"Reading makes a full man" is a saying of the famous English philo sopher Francis Bacon.It means that anyone who wants to be a full man must keep on reading.
A full man may be defined as one who has a mind filled with ideas,o r one who is stocked with knowledge.Certainly school education can fill the young minds with a certain amount of ideas and knowledge.But to thi nk that the ideas and knowledge thus taught make a full man is a mistake.Evidently,no one can say that he is a full man because he is a gradua te of a middle school or even a university.
Then can such ideas and knowledge be obtained through experience.In deed,from experience we get new ideas and knowledge.But to suppose tha t ideas and knowledge thus acquired make a full man is also a mistake.A carpenter's experience is different from a smith's and a smith's is d ifferent from a barber's.Obviously,the statement that experience can make a full man does not hold water,either.
Thus,we see that the real factor by which a full man is made includ es not only education and experience,but also reading.By reading scien tific books,we are informed of many facts;by reading geography,we kno w the earth's surface,forms,physical features,etc.;by reading histo ry,we are told of the growth of the nations.It is by reading that we c an learn many things without actually seeing or hearing them.
Therefore,no matter how high our education may be or how much exper ience we may have,we cannot become a full man unless we keep reading.
著名的英国哲学家弗兰西斯·培根曾说过“读书使人充实”。这就意味着任何人要想成就充实就要不断地读书。
充实之人或许可以这样定义：一个头脑充满思想的人，或者是一个满腹经纶的人。当然，学校的教育可以用一定数量的思想和知识充实年轻人的头脑，但是如果认为，学校教授的那些思想和知识就能使一个人充实的话，那就大错特错了。显然，没有人能仅仅因为他中学或者大学毕业就说自己是个充实的人。
那么，这些思想和知识可以通过实践获得吗？当然，从实践中我们能够学到新的思想和知识。但是认为这样获得的思想和知识就能使人充实也是错误的。木匠的经验与铁匠的经验不同，而铁匠的经验又与理发师的经验不同。很显然，实践可以使人成为充实的人这种说法是站不住脚的。
所以，使人成为充实的人的真正因素，不仅包括教育与实践，也需要读书。阅读科学书籍可以使我们了解很多事物；阅读地理书籍，我们知道了地球的地表、构成和自然特点等；读历史书籍，我们知道了民族的成长历程。读书，使我们认识了许多没有亲眼所见、亲耳所听的事物。
因此，不管我们接受多高水平的教育，也不管我们有多么丰富的阅历，我们都不能成为充实之人，除非我们不断地读书。
1.A full man may be defined____one who has a mind filled with ideas,or one who is stocked with____.Certainly school education c an____the young minds with a certain amount of____and knowle dge.
2.Then can____ideas and knowledge be obtained through____.Indeed,from experience we get____ideas and knowledge.But to suppose that ideas and knowledge thus acquired____a full man is also a mistake.
3.Therefore,no matter how____our education may be or how much experience we may have,we cannot____a full man unless we keep read ing.
1.显然，没有人能仅仅因为他中学或者大学毕业就说自己是个充实的人。
2.很显然，实践可以使人成为充实的人这种说法是站不住脚的。
3.读书，使我们认识了许多没有亲眼所见、亲耳所听的事物。