However, if you restrict yourself to novels
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However, if you restrict yourself to novels you will miss a lot of treasures. English essays can at once inform you, entertain you, and improve your taste in English.The best example is Bertrand Russell’s work. Its language is plain, yet you cannot help feeling the elegance and the peculiar sense of humor. His simple language enables his philosophy(哲学) within the reach of ordinary people. Here comes my second suggestion—essays are indispensable.
Never follow others’ recommendations and opinions blindly，however famous or influential(有很大影响的) the person might be.We should be open to various ideas, but always think and determine for ourselves. As a saying goes, one man’s meat is another man’s poison.With that in mind, we are bound to find out our favorite writers through reading and develop our fine taste in English.
Everybody hates rats. But in the earthquake capitals of the world — Japan, Los Angeles, Turkey — rats will soon be man’s new best friends.
What happens after an earthquake? We send in rescue dogs.Why? Because they can smell people. Dogs save lives.They help rescuers to find living people. But dogs are big and they can’t get into small spaces. So now a new research project is using a smaller animal to save lives：the rat.
How does it work? First, the rat is trained to smell people. When this happens，the rat’s brain gives a signal. This is sent to a small radio on its back, and then the rescuers follow the radio signals.When the rat’s brain activity jumps, the rescuers know that someone is alive.The rat has smelled that person.
