今天是世界读书日。《第二十一次全国国民阅读调查报告》显示，2023年我国成年国民人均纸质图书阅读量为4.75本，人均每天读纸质书23.38分钟。

世界读书日，当然要号召大家多读书，特别是纸质书。但不得不正视的是，短视频正在强势争夺国民的读书时间。

《中国网络视听发展研究报告（2024）》显示，去年我国短视频人均单日使用时长为151分钟——人均每天看短视频两个半小时，读书不到半小时，在短视频面前，阅读似乎已经“败下阵来”。就连作家莫言也表示，“其实我也刷短视频，但每次刷完了都会批评自己，怎么又刷了一小时。”

读书是一项很奇异的活动：它有意思，让人有收获；但它也并不轻松，甚至痛苦。在对人注意力的争夺上，读书确实不占优势。除了短视频，任何一种放松的娱乐活动，都有可能取代人们读书的兴致，捕获人们更多的时间。

司马光说自己写完《资治通鉴》后，“人多欲求观读，未终一纸，已欠伸思睡”，这和今天很多读者的读书困境一样。读书如果很轻松，历史上也不会出现那么多劝学的文章，也不会有“十年寒窗”“头悬梁锥刺股”“学海无涯苦作舟”这样的说法了。

身处如今的短视频时代，我们为何还要多读书？刷几条段子、追几集微短剧，它不香吗？

有一个成语叫“折节读书”，意思是“改变旧习，发愤读书”。对于今天的普通人来说，或许没有这么夸张，但是当我们读书的时候，一定也需要作出某种改变：放下傲慢与自满，去承认自己的无知，去寻找问题的答案。

也正因如此，娱乐或许能带给人一时的精神愉悦，但读书却能赋予一个人深邃开阔的精神世界。读书的过程可能是“痛苦”的，但也正因为“痛苦”，人们在这个过程中不断打破偏见、消除迷思、培植理性、超越自我。当最后一页翻过的那一刻，你可能已经是一个新的自己。

可喜的是，即便娱乐方式日益丰富，读书并没有被人们忘记。“人均每天读纸质书23.38分钟”，数据虽然看着不长，但依然比2023年增加了0.25分钟——在短视频疯狂抢占人们注意力的情况下，这一增长并不容易。而且，如今的读书场景也早已超越了纸质阅读的范畴，网络阅读、数字阅读已成生活常态。

各种有关读书的数据，或许不会像各类App的日活、月活一样增长明显，但每一个小数点数字的增加，意义却是指数级的。哪怕只是多读了那么几页纸、几行字，一个人的灵魂可能就获得了新的启迪。

这两天，澎湃新闻报道了上海地铁上的阅读者，有人在读《周易》，有人在读马尔克斯的遗作《我们八月见》，有人在读《平凡的世界》，也有人在读《Python编程：从入门到实践》……在疾速行驶的地铁里，上班族沉浸式读书的一幕让人感到美好：读书是最直接的通道，带我们去见识无边无际和异彩纷呈的知识世界。

“多读读书吧”，这句话说千百遍也不会过时。正如千百年来读书本身所证明的那样，无论周遭如何纷繁变化，你可以随时拿起一本书，去获得一种沉静、力量和方向感。

新闻译文：

Today is World Book Day. The 21st National Reading survey Report shows that in 2023, the per capita paper book reading volume of adult citizens in China was 4.75, with an average daily reading time of 23.38 minutes.

World Book Day, of course, calls on everyone to read more, especially paper books. But it must be acknowledged that short videos are fiercely competing for the reading time of the people.

The Research Report on the Development of Chinese Online Audiovisual (2024) shows that last year, the average daily usage time of short videos in China was 151 minutes per person - the average person watched short videos for two and a half hours a day and read for less than half an hour. In front of short videos, reading seemed to have "failed". Even writer Mo Yan said, "Actually, I also watch short videos, but every time I finish watching, I criticize myself. Why did I watch for another hour?"

Reading is a very strange activity: it is interesting and rewarding; But it is not easy, even painful. In the competition for attention, reading does not have an advantage. besides short videos, any relaxing entertainment activity may replace people's interest in reading and capture more of their time.

