Do you like watching TV? What's your favorite TV program? Did you hear of the program called The Reader? This program has been popular since it came out on CCTV-1 on February 18th, 2017. It is produced by Dong Qing.
In this program, you can listen to the sound in your heart. Maybe you can also meet an article which has the same idea as yours. Dong Qing invites many guests to read something that influences them most. In this program, not only famous people but also common people can be the guests. Xu Yuanchong, a 96-year-old translator, shared some of his personal experiences of translating Chinese poems into English and French. His words were simple but moving. He read a poem with tears in his eyes.
This program has turned reading into a new fashion. It shows the beauty of Chinese language and the power of reading. Now Reading Booths(朗读亭) are set up in many cities. Many people wait in long lines to read in the booths. Many schools have all kinds of reading activities, too. Lots of students take an active part in them. Reading can make us wise and happy.Also it can be done anytime and anywhere. Why not start it now? Let's enjoy our reading.
Two little boys
Two little boys had two little toys
Each had a wooden horse.
Joyfully they played each summer's day
Soldiers (士兵) both, of course.
Then Jack broke off his horse's head,
Sad for his toy, then cried with joy
As his young friend joe said:
Did you think I would leave you crying
When there's room on my horse for two?
Climb up here, Jack, and don't be crying
I can go just as fast with two
When we grow up we'll both be soldiers
And our horses will not be toys
And I wonder if we'll remember
When we were two little boys.
Long years past, war came so __________
Bravely they marched away.
Guns roared loud and in the mad crowd
Wounded and dying lie
Up goes a shout, a horse rushes out
Out from the crowd, to where Joe lay
Then came a voice he knew:
Did you think I would leave you dying
When there's room on my horse for two?
Climb up here, Joe, we'll soon be flying
I can go just as fast with two.
Now we are both real soldiers
And our horses are not toys
And I remember
When we were two little boys.
