Reading fiction is a waste of time while nonfiction expands your knowledge, so it’s the beast reason to pick up a book.

Reading fiction is a waste of time while nonfiction expands your knowledge, so it’s the beast reason to pick up a book.

What do you think about this statement? How does it make you feel? Do you agree or do you want to fight the case for fiction books?

https: //hbr. org/2020/03/the-case-for-reading-fiction

Vocabulary

When we read, we hone and strengthen several different cognitive muscles, so to speak, that are the root of the EQ (emotional quotient). In other words, the act of reading is the very activity—if done right—that can develop the qualities, traits, and characteristics of those employees that organizations hope to attract and retain.

High-level business leaders have long touted the virtues of reading. Warren Buffet, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, spends most of his day reading and recommends reading 500 pages a day. Entrepreneur Mark Cuban says he reads more than three hours a day. Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, says he learned to build rockets by reading books. But business visionaries who extol the virtues of reading almost always recommend nonfiction. Buffet recommended 19 books in 2019; not one of the titles is fiction. Of the 94 books Bill Gates recommended over a seven-year period, only nine of them are fiction.

https: //vk. com/booksshmooks

Match:

to hone	to praise something very much (benefits, virtues, the role…//to ___to the skies)
to tout	to improve (skills, a piece of writing)
to extol	to try to persuade people that something is important (to ___the benefits of)// to be ___ed as a leader

Gap fill:

When we read, we hone and strengthen several different cognitive muscles, so to ____, that are the root of the EQ (emotional quotient). In _____ words, the act of reading is the very activity—___ done right—that can develop the qualities, traits, and characteristics of those employees that organizations hope to attract and retain.

…

When it ___ to reading, we may be assuming that reading for knowledge is the best reason to pick up a book. Research, however, suggests that reading fiction may provide far _____ important benefits than nonfiction. For example, reading fiction predicts increased social acuity and a sharper ability to comprehend other people’s motivations. Reading nonfiction might certainly be valuable for collecting knowledge, it does little to develop EQ, a ____ more elusive goal.

https: //vk. com/booksshmooks

In the passage starting from How Books Shape Employee Experiences till Why Reading Works find these words. What do they mean?

Questions to discuss:

1. Have you read any books mentioned in the article? Would you like to?

2. How often do you read nonfiction? Would you like to read more?

3. Can you think of one book that, in your opinion, any young person should read?

4. Can you think of a book that changed something about the way you see the world?

5. Do you think it’s a good idea to read Harry Potter at school instead of classical literature?

https: //vk. com/booksshmooks

⇐ Предыдущая 1 2 34