Sima Guang said that after finishing the "Zizhi Tongjian", "many people desire to observe and read, but not a single piece of paper has ended, and they have no longer stretched out to sleep." This is similar to the reading dilemma faced by many readers today. If reading is easy, there will not be so many articles advocating for learning in history, nor will there be such sayings as "ten years of hard study", "head hanging beam, cone piercing thigh", "learning is boundless, making a boat hard".

In today's era of short videos, why do we need to read more books? Isn't it popular to write a few jokes and follow a few episodes of mini dramas?

There is an idiom called "Zhejie Reading", which means "to change old habits and study hard.". For ordinary people today, it may not be so exaggerated, but when we read, we also need to make some kind of change: let go of arrogance and complacency, admit our ignorance, and seek answers to problems.

That's why entertainment may bring temporary spiritual pleasure, but reading can give a person a profound and open spiritual world. The process of reading may be painful, but it is precisely because of this pain that people constantly break down prejudices, eliminate misconceptions, cultivate rationality, and surpass themselves in this process. At the moment when the last page is flipped over, you may already be a new version of yourself.

Fortunately, even with the increasing variety of entertainment options, reading has not been forgotten by people. The average person reads paper books for 23.38 minutes per day, although the data may not seem long, it still increases by 0.25 minutes compared to 2023- a growth that is not easy given the frenzy of short videos grabbing people's attention. Moreover, the current reading scene has already surpassed the scope of paper reading, and online reading and digital reading have become the norm in daily life.

Various data related to reading may not increase significantly like the daily and monthly activities of various apps, but the significance of each decimal point increase is exponential. Even if one only reads a few more pages or lines of text, their soul may gain new enlightenment.

In the past two days, Pengpai News reported on readers on the Shanghai subway. Some were reading the Book of Changes, some were reading Marquez's posthumous work "We See You in August," some were reading "The Ordinary World," and some were reading "Python Programming: From Beginner to Practitioner." In the rapidly moving subway, the scene of office workers immersing themselves in reading is beautiful: reading is the most direct channel, taking us to see the boundless and colorful world of knowledge.

The saying "read more books" won't go out of style even after thousands of times. As evidenced by reading itself over thousands of years, no matter how diverse the surroundings may be, you can pick up a book at any time to gain a sense of stillness, strength, and direction.

重点词汇

• 世界读书日 World Reading Day ; World Book and Copyright Day

• 第二十一 twenty-first ; twenty-one ; twenty-first num

• 调查报告 investigation report ; inspection report

• 纸质 Paper ; paper quality ; chartaceous

• 特别是 particular ; special

• 发展研究 Development research ; Development Studies

• 单日 Single day ; odd days ; odd-numbered days

• 半小时 half an hour ; a half hour ; one hour and a half

• 败下阵来 be defeated

• 莫言 Mo Yan ; Don't speak ; Yan Mo ; shut up

句子成分分析：

Various data (related to reading) may not increase [significantly] [like the daily and monthly activities (of various apps)], 

|| but the significance (of each decimal point increase) is exponential.

句子语法结构详解：

* related to reading 为后置定语。
* 第1个 increase 为谓语。
* but 为并列连词，连接并列句，表转折。
* is 为系动词作谓语，采用一般现在时。
* exponential 为形容词作表语。
* may 为情态动词。the 为定冠词。

句子相关词汇解释：

Phrase:

Vocabulary:

句子成分分析：

That's | why entertainment may bring temporary spiritual pleasure, || but reading can give a person a profound and 

open spiritual world.

句子语法结构详解：

(That's = That is)

* is 为系动词作谓语，采用一般现在时。
* why 为连接副词，引导表语从句。
* bring 为谓语。
* but 为并列连词，连接并列句，表转折。
* give 为双宾动词作谓语。person 为间接宾语，world 为直接宾语。
* may, can 为情态动词。that 为指示代词。a 为不定冠词。

相关语法知识:
   系动词
   时态
   表语从句
   并列连词
   双宾动词
   指示代词 | 情态动词

句子相关词汇解释：

Vocabulary:

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