The Importance of Extensive Reading in Learning English

English language has become an international language, because it isused by people in the most countries in the world now.For English learners, English learning is a fine combination oflistening, speaking, reading and writing. Nodoubt, reading skill is of the utmost importance of these skills. Extensivereading is an effective approach to enlarge vocabularies, strengthen languageknowledge, enrich presentation skills and elevate the level of expression.

由于如今在世界上的大部分國家的人都在使用英語，所以英語已成為國際語言。對于英語學習者來說，英語學習是聽說讀寫的完美結合。毫無疑問，閱讀技能是最重要。泛讀是擴大詞匯量，加強語言知識，豐富表達能力，提高表達水平的有效途徑。

Extensive reading plays a crucial role inimproving the comprehensive skills in English learning. It is mainly reflectedin the following aspects:

在英語學習中，泛讀對與提高英語綜合學習能力起著至關重要的作用。它主要體現在以下幾個方面：

The first, reading extensively is one ofthe most effective ways to enlarge our vocabulary; the second, extensivereading is an important way to develop the students' language and thought; thethird, extensive reading is helpful to improve the use of grammar; the forth,extensive reading stimulates students' reading interest, promotes their readingability and helps them inspire the passion of reading.

第一，泛讀是擴大詞匯量最有效的途徑；第二，泛讀是培養學生的語言和思想的重要方式；第三，大泛讀有助于提高語法的使用；第四，泛讀能激發學生的閱讀興趣，提高學生的閱讀能力并幫助他們激發閱讀激情。

All in all, extensive reading takesextremely significant effect in language learning. It can not only give thestudents a great deal of help in deeper level of comprehension about readingmaterials, but also offer the students some skills and methods in writing, asthe old Chinese saying goes, "only through reading thousands of books canone write fluently"; besides, it is another gold key to open the knowledgetreasure-house.

總之，泛讀在語言學習中有著非常顯著的影響。它不僅能給予學生在閱讀材料中更深層次的大量的幫助，也為學生提供一些在寫作中的技巧和方法，中國有句老話，“讀書破萬卷下筆如有神”；此外，它是一把開啟知識寶庫的金鑰匙。