很多人把学习当任务，他们没有什么热情学习书里的知识。
他们喜欢出去玩或者在家看电视，而不是坐在桌子前读书。
但我却喜欢读书，书让我了解世界，了解不同的文化，知道不同的人，学习不同的知识。
读书带给我很多快乐。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 学习 | xué xí | to learn / to study |
| 当 | dàng | to replace / to regard as / to think / to pawn / (coll.) to fail (a student) |
| 任务 | rèn wu | mission; assignment; task; duty; role |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | to not have |
| 什么 | shén me | something; anything |
| 热情 | rè qíng | passion |
| 书 | shū | book |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 知识 | zhī shi | knowledge |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 出去 | chū qù | to go out |
| 玩 | wán | to play / to have fun / to trifle with / to keep sth for entertainment |
| 或者 | huò zhě | or |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 家 | jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 看 | kàn | to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for |
| 电视 | diàn shì | television; TV |
| 而 | ér | but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates contrast) |
| 不是 | bù shì | is not |
| 坐 | zuò | to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit |
| 桌子 | zhuō zi | table / desk |
| 前 | qián | front / forward / ahead |
| 读 | dú | to read out; to read aloud / to read |
| 但 | dàn | but; yet; however; still |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 却 | què | but / yet / however / while / nevertheless / even though |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 了解 | liǎo jiě | to understand / to realize / to find out |
| 世界 | shì jiè | world |
| 不同 | bù tóng | different / distinct / not the same / not alike |
| 文化 | wén huà | culture / civilization |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of |
| 带 | dài | to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear / to bring |
| 给 | gěi | to / for / for the benefit of / to do sth (for sb) |
| 快乐 | kuài lè | happy; joyful |