can ventureD. i) Takes us to the depths. ii) Will find that reading is necessary to. iii) Will enjoy. iv) acquaints us with the strengths and weaknesses of human character.E.i) blogs of. ii) Today there are more options . iii) today most of us visit the celluloid version. iv) Most of us visit the library |
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Answer» A. iv) While reading. B. iii) Reading offers an infinite variety. C. iv) If one is adventurous one can venture. D. iv) acquaints us with the strengths and weaknesses of human character E. iii) today most of us visit the celluloid version. |
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